Re: [dev] dmenu / enso

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:09:39 +0200
Antoni Grzymala <antoni_AT_chopin.edu.pl> wrote:

> Donald Chai dixit (2009-06-22, 01:59):
>
> > I would admit that an interesting extension to dmenu would be the
> > ability to provide possible completions after each space, i.e.:
> > - open dmenu, list of commands shows up
> > - I type "opensshwi<TAB><SPACE>"
> > - dmenu calls getcompletions("opensshwindow"), which returns a list
> > of my favorite hosts: "suckless.org" and "whitehouse.gov"
> > - dmenu displays said list
> > - I type "s<TAB><ENTER>"
> > - dmenu prints "opensshwindow suckless.org" to stdout
>
> +1 (not that I have the skills to contribute in this department)
>

If you want such features, you may consider running a mini-terminal
with a shell running in it, such as bashrun.
Then you get all bash features such as
functions, aliases, readline/history support, argument completion etc.
Those who don't like bash could implement the same with their favorite
shell.

Dieter
Received on Mon Jun 22 2009 - 09:15:45 UTC