I need documentation on how to create quicklists

Question

Can someone please tell me the language used for quicklists, and where I can find its documentation? I know you can copy a similar quicklist and modify it, but that approach has serious limitations.

Answer 1

Static quicklists don't require a specific programming languages But if you are looking for syntax it is as follows

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Quicklist1;Quicklist2;Quicklist3

[Qucklist1 Shortcut Group]
Name=Quicklist1 
Exec=Executable command
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Qucklist2 Shortcut Group]
Name=Quicklist2
Exec=Executable command
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Qucklist3 Shortcut Group]
Name=Quicklist3 
Exec=Executable command
TargetEnvironment=Unity

There is more on that here. That page also has information (with example code) for how to create dynamic quicklists, which let the program dynamically create quicklists on the fly.

Answer 2

I think the easyest way is by installing Ubuntu-tweak which has a Unity quicklist editor: http://ubuntu-tweak.com/