ApplicationLauncher

Installation

Void Linux

Add the package repository:

echo "repository=https://github.com/rosssoftware/Void-Packages/raw/master" > /etc/xbps.d/ross.conf

Then install the package:

xbps-install -S ross-applicationlauncher

Arch Linux

There is an official git package available in the AUR: ross-applicationlauncher-git

Dependencies

• Qt5 [Widgets, DBus, LinguistTools]
• libqtxdg

Compilation

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

Usage

At first you need to launch it with the command ApplicationLauncher or add it as an autostart program.

Then you can toggle the application launcher manually using dbus with the following command:

dbus-send --dest=org.ROSS.ApplicationLauncher --type=method_call /App org.ROSS.ApplicationLauncher.toggle

If you're running the recommended window manager configurations the keyboard shortcut for toggling the ApplicationLauncher is Super + Q.