bakkerthehacker / remove-whats-new

Script to patch steam css files removing the What's New section

remove-whats-new

Script to patch steam css files removing the What's New section

features

• Written in python, runs on all OSes
• No 3rd party libs needed
• Looks for common steam locations
• Can be run from anywhere
• Also removes What's New section from Big Picture mode
• Flexible to any changes in css file names or css class names (random chars that change sometimes)
• Preserves CRLF line endings on non-windows OSes to ensure the same file size

non-features

• Doesn't open or close steam for you
• Doesn't detect any changes or look for any updates

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todo

• test on steam deck
• test on MacOS/Windows instead of guessing path globs