Hello SzG, On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 08:36 +0200, SzG wrote: > I'm new to the Unix/Linux world, but I find it extremely fun. Thats nice to hear :) > All I am missing from Windows is the "start" command, which can not only > open URLs in the preferred application, but start programs as well in a > fully detached window. DISCLAIMER: I don't know the "start" command and I ever used it. So I can't miss it ;) > I was searching for something similar for Linux/Gnome/Ubuntu, but all I > found was gnome-open. Works with URLs but not with programs. And it's > not documented. I found it on a blog-post and, regarding the number of > ecstatic comments, it could be an interesting Usability topic. > > So I wrote my own "go" command, which can handle programs as well. > Please see > http://linux.subogero.com/?p=146 > http://linux.subogero.com/?page_id=153 > > Do you think it is a good idea? I work on the command line a lot and also interact between command line and not command line as well a lot. So I just summarize my personal workflow here, I don't say its perfect or anything. The use-cases - “start” without arguments will open a new terminal window. I do this via alt-f3 (a short cut for opening a new terminal window). Its the same if I already got a terminal open or not. Or strg+shift+n or strg+shift+t if I want a new terminal with the same working directory as the current terminal. Also nautilus "open terminal here" is quite useful. Or drag 'n' drop of folder or files into a terminal. - “start” with a CLI program as an argument will open it in a new fully independent terminal window. I just strg+shift+t ./program Anyway I don't often open a cli program in a new terminal. - “start” with a Windows program as an argument will open just that in a fully independent window. alt+f2 or gnome-do for normal programs or just the name of the program into the terminal "foo" is shorter than "start foo" - “start” with a file or URL as an argument will open it with the preferred application. just like gnome-open, got an alias "o" for gnome-open as its less to type :) -- Florian Ludwig <dino phidev org>
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