by D. Lam (dnlam |at| users.sourceforge |dot| net)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tablaunch
Simple, cool-looking X application launchbar written in C, based on YeahLaunch 0.2. Displays user-specified applications as tabs along the top of screen and becomes hidden after a delay. Uses Imlib to show and enlarge icons when moused-over.
A simple, but cool-looking X application launchbar written in C, based on YeahLaunch 0.2. TabLaunch displays a user-specified list of applications as tabs along the top of screen. The user can specify an x coordinate offset to position the launchbar and/or right-align it. The launchbar becomes hidden after a specified delay. Each tab can be displayed as text or an icon. Tabs are "enlarged" or zoomed-in when the mouse is over a tab. Imlib is used to show and enlarge icons.
output from 'tablaunch --help':
tablaunch version 0.6
usage: tablaunch [option] [option] ...
where options include:
(Note: X resource should be prepended with 'tablaunch.')
descriptions refer default 'top' docking position
option X resource description
------ ---------- -----------
-h, --help displays this help
--settings lists current settings
(a good way to see default values)
--ignoreXRM ignore X resources
-c configfile configfile config file listing tabs
-fg color foreground foreground text color
-sfg color selected_foreground foreground text color of selected tab
-pfg color pressed_foreground foreground text color of pressed tab
-bg color background background color of tab
-fn fontname font name of font for tab
-sfn fontname selected_font name of font for selected tab
-x xoffset xoffset x offset of tabs from left/right of screen
-y yoffset yoffset y offset of tabs from top/bottom of screen
-r rightalign align tabs to right of screen
-d hideDelay hide_delay seconds until tabs auto-hide
-l always_show_label always show text label
-t text_only don't use icons
-k keep_selected_on_hide selected tab is apparent when hidden
-e float expand_factor expand factor
--iconMaskOff use_icon_mask allows images to be transparent
--fit_text fit_text makes icons wider to fit text
--s_yoffset pixels selected_yoffset y offset of selected tab from adjacent tabs
--limit_y pixels limit_y y coordinate of highest tab
(negative value means above screen)
--hidden pixels hidden_height pixels that are visible when auto-hidden
--bottom pixels margin_bottom space below text label
--top pixels margin_top space above text label
--sides pixels margin_sides extra space left and right of text label
--pulldown pixels pulldown_height how far down to pulldown the selected tab
--opts.bevel pixels opts.bevel size of bevel around tab
--overlap pixels tab_overlap pixels that tab overlap each other
(negative value means tab separation)
--step pixels step_factor step factor of tab offset as it gets
farther from the selected tab
--height pixels same_height use this height for all icons
--caption_y pixels caption_yoffset y offset for captions under icons
--no_caption no_caption turn off caption under icons
or show_caption
--no_label no_label turn off all labels for icons
or show_label
--iconhome dir iconhome set dir to search for icons
expects 48x48 and 64x64 subdirs
--no_iconhome no_iconhome don't use icon home
or use_iconhome
--blinks int blinks number of blinks when tab is pressed
--brightness float brightness brightness of pressed icon
--dock [top|bottom] dock_position screen position of launchbar
The settings for Tablaunch can be set in any of the following (higher priority is list first):
Use 'tablaunch -h' to get a list of options and X resource names. Use 'tablaunch --settings' to print out the setting values used by Tablaunch.
The main purpose of the configuration file is to list the label, command, and optional icons associated with each application to be included in the launchbar. By default, tablaunch looks for the .tablaunch ("dot tablaunch") file in the current and $HOME directory. You can load a different configuration file using the -c option.
See the tablaunch/example directory for configuration file examples.
You can specify icons using the path to the icons. Or you can have Tablaunch find the icons by having the following directory structure:
iconhome (iconhome can be set using the --iconhome option, default=$HOME/.icons)
|--- 48x48 (contains regular sized icons)
\--- 64x64 (contains enlarged icons with the same filename as in 48x48)
Options to make normal and enlarged icons look good:
Nice-looking iconsets:
gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/icons.xml)
marbles-translucent (http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=1581)
AquaFusion (http://www.freshports.org/x11-themes/gnome-icons-aqua-fusion/)
Gnome sets (http://art.gnome.org/themes/icon/)
Send your screen shots to me, dnlam (at) users.sourceforge (dot) net.
Click on a button to run the associated command. You can move the launchbar by dragging the line (at the top of the screen) left and right, in case you have too many items on the bar.
The remainder lists development details.
The menu entry is highlighted when clicked (see -afg below).
Rightclicking launches command and hides yeahlaunch instantly.
New placement option -rx to which yeahlaunch will be placed right aligned.
Specify -rx "your screen width" and yeahlaunch will be right aligned to the
top right corner of your screen.
Leaving yeahlaunch sideways hides it as well now.
Yeahlaunch is a very simple application launcher which puts a horizontal menu
on top of your screen. The menu will be hidden and only a one pixel border will
be visible. If you point on that border the menu will be shown in an animated
way.
Yeahlaunch has the fllowing options:
-fg color foreground color (defaults to white)
-afg color highlight color (defaults to yellow)
-bg color background color (defaults to black)
-x number x placement (defaults to 0)
-step number step size for the animation(defaults to 3)
-fn font name (defaults to fixed)
-h prints help message
all other options on the command line are recognized in the following way:
label command (label = string that is displayed, command = command to execute)
this means you have to specify here something ...
If a command contains spaces or a "-" you have to use quotes, see example
below.
This is what I have in my .xinitrc:
~/yeah/yeahlaunch/yeahlaunch -fn "*-aqui-*" -x 700 -fg "light steel blue" \
TVtime tvtime \
Opera opera \
Firefox firefox \
NEdit nedit \
Gimp "gimp-2.0" \
" " "" \
Home rox \
Yeah "rox ~/yeah" \
Vertikal "rox ~/vertikal" &
Installation is done by a simple make;make install