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releng:4.10:roadmap:xfce4-appfinder [2011/04/19 10:53] – [Other Ideas] nick | releng:4.10:roadmap:xfce4-appfinder [2011/12/13 12:47] – [Implement Modes] nick | ||
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The idea is to merge the current appfinder and xfrun4 into 1 application that can do it all; but better. To get this working in a fast way a number of custom tree- and list-models need to be written that all work with the same data, which is all loaded in threads and inserted in idles, to keep the interface responsive. | The idea is to merge the current appfinder and xfrun4 into 1 application that can do it all; but better. To get this working in a fast way a number of custom tree- and list-models need to be written that all work with the same data, which is all loaded in threads and inserted in idles, to keep the interface responsive. | ||
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+ | See the [[design: | ||
Completed: 0% \\ | Completed: 0% \\ | ||
Assignee: Nick\\ | Assignee: Nick\\ | ||
Difficulty: Hard | Difficulty: Hard | ||
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+ | ===== Status ===== | ||
+ | The IDs are prefixed with //A// for // | ||
+ | The status cells are color coded: | ||
+ | * a //white// background means the feature is not implemented yet, | ||
+ | * a //green// background means the feature is supported, | ||
+ | * a //orange// background means the feature is being worked on, | ||
+ | * a //grey// background means the feature is partially working but is not developed any further. | ||
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+ | | **ID** | **Description** | **nick/ | ||
+ | | B01 | Open exo-desktop-item-edit? | ||
+ | | B02 | Items not visible on start in expanded mode. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I01 | Store settings in Xfconf | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I01.1 | Window size and pane position. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I01.2 | Last category? | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I02 | Investigate dbus daemon, profiling shows a lot of time is spend in starting Gtk (theme/ | ||
+ | | I03 | Save successfully launched commands | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I04 | Simple extension framework. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I04.2 | Simple editor. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I04.3 | Support custom icons. | -- | | ||
+ | | I04.4 | Do we need this in expanded view as well, like Jannis' | ||
+ | | I05 | Garcon menu reloading support. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I06 | (icon) theme changes: reload cached pixbufs. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I07 | Bunch of clever key combinations to speed-up navigation. | -- | | ||
+ | | I08 | Obey show-image-on-button setting for launch button. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I09 | Sort custom commands before desktop-file commands in the completion. | @palegreen: Done | | ||
+ | | I10 | xfrun4 script for easy migration in 4.8, make xfce4-appfinder expand by default. | -- | | ||
===== Implement Modes ===== | ===== Implement Modes ===== | ||
It will have 2 modes: | It will have 2 modes: | ||
- | * Quick run dialog: like with xfrun4, but also includes the $PATH and known desktop files + command history. | + | * Quick run dialog: like with xfrun4, but also includes the known desktop files + command history. |
- | * Finder dialog: to show the complete appfinder, like in 4.8 (with applications and their categories) but also favorites, and commands(-history). | + | * Finder dialog: to show the complete appfinder, like in 4.8 (with applications and their categories) but also the command |
It will therefore also install 2 desktop files: "Run Program..." | It will therefore also install 2 desktop files: "Run Program..." | ||
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* See also [[http:// | * See also [[http:// | ||
* Panel plugin that can do the same as the Alt+F2 dialog (which will also obsolete the verve plugin). Might be a good alternative to searching in the applications menu. | * Panel plugin that can do the same as the Alt+F2 dialog (which will also obsolete the verve plugin). Might be a good alternative to searching in the applications menu. | ||
- | ===== Discussion Points ===== | + | |
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