# Mangonel, a simple application launcher for KDE4.

Mangonel is intended as a light weight replacement for the, in my view bloated and slow, standard KRunner. Sadly you can't actually get rid of KRunner because it's also responsible for your screensaver and power-management.

> ### Mangonel currently lets you do these things.
>
> * Start applications in the KDE menu.
> * Opening files and directories with their default application.
> * Execute shell commands, including arguments.
> * Use it as a calculator.

The default global shortcut to show Mangonel is `CTR+ALT+Space`, you can change this in the KDE4 system settings.

Mangonel came to be because I started to really mis [Katapult][]. I loved Katapult for its simplicity and speed, those are two points I really can't find in KRunner.

# Installation.

Installing Mangonel from source is not difficult. First [download the source on github][1] or [clone the git repository][2].
Once you have the files cd into the directory containing the source and follow the steps below to build and install the application.

* Create a build directory and move into it.
* run: `cmake ../`
* run: `make`
* As root, run: `make install`
* Start mangonel.
* Enjoy launching your favourite applications in a matter of milliseconds.

### Autostart.
To automatically start Mangonel when you log on to your desktop, follow these steps.

* Open 'System Settings'.
* Go to 'Startup and Shutdown'.
* Click 'Add Program...'.
* Browse to the executable.


[Katapult]: http://katapult.kde.org/
[1]: https://github.com/tarmack/Mangonel/archives/master
[2]: https://github.com/tarmack/Mangonel
