Re: a happier, fitter command-line applet



Hi,

On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 22:41, fflewddur wrote:
> I love comcast.  They kill my connection for a weekend and when it comes
> back up, i find that somebody else completed the exact same work i
> did...

Not quite, you're writing new stuff, not fixing old one.

> Basically, I continued my work on a new command-line applet and managed
> to finish it up yesterday.  I realize that the mini-commander applet has
> received a huge overhaul and now works, but i thought there might be
> some interest in what i put together.  I'm attaching a small screenshot
> to show what it looks like.  Here's a rundown of the features:
> 
> * enter key to launch a command
> * ctl-enter to launch a command in a terminal
> * autocompletion of past commands, works while you type (see screenshot
> for example)
> * utf8-happy
> * "Run: " text which helps clarify the applet and provides a place to
> right-click
> * minimal preferences (see screenshot)
> * no frills (i.e. no clock, no file browser, and no large buttons taking
> up precious panel real estate)
> * small, clean codebase (under 700 lines)

Nice, where are the sources ?

> the only thing it currently can't do is launch a particular program
> based on the command typed, i.e. launch galeon when a user types
> "http://www.gnome.org";, but i plan on adding that tonight.  Is there any
> interest in moving to this post-gnome-2 or should i direct my efforts
> towards integrating these features with mini-commander?

OK. I think that if you maintain your applet, it could move in post-2.0
(for 2.2 probably).

Cheers

-- 
/Bastien Nocera
http://hadess.net

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