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