Qsel

NAME

SYNOPSIS

Qsel [ datadir ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

The items to be launched are presented in a flat window without sub-menus that can be organized into categories which result in a separate page.

Features:

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Create any number of categories with individual launcher window settings

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Easy configuration of launcher windows using drag&drop

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Switch categories: click on category title opens popup menu; back to previous (stacked)

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Access to options and configuration through context menu (right mouse click)

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SystemTray mode with tray menu for quick access to all windows and functions

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Auto-hide mode in docking position at desktop edge (right mouse click to bring window back)

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Windows optionally without title bar (see image)

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Optional at Qsel startup: auto launching items from special "startup" category

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Special launcher items: pop-up file lists to pick from

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Automatic drive letter handling on USB Flash Drives

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Unicode support

Window Options (context menu):

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Large or small Icons

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Window with/without title bar

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Font and background color

General Settings (extra window):

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Load at Windows startup

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Initial category (or last used)

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System Tray mode, Hotkey

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Tool window style with auto-hide functionality

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Single or double click launching

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Auto align category windows at top left or right corner

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Allow drag&drop into launcher window

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...

For a description of the full functionality, see: qsel.Help(1).

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the Qsel command to the 'Desktop'.

-u

uninstall the Qsel shortcut from the 'Desktop'.

-V

print Qsel version.

-l

list existing datadirs located in var/db/qsel/.

datadir

data directory to be used to save the launcher definition.

The datadir is created in var/db/qsel/<datadir>/ as long no absolute path name (labels are also possible, see lpath(3) for more information) is given.

Therefore multiple launcher configurations are possible when specifying different datadirectories.

ENVIRONMENT

Additionally to the standard Windows™ environment variables, the following ones are available:

%WA2L_INSTALLDIR%

installation base directory of the WA2L/WinTools package.

When adding commands from within the WA2L/WinTools package installation, those absolute path names are automatically replaced with the environment variable %WA2L_INSTALLDIR% on next start of Qsel (if started from the same path as when the command was added).

This means that you can save you the time of defining the paths using %WA2L_INSTALLDIR%, simply stop/start the related Qsel instance and you are set (you will then see the %WA2L_INSTALLDIR%, appearing in the Qsel dialog).

%WA2L_INSTALLDRIVE%

installation drive letter (without :) of the WA2L/WinTools package.
Example: D

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

4

usage message displayed.

5

version message displayed.

FILES

var/db/qsel/default/

default data directory to save the launcher configuration if no datadir is specified.

var/db/qsel/<datadir>/

data directory to save the launcher configuration if a datadir is specified.

var/icons/ and var/icons/qsel/

suggested location of additional icons to be used from within Qsel.

If additional icons are copied to that location and selected from there from within the Qsel Configuration dialog, the icons will also be portable and seen when started from another drive name for example.

etc/Qsel.cfg

optional configuration file to define additional environment variables visible in Qsel.

The environment variables have to be defined, as:

  PROJECTS=D:\dat\projects

var/cache/qsel/

compressed copies of the <datadir> configuration files.

This files can be used when Qsel has a problem loading a configuration or when a configuration was unintentionally deleted.

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

NOTES

Parts of the documentation has been extracted from https://www.horstmuc.de/wqsel.htm.

See also: https://www.horstmuc.de/wqsel.htm for more information.

BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.