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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [another PATCH]: Kicker find as you type
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-05-04 15:43:01
Message-ID: 200505040943.02258.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 04 May 2005 04:31, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> I like the idea behind that but placing such widget inside of K-Menu is
> weird.

why? besides the fact that we haven't done it before =)

> AFAIU idea is to be able to filter KMenu entries not only by name but also
> by description. Better implementation would be putting this ability in
> Alt-F2 dialog (Run command..., don't know official name :)

i think this would be nice _too_, not necessarily _instead of_

> How it should work?
>
> Run command...
> User enters: word
> Message: No program named 'word' maybe you want to start:
> KWord (Word processor)
> OO Writer (Word processor)

i'd just have it fill the autocomplete list .. perhaps a separator between the 
autocompletes based on previous usage and those based on searching sycoca?

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Aaron J. Seigo
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