Konch 1.00

[Alex Ibrado]

Name: Konch
Version: 1.00
Type: Development Tool
Depend: 
License: GPL
Homepage: http://konch.kdex.org/
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=56313

Description:
 Konch is a versatile utility that allows you to
create system tray applets using standard
scripting languages such as bash, Perl, or Python.

You control Konch via command-line parameters,
DCOP, or your script's STDOUT. You can use
standard or animated icons; apply a variety of
effects; display pop-up messages in several ways;
and create menus with nested submenus and checked,
disabled, and invisible items. Your script can
even support DCOP calls, use the clipboard, and
provide a drag-and-drop interface with or without
a floating drop target.

Konch relays events such as clicks, drops, or DCOP
calls to your script via command-line parameters
(in Standard mode) or STDIN (in Hosted mode). Your
script can respond by simply printing out
appropriate lines (such as a menu listing), or
executing a certain function or program.

Please visit the homepage for the Handbook
containing complete information, as well as to
download other formats. The Handbook is also
available as help:/konch/ once installed.

Thanks to Toni for the SuSE RPMs on PackMan!

Changelog:
 14-May-2007 - Release 1.00 ("...the kitchen
sink")
- Add DCOP publishing
- Add clipboard/selection support
- Add Drag-and-Drop and drop target support
- Add "balloon" command
- Add various environment variables
- Fix miscellaneous bugs

18-Apr-2007 - Release 0.90 ("Everything but...")
- Add nested submenus and check/uncheck,
enable/disable, showitem/hideitem
- Add effects: fade, grayscale, monochrome,
desaturate, gamma, and overlay
- Add DCOP queries: isBlinking, isChanged, isMovie
- Add restoreIcon command
- Add "set" command for semi-persistent variables
in Standard mode
- Add "mclick" and "quit" events
- Add system tray quit confirmations per script
- Handle many startup and runtime errors
- Fix possible hang and crash on large menus

14-Apr-2007 - Initial release (v0.80)