I think this was the best suggestion on this so far. It would add a missing feature to Unity and bring more unity to Ubuntu desktop.
Eylem On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Stefanos A. <stapos...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/9/22 Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> >> >> Den 22. sep. 2011 20:40, skrev Alex Launi: >>> >>> Can someone explain why we think we want the ability to run rm directly >>> from unity anyway? Is there a single person who wants this functionality who >>> doesn't have a terminal open all of the time anyway? >> >> rm is a bad example. But being able to restart compiz using "compiz >> --replace" without opening a terminal and running "nohup compiz --replace" >> is a good reason to keep it around. Or to quickly open a root nautilus. >> (Which itself is an example of situations when it should not be necessary to >> run a command) Stuff like that. >> > > There's a much better solution to this: add a key to default unity to enter > command mode. Something like ~ or / or > (.) would work fine. > In other words: > 1. Press unity key to show the dash. > 2. Press ~ to enter command mode. Press backspace to return to normal mode. > 3. Type a command, ideally with tab autocompletion > Step 2 is what unity is currently missing (i.e. a way to enter command > mode). Autocompletion is also a pretty important feature. > I'm pretty sure most dash-like launchers have a command mode (I'm pretty > sure I could do that with gnome-do). I'd actually find this more convenient > than Alt-F2, because Alt-F2 is pretty awkward to type on my laptop > (combination of tiny function keys and awkward angle). With this approach, > Alt-F2 would still enter command mode in a single step, just like now. > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
