README.md
1thingylaunch
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3
4Simple X11 application launcher.
5
6The project is a fork of the original thinglaunch by Matt Johnston, available
7at http://unix.freecode.com/projects/thinglaunch.
8
9Thingylaunch has been enhanced with the following features:
10
11 * tab-completion
12 * history navigation, with the UpArrow and DownArrow keys
13 * bookmarks support
14 * loaded from the ~/.thingylaunch.bookmarks file, consisting of lines structured as follows:
15 <pre>char command</pre>
16 * activated by Alt+char
17 * command line arguments
18<pre>
19 -fg foreground color
20 -bg background color
21 ⁻fo font foundry
22 -ff font family
23 -fw font weight
24 -fs font slant
25 -fwn font width name
26 -fsn font style name
27 -fps font point size
28</pre>
29
30 * use either libX11 or libxcb, selected at build time using the CMake option
31 <pre>-DUSE_XCB=ON</pre>
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33See also http://gahr.ch/thingylaunch/ .
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