kupfer c5

Kupfer c5 brings users the convenience of a summoner/launcher created in the style of Quıcĸsılⅴεʀ or Gnome Do. You do not use it to search your files, you use it to summon the object you are thinking about right now.

Kupfer is written using Python and has a flexible architecture. Objects that it can access are implemented in plugins, and new plugins can be written quickly. (Tracker desktop search engine integration is only 130 lines.)

The philosophy of Kupfer is simplicity. The implementation is simple, makes the easy things work first, and does not overimplement unnecessary parts of the program. Kupfer is not as slick in its appearance compared to its inspiration Quicksilver.

When you run kupfer, it launches, then anytime you type Kupfer's keybinding - immediately its window is presented.

Enhancements:

1. Big refactorings of the whole data model
   • Move all of the data model to kupfer.data
   • Allow actions with indirect objects "threepane kupfer" (with means to configure which objects to use for an action etc)
   • Uses unicode internally, instead of UTF-8-encoded strings
2. Some new actions using new possibilities (Open with any, Move file to new location, Add/Remove tracker tags) but more is possible.
3. Basic manual page included
4. Fileactions plugin includes unpack archive/create archive
5. Ship extra and demonstration plugins in contrib/ and interals documentation in Documentation/
6. Change learning algorithm to recognize an item's type as well (so that two objects named "project" can be ranked differently)
7. Small fixes (alphabethic sorting for applications, sources, check if objects still exist after an action, rank-adjust default actions slightly)

Requirements

Kupfer requires Python 2.5 or later, and Python modules gtk, gio, dbus, xdg and wnck. Intltool is required to build the package from source. The module python-keybinder is strongly recommended.