Re: [Ayatana] Dash search vs Alt+F2 in 11.10

[Eylem Koca <eylemkoca@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think this was the best suggestion on this so far. It would add a
missing feature to Unity and bring more unity to Ubuntu desktop.

Eylem


On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Stefanos A. <stapostol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2011/9/22 Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Den 22. sep. 2011 20:40, skrev Alex Launi:
>>>
>>> Can someone explain why we think we want the ability to run rm directly
>>> from unity anyway? Is there a single person who wants this functionality who
>>> doesn't have a terminal open all of the time anyway?
>>
>> rm is a bad example. But being able to restart compiz using "compiz
>> --replace" without opening a terminal and running "nohup compiz --replace"
>> is a good reason to keep it around. Or to quickly open a root nautilus.
>> (Which itself is an example of situations when it should not be necessary to
>> run a command) Stuff like that.
>>
>
> There's a much better solution to this: add a key to default unity to enter
> command mode. Something like ~ or / or > (.) would work fine.
> In other words:
> 1. Press unity key to show the dash.
> 2. Press ~ to enter command mode. Press backspace to return to normal mode.
> 3. Type a command, ideally with tab autocompletion
> Step 2 is what unity is currently missing (i.e. a way to enter command
> mode). Autocompletion is also a pretty important feature.
> I'm pretty sure most dash-like launchers have a command mode (I'm pretty
> sure I could do that with gnome-do). I'd actually find this more convenient
> than Alt-F2, because Alt-F2 is pretty awkward to type on my laptop
> (combination of tiny function keys and awkward angle). With this approach,
> Alt-F2 would still enter command mode in a single step, just like now.
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