Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash [LWN.net]

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 25, 2012 15:07 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (guest, #50784)
In reply to: Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash by akeane
Parent article: Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Whatever next? Google Suggest for the command line?

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Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 26, 2012 16:20 UTC (Wed) by gioele (subscriber, #61675) [Link] (3 responses)

> Whatever next? Google Suggest for the command line?

http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/images/autosuggestion.png

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 27, 2012 9:41 UTC (Thu) by fb (guest, #53265) [Link] (1 responses)

>> Whatever next? Google Suggest for the command line?

> http://ridiculousfish.com/shell/images/autosuggestion.png

In the last 3 days I've been using Zsh's predict-on for the first time. I still can't decide whether it is a blessing or a curse.

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 28, 2012 17:08 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

It's interesting, but unless I can get predict-next and predict-previous widgets, it's definitely a curse. ("man foo" gets predicted to "man foobar" and there's no easy way to say "no, bad predict"). I suppose I should bind "kill-line" and use it.

Shuttleworth: Amazon search results in the Dash

Posted Sep 28, 2012 18:21 UTC (Fri) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

No, I actually meant Google Suggest where your shell reaches out to Google on every keystroke, pulling in "popular" queries and frequently stupid ones, too - just start typing a famous name and see what it suggests - for the "convenience" of being able to mix local commands with local and remote searches without switching windows in one huge conceptual tangle that makes technical support - the kind that Canonical probably doesn't do - so much fun for anyone who does have to support users running that "new-fangled Linux thing".