Auxlaunch

Revision as of 00:19, 19 October 2008

Auxlaunch is a very simple, finger-friendly application launcher and window switcher for the Freerunner. It appears when the "AUX" button is pressed. The top buttons change when the up/down buttons below are pressed.

Operation

To launch an app, press the top left button. To switch to a currently running app (window), press the top right button. Use the arrow keys in the 2nd and 3rd row to change the launch or window-switch buttons above them.

The launch items are configured in a comma delimited text file (.auxlaunchrc). Items such as "Suspend", "Cancel", and "Quit" can be configured too. Auxlaunch uses stock GTK icons or images from files.

Note: Auxlaunch is, of course, very beta and, so far, only tested in Debian.

Options

Command line options include:

• "-nowm" hides the window-switching buttons.
• "-right" swaps button columns (left/right).
• "-dms" creates additional items from Debian Menu System (only those that specify needs="x11")

Installation

Python and PyGTK are required. Package "wmctrl" is required for window (app) switching.

Download (from external site)

1. Extract files to new directory.
2. Edit .auxlaunch
• Specify stock GTK icon identifiers -or- file names of existing images.
• Use "&" at end of command to run in background.
3. At command line, run "./auxlaunch <options> &".
4. Press AUX button and enjoy!

Screenshot

Auxlaunch shown here underneath the cool, "openmoko-panel-plugin':
(Also, yeah, it is kind of silly to configure Auxlaunch with an "Auxlaunch" button. But I thought it'd make for a good screenshot.)