<s>
SuperKaramba	B-Language
is	O
a	O
tool	O
,	O
a	O
so-called	O
widget	O
engine	O
,	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
functionality	O
enhancement	O
modules	O
(	O
desktop	B-Application
widgets	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
desktop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	B-Application
widgets	O
are	O
usually	O
embedded	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
background	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
disturb	O
the	O
normal	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
is	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
but	O
certain	O
libraries	O
from	O
KDE	B-Application
are	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperKaramba	B-Language
had	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
KDE	B-Application
since	O
version	O
3.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperKaramba	B-Language
is	O
similar	O
to	O
gDesklets	B-Application
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
,	O
Kicker	B-Language
,	O
KDesktop	B-Language
and	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
build	O
the	O
graphical	O
shell	O
of	O
the	O
K	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
3	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
4	I-Language
,	O
Kicker	B-Language
,	O
KDesktop	B-Language
,	O
and	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
were	O
replaced	O
by	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
4	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
shells	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
4	I-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
5	I-Language
being	O
widget	O
engines	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
necessary	O
and	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Kicker	B-Language
"	O
was	O
re-implemented	O
as	O
such	O
a	O
desktop	B-Application
widget	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authors	O
use	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
to	O
create	O
themes	O
that	O
define	O
their	O
widget	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
then	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
adding	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
or	O
JavaScript	B-Language
script	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
widget	O
interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
gained	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
popularity	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
uploaded	O
to	O
KDE-Look	B-Language
and	O
people	O
began	O
writing	O
themes	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karamba	O
only	O
functioned	O
on	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
that	O
were	O
written	O
with	O
pseudo-XML	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
python	B-Language
scripting	O
support	O
to	O
karamba	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
where	O
it	O
took	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
name	O
,	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
developers	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
move	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
even	O
further	O
pushed	O
to	O
get	O
it	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
KDE	B-Application
major	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperKaramba	B-Language
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
KDE	O
3.5	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
kdeutils	O
package	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
ideas	O
that	O
it	O
presents	O
have	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
KDE	B-Language
4	I-Language
’s	O
desktop	B-Application
and	O
panel	O
interface	O
called	O
Plasma	B-Language
,	O
which	O
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
SuperKaramba	B-Language
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
