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

[Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 26. sep. 2011 13:21, skrev Naba Kumar:
> y and is what others have pointed out. But what is there to lose if 
> the two are done through same interface - without any lose of 
> functionality of either? Some subtle difference between the two can be 
> brought in, such as like  joerlend suggested with "~". Or, having no 
> difference in the input, but instead additional command-prefix 
> completion is shown below (lens?) in addition to the free text

I have not proposed anything like that. That was someone else, and I 
completely disagree with it. I don't want commands in the dash at all. 
They do not belong there. I like it just the way it is, but having an 
output section in the Alt+F2 screen would not be too bad. I don't think 
it's important.

But using ~ as a prefix for commands would be horrible. It would also 
make it much slower to use. Instead of pressing Alt+F2, I would have to 
press super, then press altgr¨¨. Many more key strokes in order to do 
the same thing. If something like that was to be implemented, then I 
would say the proper prefixes would be $ to run as yourself and # to run 
as root. But again, I really don't want that.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad