On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:24:55 +0200 Julien Steinhauser <julien.steinhau...@orange.fr> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:17:52AM -0400, Peter John Hartman wrote: > > > > What about cases in which one wishes to both type a few words and > > then paste? For example, when I want to do a smart prefix search > > (via dmenu) on Bob McCrue (who sits in my selection buffer) but I > > also want to do something like "University of Wherever" + "Bob > > McCrue" where the first part is something I type in by hand and the > > second part is something I want to just "paste" in? The same > > argument could be launched with respect to the find feature (which > > now utilizes dmenu). > > > > Or maybe you have something else in mind when you talk of > > "integrating into dmenu's cache"? > > > > Peter > > sselp does it also in case you wish to paste "and" write. > Select something, then run echo `sselp` | dmenu, tab, space > and what you write after that follows your selection, > terminate dmenu and all is printed out. and what if you want to have first the string you type yourself, and then the pasted stuff? i also think paste support in dmenu would be nice. Dieter
