Try installing Deskbar - it does what you seem to be wanting, using beagle.
Ryan Josef Sábl wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed openSUSE and I wish to migrate from Windows. One > application that will be hard to replace is Google Desktop Search. > Although it has many cool features I used it as an application > launcher. Since using Google Desktop, I never need any shortcuts or > icons on the desktop. When I wish, to run Calculator I press Ctrl > twice (the shortcut) and simple box appears, I start typing Calculator > and soon, the entry for Calculator appears, I choose it with arrows, > press enter and voila... > > I thought it should be possible to replace such functionality with > Beagle. But there is a problem. I press Alt+Space and window appears. > I start typing Calculator and nothing happens. Hmm, I need to press > Enter to start the search. A bit redundant and annoying a lot. > > Problem 1) Is it possible to set the automatic search without the need > of pressing enter? > > But never mind, this is only a minor thing. The bigger problem is that > even when I press the enter having for example YaST written in the > search box. Entry YaST appears, but it is preceded by 100+ web page > history items that have higher scores so I would have to flip through > several result pages to find YaST entry. I sort by relevance type. But > the actual application entry always gets score of 0.0. > > Problem 2) How come that application with the name that is exactly > same like the search term gets score of 0.0? > > This is the biggest problem I have with the Beagle and actually only > problem that made me start this post. But there is another annoyance. > Even if I scroll down to the correct entry and I press enter (and > entry is an application) I am presented with the window asking me, how > do I want to execute the entry. What the heck? It is application, I > don't need to open application in another application, it should run > on its own. > > Problem 3) How to set up that applications from the search result are > executed directly? > > Thanks for any advice :-) > > PS: The priority of my problems is 2, 3, 1 > > -- > Josef Sábl > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dashboard-hackers mailing list > Dashboard-hackers@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers > _______________________________________________ Dashboard-hackers mailing list Dashboard-hackers@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers
