.:: tablaunch ::.

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simple, cool-looking x application launchbar written in c, based on yeahlaunch 0.2. displays user-specified applications as tabs along the top of screen and becomes hidden after a delay. uses imlib to show and enlarge icons when moused-over.

people:

• d lam (maintainer, project lead) dnlam at users dot sf dot net
• m gumz (website, mental support) akira dot fluxbox dot org

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tablaunch-0.6050419 12:12:13

• allows most commandline options to be settable in the config file
• added yoffset option (requested by a user)
• fixed auto-hiding inefficiency due to transparent icons with holes
• code beautified, reduced code repetition
• --no_label gets rid of the label on the icon when --no_caption is used
• fixed configure file parsing of comments (line following comments were ignored)
• BUGS fixed: brightness option parsing, alwaysShowLabel, -rx option, removed -rx option, just use '-r -x <pixels>' instead

tablaunch-0.5050214 10:46:46

• fixed broken --bottom and --top options
• reposition text-only tabs to the vertical center of the launchbar
• fixed floating point rounding errors
• allow positioning of bar to bottom

tablaunch-0.4050202 09:23:00

• search for icons in ICON_HOME, assuming 48x48 and 64x64 subdirectories
• set icon home and enable icon home options
• fix button click: click does not register if unclicked outside smaller icon
• fix slight icon shift when moving bar
• icon blinks when clicked
• brightness of pressed icon option

tablaunch-0.3050121 15:40:00

• movable launch bar to access offscreen icons
• increase image rendering speed by storing preloaded images
• added option to use Imlib2 instead of Imlib

tablaunch-0.2050117 01:35:00

• fixed icon lookup by searching for icons in $HOME also
• fixed parsing of property file
• option to ignore X resources
• allow specification of height so that all icons are the same size and also enlarged icons can look better
• allow a different icon to be used as the zoomed-in icon, rather than enlarging the icon, which may look pixelated
• small optimizations to reduce CPU
• fix text label that doesn't completely show due to icon masking by adding captions under icons

tablaunch-0.1050117 01:35:00

• Code from YeahLaunch 0.2 reworked for readability.

Features added:


• thread for timed-hiding of launch bar
• -sfn fontname fontname used for selected tab
• screen width lookup for -r option so you don't have to supply screen width for -rx option
• expanding of selected tab
• icons for tabs