# Note: This application is no longer part of the base package, as it has been replaced by mbdesktop

## Coordinator

The coordinator for this sub-project is Robert Mibus (mibus@bigpond.com). If you want to contribute to this project, please contact him directly.

## Function

The application manager is the main window of the PDA. It allows to start-up applications and offers a kind of start-menu. Any application that a user should be able to access should also be available through the application manager. Every application has to provide a name and an icon to be displayed. Applications are sorted into different categories so that finding them is easier. This is done by using 'tabs', much like those in dialog boxes in many GUIs. There is a small list of recently-used items in appmgr >= 0.07, which is yet to be released. For both, see the screenshot below.

For certain application it is necessary that they can only be started once, for example the address application. The address application itself should handle anything that a user could want from multiple instances of the application. On the old Psions for example I used to have several address applications running for different address databases: Home, Work, Private, etc. The application itself could handle this by offering proper categories.

### Screenshot

### FAQ

## Why don't I have many programs in the list?

Programs are only listed if they have icons included in their package. GPE applications will show up whenever appropriate, but non-GPE software may not show up. If you think it should show up, try asking the developer of the software to supply an icon and tell the menu to show it. For more information on this, email me at mibus@bigpond.com.

### Anything else...

I sometimes make notes of what's happening with appmgr at my hh.org page, feel free to look around.

gpe-appmgr is in the GPE CVS, in the module "base/gpe-appmgr".

If you have any questions or comments, email me!