What is "katapult"

Katapult is a discontinued free application launcher for KDE desktop environment. Its development ceased in 2008.

Katapult allows the user to quickly launch applications or open files by pressing Alt + space and typing the beginning of the file or application name. Katapult doubles as a quick calculator, spell checker, and document viewer. Katapult also evaluates expressions (e.g. "5+1"). The solution appears on the right (e.g. "6"). Katapult also features a spell checker that allows the user to verify the spelling of a typed-in word. Katapult file access supports incremental find. The user does not need to type in the entire name of the file to access it, only the first few letters. This feature may also be used to open applications, play songs via Amarok, and in other contexts as well. The Escape key exits Katapult. The Enter key opens applications that are displayed.

Some of the functionality of Katapult has been integrated in the built-in KRunner that ships with KDE Software Compilation 4.

Katapult is the twenty-seventh album by the Finnish experimental rock band Circle. It was released on CD and limited vinyl by No Quarter Records in 2007. The album has a clear black metal influence, displaying a fondness for the harsh guitars and rapid drums of bands such as Immortal and Celtic Frost. Despite this, the album is still very recognizable as Circle due to its insistence on repetition - a constant feature of the band's sound. The opening track, " Saturnus Reality", gives its name to a documentary film about the band.

The Katapult is a now-defunct type of roller coaster. Only eight such rides were made. The ride suffered breakdowns often. Wildwood, New Jersey once had two of these, although both are now gone.

Katapult is a discontinued free application launcher for the KDE desktop environment.

Katapult may also refer to:

• Katapult (album), an album by Finnish rock band Circle
• Katapult (roller coaster), a defunct type of roller coaster
• Katapult, a 1984 film by Czechoslovak New Wave director Jaromil Jireš
• Katapult, a novel by American writer Karen Kijewski
• Katapult, a work by Bosnian-Swedish writer Midhat Ajanović