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KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolvesKRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolvesPosted Feb 12, 2009 14:36 UTC (Thu) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)Parent article: KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolves
Geez, if you are trying to be more efficient by keeping your fingers on the keyboard, maybe you should use this very versatile tool called BASH!
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KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolves Posted Feb 12, 2009 18:59 UTC (Thu) by droundy (subscriber, #4559) [Link]
It's very hard to use bash in combination with graphical programs. e.g. how do you view a pdf file in bash? After you view it, how do you open another program? Using bash isn't a nice alternative to something that always intercepts keystrokes (e.g. is integrated into a window manager or an application like Do or Krunner).
KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolves Posted Feb 13, 2009 17:19 UTC (Fri) by vmole (guest, #111) [Link] e.g. how do you view a pdf file in bash? There are a variety of choices, but I typically use "evince foo.pdf &". I'm not sure why this is harder than KRunner et. al.
KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolves Posted Feb 19, 2009 2:03 UTC (Thu) by SEMW (guest, #52697) [Link]
> I'm not sure why this is harder than KRunner et. al.
Keypresses? Given that both both Do and KRunner integrate with indexing frameworks, so can show a pdf anywhere on your system, I would only have to type "foo<enter>" (4 letters) for Do/KR to get the equivalent of typing "locate output.pdf | xargs evince &<enter>" (36 characters) in bash, a factor of 9 difference.
KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolves Posted Feb 19, 2009 4:55 UTC (Thu) by vmole (guest, #111) [Link] More likely "evince `locate output.pdf`&" (yes, fragile and doesn't handle locate errors), and far more likely I know which file I want and can use tab completion (yes, I know it works in Krunner et. al. as well) to save key strokes, but yeah, that's a point.
KRunner and GNOME Do: the run command evolves Posted Feb 12, 2009 20:50 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
bash? Versatile? What's zsh, moonshine? (Note: I do not claim that the zsh
developers were not imbibing moonshine while developing that incredible collection of featuritis.)
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