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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [patch] Minicli shows app descriptions
From:       Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-12-06 22:17:44
Message-ID: 200412062317.44274.neundorf () kde ! org
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On Monday 06 December 2004 23:14, David Faure wrote:
> On Monday 06 December 2004 22:26, Unai Garro wrote:
> > I found a feature like this would improve minicli's usability. With the
> > attached patch, when a command is typed in, it shows the name and
> > description of the application you're about to run. See the screenie and
> > patch for a better description ;)
>
> Sometimes I miss the kde1 minicli which only had a lineedit :/
>
> Which kind of use case does this improvement target?
> Either you know the name of the executable you want to launch (and then
> the description doesn't tell you anything you didn't already know), or
> you don't know the name of the executable - and then instead of trying
> 100 names in minicli (!) you simply open the K menu and start the app,
> right? So I fail to see the point...

Same here.
Makes minicli even bigger and maybe slower.

Bye
Alex
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