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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Should these bugs be fixed?
From:       weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de
Date:       1997-06-03 10:31:38
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Hi,

On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Aaron Granick wrote:

> weis@stud.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > I think minicli already does a nice job here.
> > > >
> > >
> > > How could I have used KDE for so long and not know what minicli is?
> > > Where is this feature? How does one invoke it? What is it exactly?
> > 
> > Its on ftp.kde.org. Matthias wrote it.
> > 
> > Bye
> > Torben
> > 
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > >
> 
> Ok, it appears I have used minicli (and just didn't know it) when you
> right click on the desktop, there is an option 'execute command' which
> takes you to minicli.  This is a fine little program.  (Note...on the
> file menu of kfm, there is an option Run..this should invoke minicli,
> not acli; minicli is a lot cleaner..plus its a KDE app).  But what I was
> referring to was a command line interface attached to KFM (I picture it
> appearing at the bottom, attached to the main widget, or perhaps
> integrated into the main widget.  The primary purpose of this command
> line interface would be to give commands to KFM without using the
> mouse.  for example, typing 'cp * /usr/local/bin' should result in that
> very action occuring in KFM.  Minicli may in fact be able to be
> integrated into KFM to serve this purpose (or maybe just the main
> minicli widget).  I'm not sure how much programming is involved in
> implementing this feature, but I have seen and used it on other file
> managers, and found it quite powerful (especially if you want to
> navigate quickly without ditching KFM and heading for the nearest
> Xterm).

If someone wants to implement something like this then dont wait:
Do it. But make shure that one can disable it since many unexperienced
users wont need it so they should not see it. I can imagine that it
would be a very interesting feature.

Bye
Torben

> Aaron
> 
> 

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