I'd like it to be seamless in regard to performance.
Here's how I use gnome-do
by hitting Windows + space I get a prompt and I start typing, it starts showing me programs to run using the characters I am typing, if it's what I want I can hit Enter or I can use the down-arrow to scroll to other possible matches.
There is much more to gnome-do, but I'm still just a basic launcher user. The key for me is the ability to start typing and launch any app. No More Mouse.
I would imagine it redundant to name it something under KDE4.
The behaviour I ascribe to Gnome-Do ( I haven't really used it, I'm just going by what I see on Gnome-Do's website ) is part of Kde's implicit functionality now.
Just start typing in the search field that's on the menu, or start typing in the run dialogue ( Default shortcut is Alt+F2 )
For an example of what It can do:
Alt+F2 , fire
Yeilds in the list
Which I can switch between with Tab and execute with Enter
You can run any command there you could run in a shell too,
trigger: Alt+F2
command: [xhost +]
shows: Run xhost +
launch: Enter
As well as running commands in a shell
trigger: Alt+F2
command: [ ls ]
shows: Run ls
navigate to execute option: Tab
open configuration instead: Space
navigate to 'run in termainal' option: Tab
toggle checkbox: Space
launch: Enter
Doing basic math:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: [1 + 1 =]
shows: 2
Spell checking:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: spell frabujous
shows: list of spellings
Open Web Searches:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: wp: duck
shows: Search Wikipedia for duck
launch: Enter
Launch Apps by Description:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: web browser
shows: list of applications that are web browsers
select one: Tab
launch: Enter
Do all sorts of web browsery things:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: stack
shows:
- Stack Overflow - Konqueror ( Activate Window Running on Desktop 1 )
<history>stackoverflow.com /<bookmark>Stack Overflowselect one: Tab
launch: Enter
Filesystem Browsing:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: /tmp/
shows: Open /tmp/
launch: Enter
Do Power Controls:
trigger: Alt+F2
command: suspend shows: Suspend To Ram
launch: Enter
Its only really limited by how complete your data is and what plug-ins you have.
Gnome do works just as well in KDE as in GNOME.
From Do's homepage:
Do is just as sleek, swift and smart on KDE and other common environments.
Since you're on Ubuntu, you can install it with this command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-do
It is called Katapult and works very similar but has not a Docky like skin. Personally I love gnome-do so I - of course - have to mention the wiki entry saying that it will work under KDE as well.
