Bug#529169: gnome-panel: 'Run Application' dialog appears to have lost simple form to enter a command to run
ADFH
dbts at bachelorguy.com
Sun May 17 19:58:48 UTC 2009
Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.24.3-1+b1
Severity: important
I use the "Run Application" dialog a LOT..
When I quickly want to invoke an application, I'll press Win+R (Yes, I mapped it
to the same as windows) and then I'd type whatever command I wanted to launch..
Ie. Win+R xcalc ENTER
Win+R oocalc ENTER
Win+R sylpheed ENTER
This let me launch stuff without having a terminal window open all the time
... and the completion was really really handy too
Ie. Win+R x-term ARROW ENTER (would auto complete x-terminal-emulator)
Now when I press Win+R, up pops the dialog, but it expects me to either pick
from a list OR click browse and enter a full path.
This is a significant decrease in functionality for power users - is this part
of the continuing trend in Gnome to "weld on the training wheels"?
Is there a way of getting back the old style of run dialog?
Perhaps a gconf setting?
Incidentally, the online help seems to reflect the old dialog I liked..
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (700, 'unstable'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.4 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii gnome-about 2.26.1-1 The GNOME about box
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.24.0.1-5 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.26.1-1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-menus 2.24.2-2 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii gnome-panel-data 2.24.3-1 common files for the GNOME Panel
ii libatk1.0-0 1.26.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.24.1-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.24.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.6-2+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.14-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.80-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libecal1.2-7 2.26.1.1-2 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-11 2.26.1.1-2 Utility library for evolution data
ii libedataserverui1.2-8 2.26.1.1-2 GUI utility library for evolution
ii libgconf2-4 2.26.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2-11 2.26.1-1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-menu2 2.24.2-2 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.26.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgweather1 2.26.1-1 GWeather shared library
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.17-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.24.3-1+b1 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.24.0-3+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpolkit-dbus2 0.9-3 library for accessing PolicyKit vi
ii libpolkit2 0.9-3 library for accessing PolicyKit
ii librsvg2-2 2.22.3-2 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libwnck22 2.24.2-2 Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii libx11-6 2:1.2.1-1 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.4-2 X11 authorisation library
ii menu-xdg 0.4 freedesktop.org menu compliant win
Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii alacarte 0.11.10-1 easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii evolution-data-server 2.26.1.1-2 evolution database backend server
ii gnome-applets 2.24.3.1-2+b1 Various applets for GNOME 2 panel
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.24.0-4 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-session 2.22.3-3 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gvfs 1.2.2-2 userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii policykit-gnome 0.9.2-2 GNOME dialogs for PolicyKit
Versions of packages gnome-panel suggests:
ii epiphany-browser 2.26.1-1 Intuitive web browser - dummy pack
ii eterm [x-terminal-emulator] 0.9.5-2 Enlightened Terminal Emulator
ii evolution 2.26.1.1-2 groupware suite with mail client a
ii gdm 2.20.9-1 GNOME Display Manager
ii gnome-session 2.22.3-3 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
pn gnome-system-tools <none> (no description available)
ii gnome-terminal [x-terminal-em 2.24.3-3 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii gnome2-user-guide 2.8.1-2 GNOME 2 User's Guide
ii nautilus 2.26.2-3 file manager and graphical shell f
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 242-1 X terminal emulator
ii yelp 2.24.0-2 Help browser for GNOME 2
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