Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

[Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds gmail com>]

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Elia Cogodi <elia cogodi gmail com> wrote:
> What we're really talking about now is batch launching, so there were
> better solutions in gnome 2 and there are better solutions in gnome
> shell
>
> 1) install alacarte if you haven't
> 2) open alacarte and click "new item"
> 3) create a launcher with name e.g. "Work Batch"
> 4) write the command e.g. as: su -c "firefox & evolution & xchat &
> gnome-terminal"
> 5) select an icon if you want, save and exit
>
> You can have different batch launchers for home, for when you're
> working on the road or whatever situations.
> In Gnome 2 you could have embedded them in a panel, thus going to 1
> click instead of N for each set of N applications.
> In Gnome Shell you tap windows key and type "work b" (or even less
> letters) and press enter. If you name them with some criteria you can
> display all your batch launchers by typing something like "batch".

Isn't it the same to make a script that launches all those in
~/.local/bin, then Alt-F2 <script-name> <enter>? One less extra app.
-- 
Duy