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. <stapos...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/9/27 James Jenner <james.g.jen...@gmail.com> > >> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Ian Santopietro *Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html* "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234
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