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[Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very well.  I'll make it so.

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM, John <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 05/29/2012 07:49 PM, Sayantan Das wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
>  I think HUD is a part of Unity but not Dash. HUD is not available in
> gnome 2 or Kubuntu. So its best fitted in second chapter but with a
> separate heading.
>
>  That's my take on HUD. Feel free to discuss.
>
>
>  Regards,
>
> *Sayantan Das*
>
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> On 29 May 2012 15:08, Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'll get Alt+F2 in there in the next rev.  Thanks.
>>
>> With regards to where HUD should go.  Yea...I struggled with this one,
>> too.  It has the same type of capability as the Dash (users enter search
>> string, suggestions appear), but the HUD is MUCH more global in reach than
>> just the desktop and it applies to applications...not the desktop
>> environment, which supports your comment about it going into another
>> section of its own.
>>
>> Do you think it would be better to include the description of the HUD
>> feature in the 'help' section at the end of Chapter two?  Seems this might
>> be a better place.  Also, it could be included in the applications section
>> in another chapter.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Sayantan Das <sayantan13@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>>  Thank you for merging the topic into the main file. I have a question
>>> though. Do you think we should have HUD as a separate section in the
>>> chapter? The way it has been implemented in the chapter, it looks like HUD
>>> is a feature of Dash, which is not correct. HUD is a completely
>>> different application.
>>>
>>>  Also, under the heading searching for commands, Alt+F2 should come,
>>> which is actually used for searching and/or executing commands.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> *Sayantan Das*
>>>
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>>> http://www.tuxtrix.com
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 May 2012 04:14, Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>
>>>>  I incorporated Sayantan's HUD feature into Chapter 2.  I also got
>>>> MOST, but not ALL of the screenshots done for Chapter 2. I hope to have
>>>> these completed and pushed by Wednesday evening.  I'm also editing as I go,
>>>> so I do hope that the push on Wednesday evening will be a 'virtually
>>>> completed' Chapter 2...of course, another set of eyes on it certainly would
>>>> be welcome.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn <
>>>> lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Op 28-05-12 17:17, Hannie Dumoleyn schreef:
>>>>>
>>>>> Op 28-05-12 00:08, John Cave schreef:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I have had a look through the nautilus to end of chapter section,
>>>>> and made some changes, including that you can now change the size of
>>>>> launcher icons. Where do I need to put it?
>>>>>
>>>>>  John C
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>  Hi John,
>>>>> Thanks for doing so. Good idea, to add "launcher icon size". There is
>>>>> a screenshot, page 32 in my manual.pdf, with the "Launcer icon size"
>>>>> slider at the bottom, but that screenshot is about Appearance preferences.
>>>>> You may add the text wherever you think is the best place.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Hannie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Sorry, I misunderstood your e-mail. Patrick already answered how to
>>>>> push it to Launchpad. If you are not sure how to do it, please send
>>>>> ubuntu-desktop.tex to me and I will push it for you.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Hannie
>>>>>
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>  I agree with *Sayantan. *Appart from easy access to commands and files
> HUD offers easy access to every programme menu, so it's more of a Unity
> part than part of Dash -that's what i've in my mind-.
>
> Thanks !
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