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Library to discover, rank and inspect launchable Windows file entries. Walks multiple sources, such as Desktop, Start Menu, and the Microsoft Store |
Example launcher — Spotlight-style search bar built on the public API (cargo run --example launcher)
Wintheon APIs used: Gatherer with all three built-in sources at distinct priorities · WeightedEntryIteratorExt::sorted_by_score re-ranking every keystroke (per-entry MatchIndex cache) · FileEntry::icon + FileIcon::extract_icon_at for 64×64 RGBA · FileEntry::version_info for company / version / copyright badges · FileEntry::link_path for shell-correct launch targets.
Layered on top:
- Global
Shift+Alt+Spacehotkey viaglobal-hotkey - Frameless, always-on-top viewport
- Compact ↔ expanded resize on first keystroke (top edge stays put)
- Spotlight positioning anchored 120 px below screen top, horizontally centered
- ↑ / ↓ / Enter / Escape navigation, auto-focused search
- Color-coded origin chips, theme-aware card backgrounds
- On-disk RGBA cache under
%TEMP%with mtime-header self-invalidation, mmap-backed reads (mmap-io) - Background prewarm thread fills the cache at startup
- Lazy, visibility-gated texture upload at render time