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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

But you can't autocomplete commands from the dash; this exposes
advanced and potentially dangerous capability to the user.

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 13:06, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The dash has more possibilities than you imagine. Do you think I write
> compizconfig-setting...or only comp and then the dash complete it? I can use
> power of the dash to complete the name of the command and add then a second
> word when necessary. Multiple choices aren't because of the dash. They
> appear in terminal too...
> so I think that it works..
> Supernova
> Il giorno mercoledì 29 febbraio 2012, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> ha
> scritto:
>
>> Because there may be applications with more than one word in their
>> title. "Google Chrome", "Additional Drivers", "AisleRiot Solitaire",
>> "CompizConfig Settings Manager" are some examples of such applications
>> I have on my computer.
>>
>> Conversely, tell me where it is difficult in opening an Application
>> normally, then hitting Ctrl+O and simply browsing to the file?
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:48, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> This demonstrates exactly where the problem is. This sort of file
>>>> management is usually in place as backwards compatibility measures and
>>>> for interoperability between programs. It's never designed as a
>>>> user-level interface.
>>>
>>> ok, but tell me where is the difficult in writing:
>>> killall firefox...are you afraid the dash will show the icon of killall
>>> command?
>>> it could be sufficient that when you write two words automatically the
>>> dash behaves as the ALT+F2 launcher. If there is an error, won't
>>> execute...If I write "pluto donald" then i'll get nothing in result...
>>> SUpernova
>>
>>
>>
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