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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

Adding a 5th stop just makes it harder to get to it. The point of having the
separate dashes, as I see it, is to provide very quick access to both pieces
of very important functionality. As it stands, that goal is accomplished.
There isn't really a reason to switch from one to the other, since they
behave differently (i.e. you wouldn't use Alt+F2 to open firefox, and you
wouldn't use Dash to run "killall thunderbird").

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 08:32, Stefanos A. <stapostol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2011/9/27 James Jenner <james.g.jenner@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Not a big fan of using something like ~ or $ or # in a lens either.
>>
>>
> That was my suggestion but it appears it keeps getting misunderstood. You'd
> *never* have to type such strange symbols in the dash. That's insane.
>
> What I suggested is adding a keyboard *shortcut* that changes from Alt-F1
> mode to Alt-F2 mode and vice versa. A key like ~, ! or . could work here, as
> they don't appear in application names (gnome-do uses . (dot), IIRC). These
> are merely suggestions.
>
> Juan suggest  Control+Enter to interpret input as a terminal command.
> That's even better! No need for a toggle, either mode is directly
> accessible.
>
> Another suggestion: add a 5th tab-stop for the Alt-F2 mode. Right now you
> can use tab to change between four locations (lens?): 'applications',
> 'documents', etc. Add a 5th stop and the goal is achieved.
>
> What's the rationale for this suggestion? It's that we are currently stuck
> with two distinct dash modes (Alt-F1 and Alt-F2) that:
> (a) look identical
> (b) behave differently, and
> (c) and are mutually exclusive (once you enter Alt-F2 you can never move
> back to Alt-F1 without closing and reopening the dash).
>
> This can be improved. This should be improved.
>
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