On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:11 +0100 (BST) "Kevin Nagel" <auye...@ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dmenu shows you only a list of commands specified by PATH. It opens > the app then without any parameters and while selecting for an app > (or command) there is no description what it does. I think sth like > code completion + brief description + argument specification is the > value of enso. > > Another neat thing is you could open, e.g. open openoffice writer, > type in "2+3/5", highlight, type in enso-terminal "calc this", and > the result replaces the "2+3/5" string in your document. They claim > that you can do this with other programs as well. I believe I can > program the parser as a unix command, but when it is run from dmenu, > then I need to specify arguments. > > Kev > You can perfectly use a wrapper script that also shows you a description You can also load a command by selecting it and then pressing tab, then type any additional arguments and they will be used. (eg try xmess<tab> foobar) to call 'xmessage foobar'. you can also perfectly do your 2nd example by combining tools such as xdotool, xbindkeys etc. Or use snippits (http://rubyforge.org/projects/snippits/) Dieter
