[haiku-development] Re: TrackerGrep [was Re: missing -lm?]
- From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 15:03:17 +0200 CEST
"Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
> I actually don't like the latest changes you
> made(at least I think it was you),
Probably, yes.
> that is adding a menu,
The features I added combined with the ones
I was planning can't all have buttons and
checkboxes, IMO. Menus are neat.
> and hide common and
> handy functionality (like a history) behind it.
> It doesn't feel like a small add-on anymore.
The history is equally one click away. That spot
just moved a little and got somewhat easier to hit.
I admitt a few of the menu item names and shortcuts
could be improved. (Alt-F vs Alt-O, etc)
I've found the "Trim to Selection" feature the most
useful of my changes. It limits the next search to
current hits, or selection thereof. Speeds up things
considerably. Command-N isn't bad either.
I don't agree with the notion that a Tracker add-on
has to be small or simple. They're just a way to
launch an app/utility on/with a set of files. (Not
all that different from how applications and
documents often find each other.*)
If you prefer Tracker Grep to be a shallow front-end,
then we have different creative vision for it.
I don't mind stepping aside though, honestly.
*(IMO every BApplication should be possible to set
up with a shortcut in Tracker, replacing Tracker's
"Add-Ons" menu with user-configurable shortcuts in
the "Open with..." menu.)
/Jonas.
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