On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:54:57PM +0200, Edwin Leuven wrote:

> > Wouldn't that be a bit distracting ?
> 
> Personally I don't think so. It's like run command under KDE (alt-f2) which I 
> find very convenient.

Well, so do I, but then again I only ever use the minicli to start
programs, not to interact with my document.

> It's just that *personally* I would prefer the above. The advantage of a 
> little modal window is that it is there if you need and gone otherwise. I 
> also think that it is a good thing that it takes focus.

CommandBuffer (should) takes focus.

> I also think that most people are not used to the notion of a command buffer. 
> And I find it a bit of an old fashioned inheritance from emacs before a world 
> with windows, dialogs etc.

Perhaps. To be honest, I am not really faffed either way, and I don't
know which would be better.

regards
john

-- 
"If you cannot convince them, confuse them."
        - Harry S. Truman

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