Software:Katapult

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Katapult
Crystal128-katapult
Screenshot katapult.png
Katapult in use
Original author(s)KDE Developers
Developer(s)TDE Developers
Stable release
R14.1.1 / October 20, 2023; 3 months ago (2023-10-20)[1]
Repositorymirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/katapult/
Written inC++
Operating systemLinux
TypeApplication Launcher
LicenseGPL
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20090214151146/http://katapult.kde.org/wiki/KatapultHandbook

Katapult is a free and open source application launcher developed originally for KDE 3 and now used on the Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE). It is licensed under the GPL. It was inspired by another application launcher, Quicksilver for Mac OS X.[2] Original development ceased in 2008 and it was removed in KDE 4, but it has been maintained by the TDE developers ever since.[3]

Some of the functionality of Katapult has been integrated into the built-in KRunner program that ships with KDE Software Compilation 4.[4][5]

Features

Katapult allows the user to quickly launch applications and open files by pressing the Alt + Space keys and then typing the beginning of the file or application name. Users do not have to type out the entire name, only the first parts of it.[6] It could started by pressing Alt + F2 or finding it in the application menu. It can only find programs in the K Menu[2] and it can only find files in the top level home directory.[7] Configuration settings can be accessed by pressing Ctrl + C after opening the program.[6]

Katapult has integration with other KDE applications. It will open up songs searched through it in the Amarok music player. The program allows for bookmark importing from Konqueror or Mozilla-based browsers such as Firefox. The user could then search for bookmarks through Katapult and it would open them in Konqueror.[2]

Katapult also features a calculator, a spell checker, plug-in support, and the ability to use different themes.[8]

See also

  • Comparison of applications launchers
  • KDE Plasma Workspaces
  • Quicksilver

References

  1. ↑ "katapult - Katapult – a general purpose launcher". https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/katapult/tag/?h=r14.0.9. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Min, Andrew (28 May 2007). "Launch your programs faster with Katapult". http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/katapult. 
  3. ↑ "Katapult - a general purpose launcher". https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/katapult/. 
  4. ↑ Goscinski, Emanuel (11 February 2008). "KDE 4.0 released - Packages for Kubuntu available". https://www.kubuntu-de.org/english/kde-4-0-released-packages-kubuntu-available. 
  5. ↑ Min, Andrew (14 January 2008). "KDE4 by Andrew Min". https://fullcirclemagazine.org/kde4-by-andrew-min/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Upfold, Peter (18 March 2008). "Katapult - a general purpose launcher for KDE | FOSSwire". https://fosswire.com/post/2008/03/katapult-a-general-purpose-launcher-for-kde/. 
  7. ↑ Sharma, Mayank (15 July 2007). "Katapult yourself to keyboard productivity". http://archive09.linux.com/feature/117058. 
  8. ↑ Smith, JT (27 October 2008). "Katapult - KDE application launcher in openSUSE Linux" (in en-US). https://www.linux.com/news/katapult-kde-application-launcher-opensuse-linux/. 

External links

fr:KDE#Applications KDE



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