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<a name="xfce4-appfinder"></a>Xfce 4 Appfinder
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<span class="firstname">Eduard</span>
<span class="surname">Roccatello</span>
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<code class="email"><<a href="mailto:eduard@xfce.org">eduard@xfce.org</a>></code>
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<span class="releaseinfo">This manual describes <strong class="application"><code>xfce4-appfinder</code></strong> version 4.2. Last updated: November 2004
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<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2004 Eduard Roccatello</p>
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<b>Table of Contents</b>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="#appfinder-intro">Introduction</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="#appfinder-getting-started">Getting Started</a>
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<a href="#appfinder-advanced">Appfinder Advanced features</a>
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="#appfinder-copyright">About <strong class="application">
<code>xfce4-appfinder</code></strong>
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The Xfce 4 Appfinder is part of the <a href="http://www.xfce.org">Xfce 4 Desktop Environment</a> and features application
search on the whole system. It searches for
<code class="filename">.desktop</code> files based on the
freedesktop spec and makes an index of the found apps.</p>
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</a>Getting Started
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<p>You can start Appfinder from console running
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<strong class="command">xfce4-appfinder</strong>
</span> command or launching
it through panel launcher icon.
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When you start the appfinder you will see a window appearing center
of your screen, looking like this:
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<b>Figure 1. Xfce4 Appfinder</b>
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<img src="images/default_appfinder.png" alt="Xfce4 Appfinder window is splitted in two parts: on the left we have
categories and on the right found applications matching the category chosen.
It also include a box to search applications matching a particular keyword."/>
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Double clicking an application will launch it, while a right click will
show up a pop up menu, where getting informations about the selected item.</p>
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<b>Figure 2. Popup menu</b>
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<img src="images/appfinder-handle-popup.png" alt="Right click popup menu."/>
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The informations window is useful to get all details of a desktop file entry.
We can get informations about Name, Comment, Categories and Command.
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<b>Figure 3. Item informations window</b>
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<img src="images/appfinder-item-popup.png" alt="Item informations window."/>
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<a name="appfinder-advanced"></a>Appfinder Advanced features
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The Xfce 4 appfinder has the possibility to interact with other applications
through drag and drop. At the actual state it can drop things on Xfce 4 menu editor
and on some parts of Xfce 4 panel.
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You can edit desktop menu through Xfce 4 menu editor using drag and drop from Xfce 4 Appfinder.
Searching applications and adding it to desktop menu will be easier to do and faster.
You have only to select an item from the appfinder list and drag it on the menu editor list and
enjoy the result.
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Xfce 4 appfinder also support drag and drop on Xfce 4 panel launcher settings window.
You can drop appfinder items on the Command text entry of Xfce 4 panel launcher settings and get
the full command written. A fast way to add a new application.
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<a name="appfinder-copyright">
</a>About <strong class="application">
<code>xfce4-appfinder</code></strong>
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<strong class="application">
<code>xfce4-appfinder</code>
</strong> was written by Eduard Roccatello
(<code class="email"><<a href="mailto:eduard@xfce.org">eduard@xfce.org</a>></code>). To find more information, please visit
the <a href="http://www.xfce.org">Xfce web site</a>.
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<p>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
this manual, use the bug tracking system at <a href="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/">http://bugzilla.xfce.org/</a>.
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<p>If you have questions about the use or installation of this package,
please ask on the <a href="http://lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce">xfce</a> mailing list. Development discussion takes
place on the <a href="http://lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev">xfce4-dev</a> mailing list.
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<strong class="application">
<code>xfce4-appfinder</code>
</strong> is distributed under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
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