About 1a. Dependencies
How to use Lauf 2a. Core Plugins 2b. Built-in Plugins 2c. Common Issues 2d. Command Line Options 2e. Configuration
Keyboard shortcut
License

1.) About What is Lauf? Well for one it's the german word for "Run". Also to answer your next question, No. I am NOT german. Lauf is a lightweight application and task launcher that's completely programmed in the simple SHELL scripting language. Lauf is made to run under the Dash interpreter but has no problem running on Bash.

1a. Dependencies The following must be installed in order for Lauf to work properly: a. Zenity b. Notify-OSD This is optional, as long as you change the lauf_notify_style from "notify-osd" or "message". By default, notify-osd will be used. c. Coreutils Plugin dependencies are not listed, When activating an external plugin, It's dependencies will be shown.

2.) How to use Lauf? Typing an application name into Lauf will execute that application. Plugins in the 'core' folder have the same depenedencies as Lauf, and don't require to be activated. Plugins in the 'plugins' folder require some sort of other software that might not be installed on your system, and require being activated. There are also some built-in plugins.

2a. CORE PLUGINS a. help help with help with plugin b. calc calc c. plugins plugins + plugins - d. delete delete e. shred shred f. move move to

g. copy copy to h. split split i. about

2b. Built-in plugins a. Run command with output: $ b. Run bash style commands:

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c. Run what ever was last entered: ~ d. Run command for timed duration

for Time can be: s for seconds, m for minutes, h for hours. 2c. Common Issues a. Lauf simply blinks when I type in Either you made a typo, your plugin isn't activated, or that application isn't installed. b. Lauf won't run: Run chmod a+x /dir/to/lauf/lauf Make sure all dependencies are installed c. Lauf GUI shows up, but nothing is working? Make sure the core folder exist and has the core plugins in it Make sure you have read and write permissions in the directory you extracted Lauf to d. Terminal commands with '$' aren't working Make sure you didn't make any mistakes with using the commands arguements. 'help with COMMAND' Some commands do not output to the standard output, This can't be helped. 2d. Command Line Options Running Lauf with no command line options will just execute Lauf normally. a. Skip Lauf GUI and run a plugin -p --plugin b. Debugging Lauf and Plugins -d --debug c. Help with command line options -h --help d. Creating .desktop file launcher -l --launcher [directory] 2e. Configuration There's various options and settings that you can change without having to modify Lauf's program files. You can edit the lauf.cfg file directly. It's commented well enough that there should be no need to go into detail. 3.) Keyboard Shortcut a. Head over to System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. b. Click 'add' and enter 'Lauf' as the name, /dir/you/extracted/lauf/to/lauf as it's 'command' c. Click 'OK'. d. Double click on the created keystroke e. Press a Keystroke combination to bind Lauf to f. Click 'Ok'. 4.) License Lauf - a lightweight application and task launcher Copyright (C) 2010 Joshua Redfield Copyright (C) 2010 Hunterm This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see .

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