Introducing Milou

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Thursday, September 5, 2013 16:47:06 Vishesh Handa wrote:
> On Thursday 05 Sep 2013 12:04:29 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > it would be extremely simple to add such a “kind of search result” feature
> > to AbstractRunner and QueryMatch, and would be a rather nice addition.
> 
> Yup. Hence this thread to bring up the discussion.
> 
> > btw, what type does the calculator return?
> 
> The type is also called "Calculator" - http://vhanda.in/milou_calc.png

this will take some thought to get the categories “right” (qualitatively, not 
objectively). 

currently we have the following types of possible results implemented (and 
many others not):

* contacts (people?)
* unit conversions (calculation)
* currency conversions (also calculation?)
* math (calculation)
* wikipedia (reference material, online)
* youtube (media, online)
* nepomuk  (local content, various formats)
* bookmarks (favorites)
* applications (applications)
* control panels (settings)
* events
* commands (applications)
* window menus (application interaction?)
* desktop sessions (desktop control?)
* plasma desktop feature triggers, such as the desktop console ( desktop 
control?)
* devices (storage locations?)
* places (storage locations?)
* kate / konsole /konqueror sessions (applications?)
* power management
* kill applications (application interaction?)
* translations
* windows (desktop control)
* virtual desktops (desktop control)

...

the list just keeps GROWING, which is good .. but it gets harder to manage for 
the user, i think, both in terms of configuration but also presentation 
(results and configuration) 

i think the feature you propose here can help by severely limiting the number 
of entries shown in configuration, for instance. (turning on/off individual 
plugins could still be done with a “drill down” interface that allows one to 
expand a category such as “Application Interaction” to show windows, virtual 
desktops, etc)

> > and obviously there is something “wrong” with the
> > AbstractRunner/RunnerManager/QueryMatch API since people keep feeling like
> > they have to reinvent it for the most trivial and unnecessary of reasons.
> 
> The reasons while not technical are more pragmatic. I want to ship this and
> get it in the hands of the users, right now (Or within a month). With a 6
> month release cycle, and Plasma being frozen, this becomes much harder. I'm
> sure you can respect that.

yes, i understand.

> It goes without saying that these features should go into the Plasma Runner
> API.

cool ..

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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