dotnew

a utility to manage .new system configuration files in slackware

dotnew is a utility to help with the management of .new system configuration files in slackware and slackware based distributions. dotnew includes both graphical and console user interfaces. The graphical version is written in python and is using the GTK+3 toolkit. The console version uses dialog menus to present the user with a menu for each new configuration file present in his system. Using both versions the user is allowed to:

• replace the old configuration file with the new one
• delete the new configuration file
• view a diff between the old and new configuration files
• run vimdiff between the old and new configuration files

• run gvimdiff (if it is installed) instead of vimdiff to merge changes between the old and new configuration files
• run meld (if it is installed) to merge changes between the old and new configuration files

The dotnew interface is currently available in several different languages. dotnew is being translated using Transifex.

If you would like to have dotnew translated in your language, or contribute to an already existing translation, you can register an account with Transifex. If a translation is already present but incomplete, you can just edit and submit that translation using the Transifex web interface. If files for your language are not already included, you can download the .pot file from the Transifex dotnew project page and use it as a template for creating a .po file for your language. poedit is a nice tool to help you with translating your files locally.

dotnew is installed by default in the Salix GNU/Linux distribution.

Screenshots

dotnew using the GTK+3 interface (in English):

dotnew using a dialog interface (in Greek):

Download

Development of dotnew has moved to Github. Please visit the github project page there.

You can clone the latest code from github with:

git clone git://github.com/gapan/dotnew.git

Contact

George Vlahavas (vlahavas~at~gmail~dot~com)