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[Naba Kumar <naba.kumar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
<joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, they're different things. The dash searches for applications and files.
> Alt+f2 is to run a command. It is case sensitive and must be exact. It would
> be very confusing if the dash gained that behaviour.
>
If you think about it, alt-f2 came before dash-search and the main
purpose was effectively to start new applications. Applications were
considered "commands" too. I doubt many used it to run "ls -l". Now
with the dash-search unifying all - searching, launching, discovering,
why would it be more confusing to combine "commands" launch as well?
Apps launch are subset of commands launch anyways.

Right now, when I want to launch gedit - I debate for a split second
what to use - dash-search or alt-f2. And because I know only the
famous alt-f2 short-cut to launch, I end up activating it anyways all
the time, often repenting that I should have clicked dash-search
instead. That, IMHO, is confusing.

Thanks.

Regards,
-Naba