Re: [dev] [surf] next release

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:24:55 +0200
Julien Steinhauser <Julien.Steinhauser_AT_orange.fr> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:17:52AM -0400, Peter John Hartman wrote:
> >
> > What about cases in which one wishes to both type a few words and
> > then paste? For example, when I want to do a smart prefix search
> > (via dmenu) on Bob McCrue (who sits in my selection buffer) but I
> > also want to do something like "University of Wherever" + "Bob
> > McCrue" where the first part is something I type in by hand and the
> > second part is something I want to just "paste" in? The same
> > argument could be launched with respect to the find feature (which
> > now utilizes dmenu).
> >
> > Or maybe you have something else in mind when you talk of
> > "integrating into dmenu's cache"?
> >
> > Peter
>
> sselp does it also in case you wish to paste "and" write.
> Select something, then run echo `sselp` | dmenu, tab, space
> and what you write after that follows your selection,
> terminate dmenu and all is printed out.

and what if you want to have first the string you type yourself, and
then the pasted stuff?

i also think paste support in dmenu would be nice.

Dieter
Received on Wed Oct 21 2009 - 14:38:51 UTC