Alias works really well.... however, your aliases are not saved between sessions. Is this right?
Thanks, Martyn On Oct 7, 7:54 pm, "Rick Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is an alias command you can use. So you might type out a url, > and instead of selecting 'open url' you'd select alias and give it > another name. Check out the wiki docs on alias. Not exactly the same, > but should help. > > Rick > > On 10/7/08, tchomby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Recently I've been using Enso (a keyboard-based launcher program similar to > > Do) on Windows and one thing I really love about it is that it makes it > > really easy to build up your own vocabulary of custom commands, at least for > > opening things. For example, I went to google mail in my browser, > > highlighted the URL in the URL bar, then launched Enso, selected the 'Learn > > as open' command, it asks me for a command name and I type gmail, now I have > > a new command in Enso: the command gmail will open gmail in my browser. This > > works with all sorts of things, such as files and folders, application > > launchers, just select whatever it is, launch the learn as open command in > > enso, give it a name, and you have a new command that opens whatever it was. > > > Does Do have a way of doing this already? It seems like a 'Learn as open..' > > plugin would be a simple one to write, but I don't have time so I'm making a > > request. I wonder if the concept could be extended somehow, beyond just > > opening things? > > > In the shell, I can build up a list of custom commands by writing shell > > scripts and keeping them in my ~/bin/ folder, which I have on my $PATH. > > These scripts could also be picked up by some non-terminal launcher > > programs, such as dmenu or gnome do. Then you could have a custom command do > > anything you want. Of course writing a shell script is not exactly quick and > > easy. > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
