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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [patch] Minicli shows app descriptions
From:       Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle () gmx ! net>
Date:       2004-12-06 22:39:28
Message-ID: 200412062239.28884.k1pfeifle () gmx ! net
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On Monday 06 December 2004 22:14, 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 - 

Exactly what I was thinking....

But finally now I found an argument for it: screenshots! See, every new 
screenshot of minicli (if well done) would teach a few readers about how
an application name maps to a certain task.

;-)

> 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...

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