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Go to Panel Preferences > Items. Then add a Launcher (top item). Once you add the Launcher click on the gear icon or double click it under Panel Preferences > Items. From there you can add whichever program you like. The option Run Program allows you to add a custom script or item. Xfce is based on the GTK toolkit but it is not a GNOME fork. It uses the Xfwm window manager and its configuration is entirely mouse-driven, with the configuration files hidden from the casual user. Add Linux Apps to App Launcher by Creating.desktop. Completely Uninstall Apps and App Data on Ubuntu. Enable Compact Performance Manager on.

I like to use the Synapse launcher in Ubuntu (Xfce) - I think I would prefer it even to Dash from Unity.

I added the 'Program Launcher' to the panel and added a few of my own programs to it. Not problems. Except that the launcher just shows up as an invisible square on the panel. It is taking up the the right amount of room, and if I click it my menu items are displayed. But, I can't seem to change the 'blank' and certain see no way to add my.

Is there something close to that for Windows 7?

I use the Start search/launch feature of Windows 7, but I would like an alternative to that, something more close to Synapse, with a larger window, for example.

Sekhemty

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Launchy should be the thing you are looking for.
Quoted from Wikipedia:

Launchy is an open source application launcher for Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and GNU/Linux. It indexes shortcuts in the start menu, and files in specific folders to allow quicker access to programs without opening the start menu itself, or browsing to the relevant folder. [..] Launchy can add folders and file formats to its catalog for indexing, so it can launch almost anything on a computer, including programs, URLs (also from bookmarks) and documents; as well as run Google, Wikipedia, MSN, and Yahoo searches, bringing the results up in the default browser.

Another alternative could be Executor. From the website:

This is a multi purpose launcher and a more advanced and customizable version of windows run. The program originated as I was sick of spending too much time searching for programs through my ever growing windows start-menu, and also I missed a tool that could ease and optimize my daily work flow. There was of course already programs like this available, but each had it's annoyance or missing features or too(!) geeky.

SekhemtySekhemty

The best option for Windows 7 IMO is to install www.classicshell.net - it makes the Search functionality from the Start Menu more intelligent by adding things like substring search and launch frequency tracking (so that it learns to autoselect the programs you use most often).

The main problem with it is that it still relies on the basic search functionality provided by Windows so:

• It's usually slow to react the first time you use it after a Windows restart.

• It can only launch system settings / Control Panel shortcuts or the shortcuts it can find in the Start Menu (Programs etc.) - it doesn't look at your list of installed programs (the former 'Add/Remove Programs'). The way I 'teach' it new programs is by manually creating shortcuts for them in an out-of-the-way folder in Programs/Accessories/CustomShortcuts.

The main reason I prefer it to Launchy and Executor and Enso Launcher is that it can be accessed with a single key-press, typically the Super key, after which I can immediately start typing what I'm trying to launch, which is exactly what I do with Synapse on Linux. Compared to Synapse though, I sorely miss the ability to type mathematical expressions directly in the search box and have them calculated live.

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EDIT:

Ok, fair enough - probably using a standalone launcher is the way to go as Daniel Andersson suggest below. But this leads to following questions:

Either;

1. How do I get bash-like command completion with Tab to work in xfrun4 or:
2. Is there some other launcher (for xfce) that opens instantly enough (as fast as xterm) does not need crapload of KDE or Gnome libs that has tab-completion?

For instantly enough reference:

The original question was:

Old habits die hard, so on my Linux desktop I launch applications by opening a terminal and running the (X) application from the command line. I would like to turn one of my Xterm windows into an application launcher so that I can just type google-chrome or charm and the application is launched in the background without suffixing the command with & or Ctrl-Z followed by bg.

Is there an easy way to make an Xterm window / shell that runs all command in the background?Preferably a script that I can just source (in bash) or even better, something that is run automatically when I disembiggen the font by Ctrl-Shift--

KimvaisKimvais

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If your question really is 'I want an application launcher', then there are plenty to choose from. It sounds like this is the easiest way to solve your actual problem. I use gmrun which is very light-weight and has completion. Wikipedia keeps a bigger list of such applications. Bind a keyboard shortcut to one of these, and then you can simply issue this shortcut instead of Ctrl+Shift+- and run the program.

If you question is 'I don't want to have to type & to launch programs in the background in Bash', then you could do a script such as

When run, you can enter a command, press Enter, and it will be launched in the background.

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If you want the shell to automatically think 'ah, this is a graphical program that he wants to run in the background' and only then add a &, then you'd need to keep some sort of list on all these binary names, and it would most likely be a great annoyance to other operations.

If your question is 'How do I catchCtrl+Shift+-in xterm and act on it?', then I don't know.

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All in all: I strongly recommend to just use a stand-alone application launcher, and get used to the shortcut for that.

Daniel AnderssonDaniel Andersson

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