Katapult is a
free
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
* Emancipate, to procur ...
application launcher for the
TDE desktop environment. Original development ceased in 2008, but it's been maintained by the TDE developers ever since.
Katapult 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 In software, a spell checker (or spelling checker or spell check) is a software feature that checks for misspellings in a text. Spell-checking features are often embedded in software or services, such as a word processor, email client, electronic di ...
that allows the user to verify the spelling of a typed-in word. Katapult file access supports
incremental find
In computing, incremental search, hot 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 ...
. 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
Amarok may refer to:
Music
* Amarok (band), a Spanish progressive rock band
* ''Amarok'' (Mike Oldfield album), 1990
* ''Amarok'' (Nargaroth album), 2000
* ''Amarok'', 2010 album by Francisco López (musician)
Other uses
* Amarok (wolf), in In ...
, 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.
[Andrew Min]
KDE4
Full Circle Magazine
See also
*
Comparison of applications launchers
An application launcher is a computer program that helps a user to locate and start other computer programs. An application launcher provides shortcuts to computer programs, and stores the shortcuts in one place so they are easier to find.
In th ...
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KDE Plasma Workspaces
References
General References
* Mayank Sharma (July 16, 2007),
Katapult yourself to keyboard productivity',
linux.com
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* Andrew Min (28 May 2007),
Launch your programs faster with Katapult',
Free Software Magazine column
* Benjamin Mako Hill, ''Das offizielle Ubuntu Buch'',
Pearson Education
Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...
, 2007, , p. 252
External links
Original website (mirror)on the
Internet Archive
Katapult on Kde-AppsThe Katapult HandbookKatapult – KDE application launcher in openSUSE Linux October 25, 2008, susegeek.com
* Peter Upfold (March 18, 2008
Katapult - a general purpose launcher for KDE FOSSwire
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