UnderLinux

An application starter is a program that displays a list of installed
applications and gives the user the chance to start those aplications

Contents

• A standard for Application Starters
• For those interested in writing an Application Starter
• Menus to include in your starter

 
• Program Starters

QStart by Rui Anastacio

Page by Rui Anastácio
mail: ranastacio@mail.telepac.pt
homepage: www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/6333

 OTHER PROJECTS:  Organizer ,  Agenda

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Many diferent starters exist. Some work as part of the Window Manager while others are independent. Each one uses a different file format to describe the list of applications available.

Trying to organize this mess I have written a "standard" (not yet one, you decide) file format. This format alows us to organize our applications and use then in any Window Manager we like. See a description of the format HERE. This format is not perfec, any comments are welcome. If you have ideas to make it better please send them in.

Some benefits of an Application Starter Standard:

• Instalation programs can update the list automatically when new programs are added or removed from the system, because the format and location is known
• Create a common way to work for users
• Make the exchange of lists possible

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For those involved in writting an Application Starter

New application starters are welcome. New ideas, an improved standard format is also welcome. So if have any contribution let me know, and I will add it tho this page.

For QT Programmmers: I have include the source code for QStart. If you want just improve it.

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The folowing are sets of menus and icons available for your starter. Each pakage has a the folowing files and folders:

README - brief explanations

APPS - menu definitions to add to your .apps file

/icons - icons needed by this menus

Available packages

base-apps.tgz - Base menus that come with Qstart 1.0 - Rui Anastacio

root-apps.tgz - Menus for /root - Rui Anastácio

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