About KeyBoardLauncherX

Overview

Create your own hot keys using a few simple steps.
--Launch applications from anywhere on your desktop
--Open documents and folders in flash!

Easily to create "HotKey" and ...

Easy to set up

  • Easy to install
  • Easy to uninstall
  • Not have to reboot
Task
  • Launch "KeyBoardLauncherX.app"
  • Install
  • Create your "HotKey" to assign some "Item", "Finder Functions" or "Pasteboard(clipboard) data"
  • Pressing your "HotKey" and launch some applications, open documents as "Items" and copy a pasteboard data to pasteboard -clipboard-

 

1.

Contents of KeyBoardLauncherX

     
  Modules Function  Installed to Remarks
  KeyBoardLauncherX.app application for setting "HotKeys" and "Items" /Applications/ by Installer
  com.summs.KeyBoardLauncherX.daemon.plist plist for launching daemon /Library/LaunchAgents/ by KeyBoardLauncherX.app
  KeyBoardLauncherX.daemon

daemon

 /Library/StartupItems/KeyBoardLauncherX/ by KeyBoardLauncherX.app
  StartupParameters.plist

plist for launching the shell

 /Library/StartupItems/KeyBoardLauncherX/ by KeyBoardLauncherX.app
  KeyBoardLauncherX shell for loading kernel extension /Library/StartupItems/KeyBoardLauncherX/ by KeyBoardLauncherX.app
  KeyBoardLauncherX.kext kernel extension /Library/StartupItems/KeyBoardLauncherX/ by KeyBoardLauncherX.app
  KeyBoardLauncherXAssist.app application for showing the icon on the menu bar /Library/StartupItems/KeyBoardLauncherX/ by KeyBoardLauncherX.app
  com.summs.KeyBoardLauncherX.license license file for saving license ID and license CODE ~/Library/Preferences/ when the license file was imported
  com.summs.KeyBoardLauncherX.plist preference file of "KeyBoardLauncherX.app" ~/Library/Preferences/ when "KeyBoardLauncherX.app" was launched
  com.summs.KeyBoardLauncherXAssist.plist preference file of "KeyBoardLauncherXAssist.app" ~/Library/Preferences/ when "KeyBoardLauncherXAssist.app" was launched
  KeyBoardLauncherXData.data for saving "HotKeys" and "Items" ~/Library/Application Support/KeyBoardLauncherX/ when "HotKeys" and "Items" were set
  some pasteboard titles copy its data to pasteboard(clipboard) ~/Library/Application Support/KeyBoardLauncherX/PasteboardData/ when "HotKeys" was set

* about "~"

It means the user's home directory

Ex.

"~/Library/" means "/Users/user ID/Library/

 

2.

What kind of object can be assigned to "HotKey"

  item Action
  Launch Item applications launch
  files open by a default application
  open by your favourite application
  folders open (same as "launch applications")
  Finder Function Sleep Sleep your mac
  Restart Restart your mac
  Shut Down Shut Down your mac
  Empty Trash Empty Trash -same as Finder's "Empty Trash⇧ ⌘⌫"
  Move to Trash Move some selected items to Trash -same as Finder's "Move to Trash⌘⌫"
  Make New File Make a "Untitled" file in a current window
  Get Path Get the path of the selected files or folders
  Get File List Get the list of the selected files or folders
  Copy to... Copy the files or folders that you copied to the clipboard by Copy Command (⌘ + C) to the selected folder
  Move to... Move the files or folders that you copied to the clipboard by Copy Command (⌘ + C) to the selected folder
  Copy to... by new name Copy the selected files or folders that you copied to the clipboard by Copy Command (⌘ + C) to the selected folder and rename them
  Move to... by new name Move the selected files or folders that you copied to the clipboard by Copy Command (⌘ + C) to the selected folder and rename them
  Show Permission Show the path and the permission of the selected file or folder
  Pasteboard Item text Copy its data to Pasteboard(clipboard)
  image

3.

The variable preference's values

  HotKey work(When the item is an application)
Once press
Twice press
HotKey interval
  Launch it
n/a
n/a
  Open a selected file
n/a
n/a
  Launch it Open a selected file 0 to 2 seconds
  Open a selected file Launch it
         
  kext update interval 1 to 5 seconds

 

4.

Limit

  
  Subject Detail
  Environment 64bit vers. OS MacOSX 10.7.x, 10.8.x
Kernel 64bit
CPU x86_64
32bit vers. OS MacOSX 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x
Kernel 32bit
CPU ppc, i386, x86_64
  available key

combination of modifier keys and alphabet key, mark key, number key, function key, and so on

  unavailable key sound key, eject key and some combination of command key (and KANA key and EISU key of Japanese keyboard）
  number of hot keys "DEMO" version up to 3 hot keys
"Licensed" version up to 100 hot keys
  number of items depending on memories

*about "modifier key"

It means command key, control key, option key, shift key and caps lock key

**Japanese keyboard has KANA key and EISU key