Notices

Warning!

ApMeFo may cause problems such as not being able to see any icons in your application launcher, if something goes incredibly wrong. Keeping a desktop-shortcut of ApMeFo on your desktop is recommended.

Documentation.

When you first start the program you'll be taken to the (De-)Activate tab. The (De-)Activate enables and disables the ApMeFo functionality. When in the deactivated state, ApMeFo is off, and your applications will be organized in alphabetical order. More interesting is the activate state, which will organize your icons according to the folders you have set in ApMeFo.

How to Create Folders and Icons 

To create a folder, go to the Create/Edit tab, here you can create new folders and assign them an icon. You can also edit existing folder names.

Creating a New Folder

Click the text field in Folder Name and type in your desired Folder name.

Click, the text field in Folder Name and type in your desired Folder name. For example, you may want to use Games, to have all your Games in. There are some symbol/special character restrictions  (such as &) and you can't use spaces. 

Next assign that folder an icon, by clicking the select button. Choose any icon you want but I recommend chosing general folder (it's called general_folder) if you use custom themes so the folders will update with the theme. With the default theme, it'll be a standard yellow folder. 

After finishing, click the create/edit folder button. 

Editing an Existing Folder (Functionality may not be ready yet?)

Click the select button to bring up a list of folder names that you have created in the past. Select one of the exisiting folder names, and change it, e.g. Game to Games and then click the Create/Edit Folder. Changing the folder's icon may not be available as of version (0.9-5).

Delete an existing Folder

To delete an existing folder, select the folder's name using the select button and then press the delete folder button. 

Add Apps

So you want to organize your applications into specific folders. Click the "Add Apps" tab and select your folder name. There are four buttons that you can choose from to manipulate the applications.

1) + will bring up an alphabetical listing of all the applications you have installed that can be sorted into folders. The list can be skipped through by using the hard keyboard to jump to the letter your application starts with. For example, pressing the P key will jump to applications beginning with P. You can also select more than one application to add several at once.

2) - will delete whatever application from the folder you have selected in the list of applications 

3) The ^ arrow will move the selected application in the listing upward.

4) The down arrow will move the selected application in the listing downward.

Update Folder will save your changes. 

Now to see your changes, you should click Activate to replace the default organization with ApMeFo. Do not close the application yet. See if the changes have worked, if so you can close ApMeFo now. Congrats, your folders are now organized.   

Other Tips: You can assign an application to more than one folder. For example, it may be useful to have Pidgin in a folder named Communication as well as a folder named Internet. This allows you to access the application regardless if you click Communication or Internet.