Minimalist and tiny (~150KB) application launcher for Linux. Built in C++ with X11.
Proto-launcher allows you to open applications which have desktop entries in the following directories:
/usr/share/applications/usr/local/share/applications~/.local/share/applications
This has only been tested on Arch Linux -- comments and suggestions welcome on the issue tracker.
git clone https://github.com/FlamingTempura/proto-launcher.git
cd proto-launcher
make installYou may also need to install libxft, libxrandr, and ubuntu fonts.
To run the launcher:
proto-launcher
To use a keyboard combo to open the launcher, configure your desktop environment to run proto-launcher when you press a key shortcut.
Use F4 and F5 to cycle through the included color schemes.
You can override colors and fonts in ~/.config/launcher.conf. E.g.:
[Style]
title=#f8f8f2
comment=#75715e
match=#a6e22e
background=#272822
highlight=#49483E
regular=Ubuntu,sans-11
bold=Ubuntu,sans-11:bold
smallregular=Ubuntu,sans-10
smallbold=Ubuntu,sans-10:bold
large=Ubuntu,sans-20:light
Colors must be 6-digit hexidecimal strings prefixed with a hash (e.g. #ff0000). Fonts must be written as <families>-<size>:<options> (e.g. verdana-10:italic). For more examples see the fontconfig docs.
Use F6 and F7 to adjust the scale (zoom) of the launcher. Use F8 and F9 to adjust the width.
make uninstall