Re: Beagle as Application launcher

[Ryan Pavlik <abiryan ryand net>]

Try installing Deskbar - it does what you seem to be wanting, using beagle.

Ryan

Josef S� wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just installed openSUSE and I wish to migrate from Windows. One 
> application that will be hard to replace is Google Desktop Search. 
> Although it has many cool features I used it as an application 
> launcher. Since using Google Desktop, I never need any shortcuts or 
> icons on the desktop. When I wish, to run Calculator I press Ctrl 
> twice (the shortcut) and simple box appears, I start typing Calculator 
> and soon, the entry for Calculator appears, I choose it with arrows, 
> press enter and voila...
>
> I thought it should be possible to replace such functionality with 
> Beagle. But there is a problem. I press Alt+Space and window appears. 
> I start typing Calculator and nothing happens. Hmm, I need to press 
> Enter to start the search. A bit redundant and annoying a lot.
>
> Problem 1) Is it possible to set the automatic search without the need 
> of pressing enter?
>
> But never mind, this is only a minor thing. The bigger problem is that 
> even when I press the enter having for example YaST written in the 
> search box. Entry YaST appears, but it is preceded by 100+ web page 
> history items that have higher scores so I would have to flip through 
> several result pages to find YaST entry. I sort by relevance type. But 
> the actual application entry always gets score of 0.0.
>
> Problem 2) How come that application with the name that is exactly 
> same like the search term gets score of 0.0?
>
> This is the biggest problem I have with the Beagle and actually only 
> problem that made me start this post. But there is another annoyance. 
> Even if I scroll down to the correct entry and I press enter (and 
> entry is an application) I am presented with the window asking me, how 
> do I want to execute the entry. What the heck? It is application, I 
> don't need to open application in another application, it should run 
> on its own.
>
> Problem 3) How to set up that applications from the search result are 
> executed directly?
>
> Thanks for any advice :-)
>
> PS: The priority of my problems is 2, 3, 1
>
> --
> Josef S�
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