Would anyone be interested in integrating the features (and plugin system) of katapult into our mini-cli, as well as revamping it?
I think that would improve our launcher considerably and allow for better integration. Since katapult is plugin based, users could easily pick and choose what features they want, or if they didn't want any (disabling all the plugins).
Calvin
Would anyone be interested in integrating the features (and plugin system) of katapult into our mini-cli, as well as revamping it?
I think that would improve our launcher considerably and allow for better integration. Since katapult is plugin based, users could easily pick and choose what features they want, or if they didn't want any (disabling all the plugins).
Calvin
The mini-cli is one of those items within TDE that is very hard to tamper with and get away with it. ;-) It is probably one of the most heavily-used off-screen elements within the GUI and unless the revamp can be configured to act *exactly* like the original there will be problems.
Tim
On 31 July 2012 10:53, Timothy Pearson kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net wrote:
Would anyone be interested in integrating the features (and plugin system) of katapult into our mini-cli, as well as revamping it?
I think that would improve our launcher considerably and allow for better integration. Since katapult is plugin based, users could easily pick and choose what features they want, or if they didn't want any (disabling all the plugins).
Calvin
The mini-cli is one of those items within TDE that is very hard to tamper with and get away with it. ;-) It is probably one of the most heavily-used off-screen elements within the GUI and unless the revamp can be configured to act *exactly* like the original there will be problems.
Tim
I am also heavily dependent upon MiniCli - I don't want to change it, just to extend it.
Calvin
On 07/31/2012 09:55 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
I am also heavily dependent upon MiniCli - I don't want to change it, just to extend it.
Calvin
But whatever you do, DO NOT make it behave like the KDE4 version that tries to think for you!!! ALT-F2, you type in the name of the executable, that's it, no other crap pops up on the screen, no other crap appears in a listbox, it doesn't talk back and provide any sass, it just does its job the exact same way it has been doing its job for years. No -- search my inbox, contacts, don't list my recent documents, don't offer to launch a URL, just pop up the icon for the executable I type in and run it...
However, if you always remember to provide a configuration option to retain the original behavior, it can be a crazy as you want it. (A new feature is a bug if you can't turn it off!) The kde4 devs completely missed that concept. I kind of agree with Tim here, no need to KDE4'ify Alt+F2.
With that said... "What were your ideas?" :)
Things that could be useful:
'#<man page name>' - opens man page in konqueror regardless of .html mimetype
Currently if you have your mime-type set to open .html in kwrite (or other editor for development work), then the minicli launches the man page hypertext in kwrite. That could be fixed and improved.
On 31 July 2012 11:55, David C. Rankin drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com wrote:
On 07/31/2012 09:55 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
I am also heavily dependent upon MiniCli - I don't want to change it, just to extend it.
Calvin
But whatever you do, DO NOT make it behave like the KDE4 version that tries to think for you!!! ALT-F2, you type in the name of the executable, that's it. no other crap pops up on the screen, no other crap appears in a listbox, it doesn't talk back and provide any sass, it just does its job the exact same way it has been doing its job for years.
Of course if you wanted that - wouldn't all you have to do is disable those excess features?
No -- search my inbox, contacts, don't list my recent documents, don't offer to launch a URL, just pop up the icon for the executable I type in and run it...
Just turn the "recent documents" plugin off... same thing
However, if you always remember to provide a configuration option to retain the original behavior, it can be a crazy as you want it. (A new feature is a bug if you can't turn it off!) The kde4 devs completely missed that concept. I kind of agree with Tim here, no need to KDE4'ify Alt+F2.
Actually the KDE4 dialog is very nice. Though a bit excessive in some area's you've pointed out.
With that said... "What were your ideas?" :)
Things that could be useful:
'#<man page name>' - opens man page in konqueror regardless of .html mimetype
stuff like that would be awesome, and along the lines of what katapult does.
Currently if you have your mime-type set to open .html in kwrite (or other editor for development work), then the minicli launches the man page hypertext in kwrite. That could be fixed and improved.
Mime types still suck. "Open With" is the bane of my existence. On windows, on Mac OS X, one Linux, on unix, I always have issues :[ I still have trouble with trinity and programs that are running with a different toolkit.
Calvin
On 07/31/2012 11:02 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
Mime types still suck. "Open With" is the bane of my existence. On windows, on Mac OS X, one Linux, on unix, I always have issues :[ I still have trouble with trinity and programs that are running with a different toolkit.
Calvin
Amen,
Not picking, just venting a bit today -- a lot going on :)
David C. Rankin wrote:
Things that could be useful:
'#<man page name>' - opens man page in konqueror regardless of .html mimetype
Currently if you have your mime-type set to open .html in kwrite (or other editor for development work), then the minicli launches the man page hypertext in kwrite. That could be fixed and improved.
Either, it should be possible to use any webbrowser to display man pages (if the html mimetype is used for them) or it is just a bug that man pages and html files are handled the same way.
Right now it appears to be a plain bug though, because when I try to open a man page in this way, it just gives me an empty Chromium tab.
In reply to the original topic. "Add Katapult features" isn't really obvious to me. I would like to know what kind of features are missing now and which ones seem useful to add.
Julius
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