Katapult
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Katapult is a free
application launcher for KDE
desktop environment. It allows the user to quickly launch applications or open files by pressing Alt + space and typing the beginning of the file or application name. Katapult doubles as a quick calculator, spell checker, and document viewer. Katapult also evaluates expressions (e.g. "5+1"). The solution appears on the right (e.g. "6"). Katapult also features a spell checker
that allows the user to verify the spelling of a typed-in word. Katapult file access supports incremental find
. The user does not need to type in the entire name of the file to access it, only the first few letters. This feature may also be used to open applications, play songs via Amarok, and in other contexts as well. The Escape key exits Katapult. The Enter key opens applications that are displayed.
Some of the functionality of Katapult has been integrated in the built-in KRunner that ships with KDE Software Compilation 4.
Free and open source software
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application launcher for KDE
KDE
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desktop environment. It allows the user to quickly launch applications or open files by pressing Alt + space and typing the beginning of the file or application name. Katapult doubles as a quick calculator, spell checker, and document viewer. Katapult also evaluates expressions (e.g. "5+1"). The solution appears on the right (e.g. "6"). Katapult also features a spell checker
Spell checker
In computing, a spell checker is an application program that flags words in a document that may not be spelled correctly. Spell checkers may be stand-alone capable of operating on a block of text, or as part of a larger application, such as a word processor, email client, electronic dictionary,...
that allows the user to verify the spelling of a typed-in word. Katapult file access supports incremental find
Incremental find
In computing, incremental search, incremental find or real-time suggestions is a user interface interaction method to progressively search for and filter through text. As the user types text, one or more possible matches for the text are found and immediately presented to the user...
. The user does not need to type in the entire name of the file to access it, only the first few letters. This feature may also be used to open applications, play songs via Amarok, and in other contexts as well. The Escape key exits Katapult. The Enter key opens applications that are displayed.
Some of the functionality of Katapult has been integrated in the built-in KRunner that ships with KDE Software Compilation 4.
See also
- Comparison of applications launchers
- KDE Plasma Workspaces
External links
- Website
- Katapult on Kde-Apps
- The Katapult Handbook
- Katapult – KDE application launcher in openSUSE Linux , October 25, 2008, susegeek.com
- Peter Upfold (March 18, 2008) Katapult - a general purpose launcher for KDE, FOSSwire