PupApps-1.2
Recommended OS
Puppy Linux 4.3.1 and above
Purpose and
Base Features
PupApps Launcher is a graphical
panel
which permits menu-like access to most Puppy programs (applications),
and is similar to the companion program, PupControl Panel, which
permits
access to more than sixty Puppy control functions. PupApps is a
standalone program but will integrate seamlessly with PupControl here
(all
versions), PupShutdown here
(version 1.4 or greater), PupClockset here,
and
PupSnap here
. The tab
interface of PupApps sorts programs and utilities into six broad
categories, and common functions that one may use routinely are
available in the lower panel tray. The optimal display for the panel
GUI is automatically configured based on the active window manager and
current global screen dpi.
Caveats
1 - When first installed, the
PupApps GUI displays applications that are standard in most Puppy
versions. Additional applications may be selected in Preferences (Pref)
in the lower tray. If a desired application is not listed, you can
enter
the name of the executable, including the path and switches if needed,
then select Save to set your new option.
2 - The category icons in
the main
GUI, and program options in the Preferences drop-down lists, change
dynamically as applications are installed and uninstalled. After
uninstalling an application, the name of that program remains in the
Preferences drop-down list until you select and save a different
application in that category. If only one application remains in a
drop-down list and you wish to remove it, simply highlight that name
with the mouse cursor and click the delete key on your keyboard, then
select Save in Preferences.
3 - Program access is by Puppy Menu->Utility->PupApps, or by
the default Ctrl+Shift+A keyboard shortcut, which is configured for
IceWm, JWM, Openbox, Fluxbox, LXDE and LXPanel. If the Xfce window
manager is
currently active, the hotkey can be set manually as follows: Xfce
Settings->Keyboard->Application Shortcuts.
4 - PupApps auto-configures many panel options based on the name of the
current window manager logged in /etc/windowmanager. Puppy will update
this file automatically when starting a new window manager from the
command prompt, but some programs that change the window manager in
real time may fail to update properly. Consequently, when changing to a
different window manager, if PupApps does not display properly, or
command functions are inoperative, please exit to the command prompt
and type in the appropriate start command such as xwin icewm, or xwin
jwm, or xwin lxsession, or xwin startxfce4.
5 - The GUI of PupApps-1.2 supports screen fonts as large as 108 dpi
in standard Puppy derivatives, and up to 144 dpi in both Fluppy and
Lighthouse Pup, in 6-dpi increments only. The GUI no longer supports
the font metrics of early
developmental releases of Fluppy (1-9), but does support the new font
metrics of Fluppy 10, 11...
Roger D. Grider, Copyright 2011
GPL3