Re: [dev] dmenu / enso

thanx a lot. i will experiment a bit and see how i can fit that with
dwm, i.e. displaying description, possible arguments etc.

K

On Mon, June 22, 2009 8:53 am, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:11 +0100 (BST)
> "Kevin Nagel" <auyeung_AT_ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dmenu shows you only a list of commands specified by PATH. It
>> opens
>> the app then without any parameters and while selecting for an app
>> (or command) there is no description what it does. I think sth
>> like
>> code completion + brief description + argument specification is
>> the
>> value of enso.
>>
>> Another neat thing is you could open, e.g. open openoffice writer,
>> type in "2+3/5", highlight, type in enso-terminal "calc this", and
>> the result replaces the "2+3/5" string in your document. They
>> claim
>> that you can do this with other programs as well. I believe I can
>> program the parser as a unix command, but when it is run from
>> dmenu,
>> then I need to specify arguments.
>>
>> Kev
>>
>
> You can perfectly use a wrapper script that also shows you a
> description
> You can also load a command by selecting it and then pressing tab,
> then
> type any additional arguments and they will be used. (eg try
> xmess<tab>
> foobar) to call 'xmessage foobar'.
>
> you can also perfectly do your 2nd example by combining tools such
> as
> xdotool, xbindkeys etc. Or use snippits
> (http://rubyforge.org/projects/snippits/)
>
> Dieter
>

-- 
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Kevin
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Kevin Nagel
PhD Student
EMBL Outstation - Hinxton
European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridge, CB10 1SD
United Kingdom