Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread SzG
Shaun McCance wrote: On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 20:41 -0400, Philip Ganchev wrote: On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Shaun McCance wrote: On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 22:39 +0200, SzG wrote: Hello, Yes I agree, there is a built-in solution for each use case. But I'm so extremely lazy that I

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread Shaun McCance
On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 20:41 -0400, Philip Ganchev wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Shaun McCance wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 22:39 +0200, SzG wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Yes I agree, there is a built-in solution for each use case. But I'm so > >> extremely lazy that I preferred worki

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread Philip Ganchev
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 22:39 +0200, SzG wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Yes I agree, there is a built-in solution for each use case. But I'm so >> extremely lazy that I preferred working day and night on my "go" script >> instead of having to memorize a

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Monday 10 August 2009 7:36:15 pm Shaun McCance wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 22:39 +0200, SzG wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Yes I agree, there is a built-in solution for each use case. But I'm so > > extremely lazy that I preferred working day and night on my "go" script > > instead of having to

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread Shaun McCance
On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 22:39 +0200, SzG wrote: > Hello, > > Yes I agree, there is a built-in solution for each use case. But I'm so > extremely lazy that I preferred working day and night on my "go" script > instead of having to memorize a few hotkeys. But now it's paradise! > > One remark: typi

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread Philip Ganchev
I think it's a great idea - to have one CLI command for most of your needs, to handle arguments appropriately. Unlike Gnome Do, it does not depend on Gnome, or even on a graphical user interface; such a program can still be useful on a console. And, being simple, it is easy to customize. On the ot

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread SzG
Hello, Yes I agree, there is a built-in solution for each use case. But I'm so extremely lazy that I preferred working day and night on my "go" script instead of having to memorize a few hotkeys. But now it's paradise! One remark: typing "foo" in a terminal will start the GTK application "fo

Re: [Usability] GNOME Command line interface

2009-08-10 Thread SzG
I've just tried Gnome Do. I haven't tried the plugins so far. Seems to work very well with files or URLs. Same as gnome-open or "go". Actually not the same. The latter 2 commands handle incomplete URLs as well, "go http://"; opens a Firefox window (with an error message, but it's there), "go ma