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+ | ====== xfce4-appfinder - Preferences ====== | ||
+ | This page details all the settings available for the Application Finder. To edit settings, open up the application in it's expanded mode and select {gui> | ||
- | ====== xfce4-appfinder - Application Finder ====== | + | * **[[# |
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
+ | * **[[#Custom Actions|Custom Actions]]** | ||
+ | * **[[# | ||
- | The Application Finder is a program to find and launch installed applications on your system, and quickly execute commands. It does this by searching your file system for '' | + | ---- |
- | <note tip> | + | ===== General ===== |
- | * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** | + | <figure " |
- | * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** | + | {{: |
- | * **[[# | + | </ |
---- | ---- | ||
- | ===== General ===== | + | ==== Behaviour |
- | * **[[usage|Usage]]** -- Overview of the Application Finder | + | ? Remember last selected category |
- | | + | ! Select this option to make the Application Finder |
- | * **[[examples|Custom Action Examples]]** -- Examples for custom actions | + | ? Always centre the window |
+ | ! By default, | ||
+ | ? Keep running instance in the background | ||
+ | ! Keeps Application Finder running in the background to speed up opening times. You might want to disable this to reduce memory usage. | ||
+ | ? Single window | ||
+ | ! This option in only active if {gui> | ||
+ | ? Sort recently user items first | ||
+ | ! Sort items by frequency, i.e. taking into account the frequency and how recent an item has been launched. | ||
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- | ===== Debugging Support ===== | + | ==== Appearance |
- | xfce4-appfinder currently supports three different levels of debugging support, | + | ? View items as icons |
- | which can be setup using the configure flag '' | + | ! Select this option to show the applications and commands as icons rather than in a list view. |
- | + | ? Text beside icons | |
- | ^ Argument | + | ! This option in only active if {gui> |
- | | `yes` | This is the default for Git snapshot builds. It adds all kinds of checks | + | ? Item icon size |
- | | `minimum` | This is the default for release builds. **This is the recommended behaviour.** | | + | ! The size of the icons in the item view. |
- | | `no` | Disables all sanity checks. Don't use this unless you know exactly what you do. | | + | ? Hide category pane |
+ | ! Hides the category side pane when in expanded mode. | ||
+ | ? Category icon size | ||
+ | ! The size of the category icons in the side pane. | ||
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- | ===== Latest Release ===== | ||
- | {{rss> | + | ==== History ==== |
- | [[https:// | + | ? Clear Custom Command History |
+ | ! Use this option to remove the history of custom commands you've entered in the collapsed mode that did not match any of the installed application commands. | ||
- | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
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- | ===== Source Code Repository | + | [[|Back to Top]] |
- | [[https:// | + | |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Custom Actions | ||
+ | You can set custom actions to quickly perform tasks when a certain character or combination of characters is entered in the collapsed view. For example, you can go to a certain article on Wikipedia by typing '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <figure " | ||
+ | {{:xfce:xfce4-appfinder: | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | [[|Back to Top]] | ||
- | ===== Reporting Bugs ===== | + | ==== Usage ==== |
+ | You can add a new (empty) action by clicking on the {gui> | ||
- | | + | ? Type |
+ | ! There are two types of pattern matches: | ||
+ | |||
+ | | ||
+ | * **Regular Expression** - For complex matches you can write a [[https:// | ||
+ | ? Pattern | ||
+ | ! Depending on the type selected, it describes the prefix or regular expression. | ||
+ | ? Command | ||
+ | ! The command that is executed when the pattern is matched. To include parts of the search in the command the following variables are available: | ||
+ | ? Prefix | ||
+ | ! **%s** - Include the string after the matched pattern. For example, if the prefix-pattern is '' | ||
+ | ! **%S** - Include the complete string after the matched pattern. For example, if the prefix-pattern is '' | ||
+ | ? Regular Expression | ||
+ | ! During the process of matching, the results of the sub-pattern between parentheses '' | ||
+ | ! If the pattern is '' | ||
+ | ? Save match in command history | ||
+ | ! Select this option if you want matches to be saved in the {gui> | ||
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+ | [[|Back To Top]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | [[ : |