A proposal for a new feature for the Konsole

[Martin Ponce]

Hi Luis,

 I like your idea, and here some (ugly) ideas =)

- Show first the options more often used  
- Show at bottom the options less often used by any used 
- group them if they are related 
- hide behind a button those options that are seldom used.
- limit the number of options for avoiding waste of real state

> From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo at kde.org>
> ..
> as for making it into konsole itself, you should ask the current maintainer 
> about that... but i do think it's a good idea =)

I Agree, ¿ Have U have consider kuake and yakuake too ?

Martin 

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>    1. A proposal for a new feature for the Konsole
>       (Luis Quintela Garcia)
>    2. Re: A proposal for a new feature for the Konsole (Aaron J. Seigo)
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> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:13:49 +0200
> From: Luis Quintela Garcia <lois_qu at web.de>
> Subject: A proposal for a new feature for the Konsole
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> Hi, my name is Luis. I would like to present too you my proposal,  
> consisting of a new feature for the Konsole. This is a widget which  
> allows the user to select the options for a given command per check- 
> boxes. This widget is designed to interact with the command line.  
> Thus when the user types one or more valid letters in the command  
> line, the widget will be automatically updated. Likewise when a check- 
> box has been checked in the widget, the command line is updated.
> 
> My proposal is to integrate such widget into the Konsole as an  
> optional feature (it should only run at the users request). The  
> motivation behind this is to improve the learn-ability and user- 
> ability of the Konsole. I have implemented a prototype of this  
> feature in order to demonstrate this concept. You can find a more  
> detailed explanation of my proposal at the following address:
>   http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~quintela/konsole/
> and you maybe like to  take a look of the source code there.
> 
> 
> please tell me your opinion about this proposal
> Luis
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:20:48 -0600
> From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: A proposal for a new feature for the Konsole
> To: kde-quality at kde.org
> Message-ID: <200608111120.49746.aseigo at kde.org>
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> On Friday 11 August 2006 10:13, Luis Quintela Garcia wrote:
> > Thus when the user types one or more valid letters in the command
> > line, the widget will be automatically updated. Likewise when a check-
> > box has been checked in the widget, the command line is updated.
> 
> i think many of our users would really appreciate such an addition to their 
> command line to make it easier for them to learn the command line and figure 
> out what options are available to them.
> 
> something that occured to me: you may be able to expand the content in the 
> commands.xml file by processing output for $COMMAND --help
> 
> there will be cross-platform issues, of course, but that could be sorted out 
> in a fairly straightforward manner (different command.xml files)
> 
> have you thought about releasing your application on kde-apps.org so others 
> can use it? that way you can get more feedback and perhaps even code 
> contributions =)
> 
> as for making it into konsole itself, you should ask the current maintainer 
> about that... but i do think it's a good idea =)
> 
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