Quick Launch - Launch favorite folders and apps
Posted: Thu 08 Sep 2011, 18:33
Help me translate this app...
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 162#576162
Quick Launch - Launch favorite folders
[Edit] Italian Portuguese Russian French German
Spanish translations available
[Edit] Now warns user the first time it is launched
that it will launch quicker next launch
[Edit] Now closes all Rox windows by pressing a button
[Edit] Now launches apps as well!!
Oct 22-Application list is generated from desktop files
Sept 21-Spanish translation is available - thanks to autogestion
Sept 20-version 1.4 Fixes warning about no selection
and German version now available thanks to wuwei
Sept 17-version 1.3 Quick closing of some Rox windows possible
Sept 14-French translation is available - thanks to esmourguit
Sept 13 - version 1.2 - Rox Bookmarks are added automatically
Sept 10-new version 1.1-centered windows and more messages
It is localised for foreign languages
I saw a need to open Rox windows quickly with some
Puppy versions... Exprimo in particular .
It also works well in Scottman's Akita puppy.
April 7 version 2.8 Added clock to quickly tell time
April 12 version 2.9 list of all disks is added
Note that Rox filer must be the file manager.
A few oddball distros use Thunar or some other file manager.
The Enlightenment e17 window manager can open applications
quickly from a list but opening a folder is awkward, so I wrote
this app. It may be useful for other window managers
as well.
To use it effectively you need to launch the app window
with a keystroke combination.... I suggest xbindkeys
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 48&t=61472
Edit: version 1.3 will automatically set keystoke launch
combination ctrl-shift-L for most machines
(Sven key launcher is exception)
So once you install try using the keystroke ctrl-shift-L
immediately to see if it works.
It is very easy to use and is built into the Exprimo puppy.
Instructions to install:
1 Install xbindkeys. This is optional but I
highly recommend it. Sven is an alternative program
that I don't like as much. Note that window managers
have there own method to launch an app with only keys
and this works also with Quick Launch.
2 Install this pet. You will get a screen warning
that Ctrl-shift-L is the keystroke combination to
launch the program (with most recent Puppies).
You can use Ctrl-shift-L immediately with most Puppies.
It can also be launched the regular way from the start menu
but this is awkward!!!!!
Here's a screenshot of an early version.
It is localised for foreign languages. It uses Zigbert's method.
Just look inside /usr/local/quick_launch/ and you will see the file that needs to be translated and send the translation to me.
The file FOLDER_LIST can be edited with a text editor easily.
Click on 'help' button for instructions.
The best way to edit the list of favorite folders:
The first few entries are created by the program when it is
first launched. Then the rest of the entries are added from
the Bookmarks list of Rox.
If you want to edit the first few entries that the application
first adds, the best way is to find the hidden preference
folder in /root (called .quick_launch) and modify the first few
folder names with a text editor.
The other folder names you can modify using Rox
by changing the rox bookmarks.
http://roscidus.com/Manual/Manual/Manual.html#id2504178
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_______________________________________________________
Edit: new feature-- If you're a heavy computer user
you will have a lot of windows open. To deal with this
problem I have put in a special button in version 1.3
to close some of the Rox Filer windows. This is
a simple and quick solution to the problem and
none of your data is damaged since only the Rox
windows are being closed!!!
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 162#576162
Quick Launch - Launch favorite folders
[Edit] Italian Portuguese Russian French German
Spanish translations available
[Edit] Now warns user the first time it is launched
that it will launch quicker next launch
[Edit] Now closes all Rox windows by pressing a button
[Edit] Now launches apps as well!!
Oct 22-Application list is generated from desktop files
Sept 21-Spanish translation is available - thanks to autogestion
Sept 20-version 1.4 Fixes warning about no selection
and German version now available thanks to wuwei
Sept 17-version 1.3 Quick closing of some Rox windows possible
Sept 14-French translation is available - thanks to esmourguit
Sept 13 - version 1.2 - Rox Bookmarks are added automatically
Sept 10-new version 1.1-centered windows and more messages
It is localised for foreign languages
I saw a need to open Rox windows quickly with some
Puppy versions... Exprimo in particular .
It also works well in Scottman's Akita puppy.
April 7 version 2.8 Added clock to quickly tell time
April 12 version 2.9 list of all disks is added
Note that Rox filer must be the file manager.
A few oddball distros use Thunar or some other file manager.
The Enlightenment e17 window manager can open applications
quickly from a list but opening a folder is awkward, so I wrote
this app. It may be useful for other window managers
as well.
To use it effectively you need to launch the app window
with a keystroke combination.... I suggest xbindkeys
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 48&t=61472
Edit: version 1.3 will automatically set keystoke launch
combination ctrl-shift-L for most machines
(Sven key launcher is exception)
So once you install try using the keystroke ctrl-shift-L
immediately to see if it works.
It is very easy to use and is built into the Exprimo puppy.
Instructions to install:
1 Install xbindkeys. This is optional but I
highly recommend it. Sven is an alternative program
that I don't like as much. Note that window managers
have there own method to launch an app with only keys
and this works also with Quick Launch.
2 Install this pet. You will get a screen warning
that Ctrl-shift-L is the keystroke combination to
launch the program (with most recent Puppies).
You can use Ctrl-shift-L immediately with most Puppies.
It can also be launched the regular way from the start menu
but this is awkward!!!!!
Here's a screenshot of an early version.
It is localised for foreign languages. It uses Zigbert's method.
Just look inside /usr/local/quick_launch/ and you will see the file that needs to be translated and send the translation to me.
The file FOLDER_LIST can be edited with a text editor easily.
Click on 'help' button for instructions.
The best way to edit the list of favorite folders:
The first few entries are created by the program when it is
first launched. Then the rest of the entries are added from
the Bookmarks list of Rox.
If you want to edit the first few entries that the application
first adds, the best way is to find the hidden preference
folder in /root (called .quick_launch) and modify the first few
folder names with a text editor.
The other folder names you can modify using Rox
by changing the rox bookmarks.
http://roscidus.com/Manual/Manual/Manual.html#id2504178
__________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Edit: new feature-- If you're a heavy computer user
you will have a lot of windows open. To deal with this
problem I have put in a special button in version 1.3
to close some of the Rox Filer windows. This is
a simple and quick solution to the problem and
none of your data is damaged since only the Rox
windows are being closed!!!