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On 09/22/2011 01:19 PM, Naba Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > I use Alt+F2 a lot to launch apps and at the same time the "dash > search" to launch apps is an awesome feature. But in 11.10, Alt+f2 is > different from dash-search (although they look similar). Dash search > is where I click the ubuntu launcher, type the app name/description > and be able to launch it. While alt+f2 seems to search only binary > executable names and expects to type in the command explicitly. The > two modes seem confusing. > > For example, trying the two with "screenshot" search, dash-search gets > the right application, while Alt-F2 doesn't get anything useful. > > Why not just have dash-search with Alt-F2 - it appears to search > binary names too? I think Alt-F2 command mode is a legacy that is > already redundant with dash-search. I may be wrong here, but I thought > that's how it was in 11.04 before, and somehow got changed in 11.10? > > Thanks. > > Regards, > -Naba > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp Hello! Alt-F2 is not for launching apps (but can be used for it) but for executing a command. You can type any valid command such as: gnome-terminal gedit ~/example.txt compiz --replace export x=hello In Unity, the Alt-F2 has a history and "auto-completion" but it does not means that it is same thing as dash. Dash is for finding and launching apps (or files) but Alt-F2 is for executing command. P.S.: I forget to reply list so i forwarded it to list now |