On 31 July 2012 11:55, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@...> wrote: > On 07/31/2012 09:55 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote: >> I am also heavily dependent upon MiniCli - I don't want to change it, >> just to extend it. >> >> Calvin > > But whatever you do, DO NOT make it behave like the KDE4 version that tries to > think for you!!! ALT-F2, you type in the name of the executable, that's it. no > other crap pops up on the screen, no other crap appears in a listbox, it doesn't > talk back and provide any sass, it just does its job the exact same way it has > been doing its job for years. Of course if you wanted that - wouldn't all you have to do is disable those excess features? > No -- search my inbox, contacts, don't list my > recent documents, don't offer to launch a URL, just pop up the icon for the > executable I type in and run it... Just turn the "recent documents" plugin off... same thing > However, if you always remember to provide a configuration option to retain the > original behavior, it can be a crazy as you want it. (A new feature is a bug if > you can't turn it off!) The kde4 devs completely missed that concept. I kind of > agree with Tim here, no need to KDE4'ify Alt+F2. Actually the KDE4 dialog is very nice. Though a bit excessive in some area's you've pointed out. > > > With that said... "What were your ideas?" :) > > > Things that could be useful: > > '#<man page name>' - opens man page in konqueror regardless of .html mimetype stuff like that would be awesome, and along the lines of what katapult does. > Currently if you have your mime-type set to open .html in kwrite (or other > editor for development work), then the minicli launches the man page hypertext > in kwrite. That could be fixed and improved. Mime types still suck. "Open With" is the bane of my existence. On windows, on Mac OS X, one Linux, on unix, I always have issues :[ I still have trouble with trinity and programs that are running with a different toolkit. Calvin