Kevin Nagel wrote:
> is it possible to expand dmenu into sth similar like enso
> (http://www.humanized.com/enso/)
you might be interested to know that it's been open source for a while now and
it runs on linux. i think it's written in python.
http://www.ensowiki.com/
not that i actually use it...
> 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"
> - dmenu calls getcompletions("opensshwindow"), which returns a list of
> my favorite hosts: "suckl
> 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
On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Kevin Nagel wrote:
Regarding the replacing part, i dont know much about where info is
place in the clipboard, but understand that xclip/xsel can access
it, and once retrieved i can do whatever i want (e.g. pipe + use
stdoutput as result). Is is not possible to replac
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:09:39 +0200
Antoni Grzymala 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 typ
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"
> - dmenu calls getcompletions("opensshwindow"), which ret
On Jun 22, 2009, at 12:45 AM, Kevin Nagel wrote:
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 w
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" wrote:
>
>> Dmenu shows you only a list of commands s
On 6/22/09, Kevin Nagel wrote:
> Dmenu shows you only a list of commands specified by PATH. It opens
no
dmenu reads a (possibly empty) list of items, then one can select an
item or type something different, then dmenu outputs the
selected/typed item
what you mean is the dmenu_run script which use
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:11 +0100 (BST)
"Kevin Nagel" 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
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 08:45:11AM +0100, Kevin Nagel wrote:
Dmenu shows you only a list of commands specified by PATH. It opens
the app then without any parameters
You can give whatever parameters you like.
Another neat thing is you could open, e.g. open openoffice writer,
type in "2+3/5", h
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
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:31:21PM +0100, Kevin Nagel wrote:
is it possible to expand dmenu into sth similar like enso
(http://www.humanized.com/enso/)
The idea seems absurd. We already have unix commands to perform
all of the requisite functionality. And, with dmenu, you've no
need to hold t
On 6/21/09, Kevin Nagel wrote:
> is it possible to expand dmenu into sth similar like enso
> (http://www.humanized.com/enso/)
"You just hold down the Caps Lock key and type an Enso command, which
is displayed in a translucent overlay. Once the command is typed, you
simply release the Caps Lock ke
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Kevin Nagel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is it possible to expand dmenu into sth similar like enso
> (http://www.humanized.com/enso/)
>
> Regards,
>
> Kev
What does enso do that dmenu doesn't?
For things like definitions and math, create some scripts that wrap
shell utilit
Hello,
is it possible to expand dmenu into sth similar like enso
(http://www.humanized.com/enso/)
Regards,
Kev
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