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[don570]

Help me translate this app...
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=576162#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/viewtopic.php?search_id=1293376148&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!!!

[disciple]

Also see my bookmarks viewer.

Does yours list the rox bookmarks, or the gtk bookmarks?

[don570]

note to disciple: Looks like a useful app! You should
have kept developing it. I'll test it on Exprimo and
report back next week. If you don't mind I might
take some lines from it and add another list to my app.
I was originally going to put a 'notebook' interface in
my app but then decided that one simple window
was the way to go, but I might go back.

I'm so inexperienced in programming that I don't even
know how to use the 'cut' command.
So your code could be useful to me.

[don570]

New version 1.1 Quick Launch

-changed the default list of folders slightly
-centered windows
-more warning messages
-Xdialog gets orange color
-It is now ready for localization!!
Send translations to me.
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[disciple]

[disciple]

[sc0ttman]

disciple, Akita (a puplet) does that, using a script from akash_rawal, found here somewhere on the forum..

[disciple]

Ah, yes, thanks.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=510081#510081
Looks like I didn't quite follow that thread for long enough.
Jemimah also mentioned making a libgio patch to make them show up automatically in the fileselector, although with that method they wouldn't be added to the bookmarks file (so the bookmarks script would need extra logic to detect them itself... which could be borrowed from that scripe).

[don570]

I am still developing the program.
I will add some of the Rox Bookmarks
thanks to two 'cut' lines I found in Disciple's
program. It would have been very difficult for
me otherwise

I am close to finished...maybe the final program
will be finished tonite.

In my help window I encourage people to edit the final
FOLDER_LIST with a text editor if they want.
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[don570]

new version Quick Launch 1.2

- longer list of Favorite Folders is possible in window
of Quick Launch but will still fit in Netbook screen.

-Rox Bookmarks are automatically searched
and a few are added to list of Favorite Folders if
they meet criteria

-I have received first French translation from esmourguit.
I will make a couple of changes to the wording
and then post.

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[don570]

Sept 14-French translation is available - thanks to esmourguit

I am asking for more translations on the forum.
It's not very difficult. Just replace the English words
between the double quotes. I'll do the rest.

Here's the file text.

[don570]

I have put in code so that keystroke launch
should work immediately. I checked it in the
latest Wary.

So once you install try Ctrl-shift-L and
see if the application launches. If not
then you'll have to take care of the
problem yourself. -->Suggestion: Try opening
the configuration file of your launcher program
or your window manager.

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!!!

Windows to USB sticks and extra disk partions I have left
unaffected for USER convenience.


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[don570]

new version 1.4 Quick Launch

-I made a fix to code of two 'Open' buttons
so that the warning when no selection is made
will be handled in a logical manner.


-German version is now available thanks to wuwei
I will package up a Spanish version soon as well
thanks to autogestion.

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[don570]

Spanish translation is added thanks to
autogestion

[don570]

Configuration of JWM is done by editing ".jwmrc".

If you're using JWM (Joe's window manager)
this is the entry in the hidden configuration file
to launch with the keystroke Ctrl-shift-L





A good explanation is here
http://www.joewing.net/programs/jwm/config.shtml#keys

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