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{{Short description|Widget engine for K Desktop Environment}}

{{Infobox Software

{{primary sources|date=January 2011}}

| name = SuperKaramba

{{Infobox Softwaresoftware

| logo = [[Image:SuperKaramba.svg|48px|SuperKaramba icon.]]

| name = SuperKaramba

| screenshot = [[Image:SuperKaramba.png|260px|SuperKaramba on [[GNU/Linux]]]]

| logo = [[Image:SuperKaramba.svg|48px|SuperKaramba icon.]]

| caption = SuperKaramba theme ''Aero AIO'' on [[GNU/Linux]]

| developerscreenshot = SuperKaramba project.png

| screenshot size = 260px

| latest_release_version = 0.39

| caption = SuperKaramba theme ''Aero AIO'' on [[GNU/Linux]]

| latest_release_date = March 20, 2006

| developer = SuperKaramba project

| latest_preview_version =

| genre = {{unbulleted list|[[Widget engine]]|[[Linux on the desktop]]}}

| latest_preview_date =

| operating_system = [[Linux]]

| genre = [[Application_software|Application Software]]

| operating_systemplatform = [[LinuxKDE]]

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

| platform = [[KDE]]

| website = {{URL|http://utils.kde.org/projects/superkaramba/}}

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

| website = http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/

}}

'''SuperKaramba''' is a tool that allows one to easily create functionality enhancement modules on a [[KDE]] [[desktop]]. Currently, only [[Linux]] is officially supported, although it also works well on [[FreeBSD]] and [[NetBSD]]. This program is similar to [[GDesklets|gDesklets]] for [[GNOME]], [[Yahoo! Widget Engine]] for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]], [[DesktopX]] for Windows, and [[Dashboard (software)|Dashboard]] for [[Mac OS X]].

'''SuperKaramba''' is a tool, a so-called widget engine, that allows the creation of functionality enhancement modules (desktop widgets) on the [[KDE]] [[Desktop metaphor|desktop]]. The interactivedesktop programswidgets are usually embedded directly into the background and do not disturb the normal view of the desktop. The use of SuperKaramba is not limited to KDE, but certain libraries from KDE are required. SuperKaramba ishad been included in KDE since version 3.5. SuperKaramba is similar to [[gDesklets]] for [[GNOME]]. The name derives from Portuguese and Spanish ''super caramba'', meaning approximately "super wow" or "super cool" (''caramba'' itself being a [[euphemism]] for ''carallo'').

Together, [[Kicker (KDE)|Kicker]], [[KDesktop]] and SuperKaramba build the [[graphical shell]] of the [[K Desktop Environment 3]]. In [[KDE Software Compilation 4]], [[Kicker (KDE)|Kicker]], [[KDesktop]], and SuperKaramba were replaced by [[KDE Plasma 4]].<ref>[http://plasma.kde.org/cms/1033 Milestone 4: The Desktop] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103071411/http://plasma.kde.org/cms/1033 |date=2006-01-03 }}</ref> The [[graphical shell]]s KDE Plasma 4 and [[KDE Plasma 5]] being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba is no longer necessary and e.g. "Kicker" was re-implemented as such a desktop widget.

==How does it work?==

== How does it work?works ==

[[Image:wikisearch.png|thumb|Screenshot of ''WikipediaSearch'' theme]]

Authors use text files to create themes that define their [[widget (computing)|widget]]. They then have the option of adding a [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] or [[JavaScript]] script to make the widget interactive.

== Possible Usesuses ==

Authors use text files to create themes that define their [[widget (computing)|widget]]. They then have the option of adding a [[Python (programming language)|Python]] script to make the widget interactive.

[[Image:Sk_snapshotSk snapshot.png|thumb| Screenshot of ''LiquidWeather'']]

==Possible Uses==

[[Image:Sk_snapshot.png|thumb| Screenshot of ''LiquidWeather'']]

* Interactive [[weather]] forecasts

* Control and announcement of MP3 playing with [[XMMS]] or [[Amarok (audio)|Amarok]]

* [[Calendar]] and notes

* Original [[clock]]s

* System monitor for [[Central processing unit|CPU]], network, non-removable [[diskDisk storage|disks]]s

* Notification of new [[e-mail|messages]] in mailboxes

* [[News]] tickers and [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] aggregators

* Animated menu bars

* Custom toolbars

* searchSearch tooltools

== History ==

[http://www.efd.lth.se/~d98hk/karamba/ Karamba] was originally written by Hans Karlsson as a school project in March 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efd.lth.se/~d98hk/karamba/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2005-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210185938/http://www.efd.lth.se/~d98hk/karamba/ |archive-date=2005-12-10 }} (Broken link)</ref> It gained a lot of popularity when it was uploaded to [[OpenDesktop.org|KDE-Look]]<ref>[http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=5561 kdeKaramba KDE-lookLook.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and people began writing themes for it. Karamba only functioned on [[text filesfile]]s that were written with pseudo-xml[[XML]] format. It became so popular so quickly that Hans had to hand over the project to others who had time to expand upon what he had begun.

By the end of April 2003, [Adam Geitgey<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=ageitgey Adam|title=ageitgey's Geitgey]profile KDE-Look.org<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2005-12-11 |archive-date=2011-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514135817/http://kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=ageitgey |url-status=dead }}</ref> took over maintenance of the project. He added python scripting support to karamba, which is where it took on a new name, SuperKaramba. Adam kept the project alive, added new features and applied patches from other developers until around April 2005. At that point, a group of developers who wanted to move SuperKaramba even further, pushed to get it included in a KDE major release.

SuperKaramba iswas nowintegrated ainto part ofKDE 3.5<ref>[http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.5-features.html KDE Developer's Corner - KDE 3.5 Feature Plan<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216112817/http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.5-features.html |date=2005-12-16 }}</ref> as part of the kdeutils package, and some of the ideas that it presents willhave become part of [[KDE4KDE 4]]'s’s desktop and panel interface called [[Plasma (KDE) Plasma|Plasma]], which also has support for the SuperKaramba widgets.

==OtherNotes widgetand enginesreferences==

{{Reflist}}

*[[gDesklets]] for [[GNOME]]

*[[Google Desktop]] for Windows

*[[Konfabulator|Yahoo! Widgets]] for Windows and Mac

*[[Samurize]] for Windows

*[[DesktopX]] for Windows

*[[Kapsules]] for Windows

*[[AveDesk]] for Windows

*[[Windows Sidebar]] for Windows Vista and XP

*[[Dashboard (software)|Dashboard]] for Mac

==See alsoExternal links ==

{{commonsCommons|SuperKaramba}}

*[[Comparison of widget engines]]

*[httphttps://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ Sourceforge Project Homepage]

*[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20160304054239/http://kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=38 Karamba Themes at kde-look.org]

*[http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/SuperKaramba SuperKaramba Tutorial]

{{KDE}}

==External links==

{{Widget engine}}

{{commons|SuperKaramba}}

*[http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ Sourceforge Project Homepage]

*[http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=38 Karamba Themes at kde-look.org]

*[http://www.biodesign.com.ar/blog/?cat=2 Karamba Themes at Biodesign.com.ar]

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