launcht

Ubuntu indicator applet with configurable shortcut list for quick launch of terminal apps, somewhat inspired by shuttle for OS X.

Installation and usage

Application requires appindicator module to be installed. To do this in Ubuntu run the following command:

sudo apt-get install python-appindicator

After that is complete you can run the app:

git clone https://github.com/dzmitryk/launcht.git
cd launcht
./launcht.py

The shortcut list can be configured using JSON config file .launcht_conf which is located in user home directory (default configuration will be created automatically when you launch the app for the first time). Edit it to customize items in the launch menu.

Basic configuration structure:

{
	"shell-cmd": "gnome-terminal -x",
	"autostart":"false",
	"items": [
		{
			"type": "entry",
			"name": "top",
			"value": "top"
		},
		{
			"type": "separator"
		},
		{
			"type": "menu",
			"name": "editors",
			"value": [
				{
					"type": "entry",
					"name": "vi",
					"value": "vi"
				},
				{
					"type": "entry",
					"name": "nano",
					"value": "nano"
				}
			]
		}
	]
}

• shell-cmd specifies terminal shell command or any other command prefix i.e. default Ubuntu terminal gnome-terminal -x, this is usually set globally but can be overridden for specific entry
• autostart specifies whether the app should start automatically when user logs in
• items declares array of menu items
• type entry type, following types are supported:
  • entry specific app launch entry
  • menu menu enclosing more entries or other menus
  • separator menu separator
• name item name
• value command for entry type items and array of items for menus