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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Desktop history mechanism.
From:       Jim Conner <jconner83 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-07-30 15:14:34
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Has anybody here ever used Norton Commander for Win95?  It had a button on 
the 'Open' dialog that would keep a running list of a set(by user) number of 
files that had been opened.  Was a very nice feature and would probably do 
what you need.

Jim

On Monday July 30, 2001  7:38 am, Sean Pecor wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> To me there seems to be, from time to time, a call for functionality or
> improved functionality of an application or dialog's "history". In other
> words, a Save As... dialog remembering where files are commonly stored for
> a particular app, or remembering what data was in a field as you begin
> typing. I have a thought on this if some of you will hear me...
>
> I think much of the type-in memory functionality is KDE is coming along
> great. I like typing in the To field in Kmail and having it auto-complete,
> and the same goes for Konqueror or virtually any KDE app using a type-in
> field. But.....
>
> What about a similar method for paragraphs or entire blobs? The
> type-in approach really doesn't apply because the input is too complex.
> This may sound like a solution looking for a problem, but examine some of
> my scenarios where this becomes useful:
>
> 1. I run a complex one-person operation and respond to many FAQs and common
> comments. So, I have a Quick Browser button on Kicker that brings up a list
> of files in an Emails directory. I select the email file, make small edits,
> copy, switch to kmail and then paste the text in.
>
> 2. I'm often submitting an application or web site description to a public
> web site through a form with a TEXTBOX input field. I have to open a file
> directory, open the file that stores the text, copy and then paste it into
> the box.
>
> 3. I'm writing a document in Kword and find myself realizing the paragraph
> I'm about to type in is contained in another Kword document. I search for
> the document, open, copy, you get the idea....
>
> Something that struck me as being incredibly useful (to me) is some form of
> "memory cursor" or icon that hangs at the beginning of a new paragraph. If
> I could click on the little icon and get a dialog where I can quickly thumb
> through "memorized paragraphs", then click on the chosen paragraph and have
> it immediately fed into the application, I'd be pretty amazed. Even more
> amazed if the "memory" was context sensitive. In other words, Kmail would
> list memorized "Support" paragraphs first when I'm in the "Support" folder;
> Kword would list memorized "Contract" paragraphs when I'm in the "Contract"
> directory; and so on...
>
> Maybe it doesn't need to be integrated at a low level with every KDE app.
> Perhaps it can be a kicker applet that senses what application has the
> focus, and when the kicker icon is selected the application-specific
> memorized paragraphs are rendered for selection. I dunno.
>
> I read a recent report that the average worker spends 2 hours dealing with
> email every day. A Kmail that could make responding to common emails faster
> and more convenient would be the next killer feature, IMHO.
>
> Sean.

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