Comments on: Gnome Do for launching everything you need

By: pablasso

pablasso — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:35:18 +0000

Thierry, the bigger WM’s support that kind of functionality too, binding keys is common stuff since ages ago and is not just exclusive for lightweight managers as enlightenment or fluxbox, and the best audio players (as amarok) also support keyboard shortcuts.

You need to try using Quicksilver sometime to understand what GnomeDo is really trying to achieve.

By: Adding Gnome Do plugins

Adding Gnome Do plugins — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:42:54 +0000

[...] probably tried out various window managers and desktop environments. You probably even tried Gnome Do. If you did, there are also plugins for Gnome Do which you’d probably love. Installing plugins for Gnome-Do is really a [...]

By: Thierry Schork

Thierry Schork — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:13:21 +0000

I never noticed this to miss…

Now that you write about it, I realize that some window manager have this included, and I’ve been using it for ages.
I’m a keyboard freak, the less I use my mouse, the better I am (I’m a programmer, I type a lot…).

I use Enlightenment 1.7 (or E17) for 2 years now, and it has this functionality built in.
Alt+esc brings up the run dialog.
Ctrl+alt+ insert brings up a terminal too, and you can bind any key that you want to almost any action the wm is able to do.

I even control audacious (my media player) via keystrokes. Alt+x for pause/play, alt+y for previous track, alt+c for next track…

Once you tasted this, it seems much more natural than switching back and forth your mouse and keyboard.