Which run dialog
I just switched from the standard Gnome window manager to Openbox (still running inside Gnome) and like it a lot. However, now I need a new run dialog, e.g. the thing popping up when hitting Alt+F2 in Gnome. I see in the Openbox wiki, I can use the one from gnome with gnome-panel-control --run-dialog but maybe some one can recommend a better program for this?
gnome openbox run-dialog
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I just switched from the standard Gnome window manager to Openbox (still running inside Gnome) and like it a lot. However, now I need a new run dialog, e.g. the thing popping up when hitting Alt+F2 in Gnome. I see in the Openbox wiki, I can use the one from gnome with gnome-panel-control --run-dialog but maybe some one can recommend a better program for this?
gnome openbox run-dialog
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I just switched from the standard Gnome window manager to Openbox (still running inside Gnome) and like it a lot. However, now I need a new run dialog, e.g. the thing popping up when hitting Alt+F2 in Gnome. I see in the Openbox wiki, I can use the one from gnome with gnome-panel-control --run-dialog but maybe some one can recommend a better program for this?
gnome openbox run-dialog
I just switched from the standard Gnome window manager to Openbox (still running inside Gnome) and like it a lot. However, now I need a new run dialog, e.g. the thing popping up when hitting Alt+F2 in Gnome. I see in the Openbox wiki, I can use the one from gnome with gnome-panel-control --run-dialog but maybe some one can recommend a better program for this?
gnome openbox run-dialog
gnome openbox run-dialog
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There's probably hundreds of equally valid answers for this, but I use gmrun:
Screenshot of gmrun http://mrozekma.com/gmrun.png
It has miscellaneous useful features:
You can run a command in a terminal using Ctrl+Enter
It keeps a history of commands, so you can just keep hitting Up to cycle through them, or search through them with the standard shell mechanisms, Ctrl+R and !.
It also has Tab-completion:
Screenshot of gmrun's tab complete http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-complete.png
It will let you run a file directly (it knows what program to execute for that particular file type):
Screenshot of gmrun's file running http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-file.png
I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
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Personally I use gnome-do for that kind of stuff. Yeah it's mono and some people don't like that, but if you enter a command. it runs it and when it's about running GUI applications it's a really quick way to trigger them. Since gnome-do has so many plugins, many of the actions I'd usually run via alt+F2 (like quickly mounting something) I can just do via gnome-do: I type "mo" and it already knows that I probably want to mount something and offers me the filesystems I have defined that I have not yet mounted (just as an example).
If you don't like mono there is an app called "kupfer" which does similar things written in Python, it just doesn't have all the features gnome-do has.
When I want to run "real" shell commands I tend to just open a terminal.
add a comment |
I had some success using bashrun. It's simple, has many features, and is very customizable.
a few screenshots:
bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
Jul 30 '13 at 14:13
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I am using Launchy which is light weight and works really well.
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
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I love dmenu. It's fast: instantaneous, in fact.
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Gnome Do works great. The default key binding is super + space.
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
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Gnome Do is probably the best, and certainly the easiest to use. Others are available such as Kupfer and Synapse.
If you are using Ubuntu, the default interface (Unity) will have one in 11.04, so you just have to wait a month and it'll be available to you.
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There's probably hundreds of equally valid answers for this, but I use gmrun:
Screenshot of gmrun http://mrozekma.com/gmrun.png
It has miscellaneous useful features:
You can run a command in a terminal using Ctrl+Enter
It keeps a history of commands, so you can just keep hitting Up to cycle through them, or search through them with the standard shell mechanisms, Ctrl+R and !.
It also has Tab-completion:
Screenshot of gmrun's tab complete http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-complete.png
It will let you run a file directly (it knows what program to execute for that particular file type):
Screenshot of gmrun's file running http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-file.png
I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
add a comment |
There's probably hundreds of equally valid answers for this, but I use gmrun:
Screenshot of gmrun http://mrozekma.com/gmrun.png
It has miscellaneous useful features:
You can run a command in a terminal using Ctrl+Enter
It keeps a history of commands, so you can just keep hitting Up to cycle through them, or search through them with the standard shell mechanisms, Ctrl+R and !.
It also has Tab-completion:
Screenshot of gmrun's tab complete http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-complete.png
It will let you run a file directly (it knows what program to execute for that particular file type):
Screenshot of gmrun's file running http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-file.png
I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
add a comment |
There's probably hundreds of equally valid answers for this, but I use gmrun:
Screenshot of gmrun http://mrozekma.com/gmrun.png
It has miscellaneous useful features:
You can run a command in a terminal using Ctrl+Enter
It keeps a history of commands, so you can just keep hitting Up to cycle through them, or search through them with the standard shell mechanisms, Ctrl+R and !.
It also has Tab-completion:
Screenshot of gmrun's tab complete http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-complete.png
It will let you run a file directly (it knows what program to execute for that particular file type):
Screenshot of gmrun's file running http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-file.png
There's probably hundreds of equally valid answers for this, but I use gmrun:
Screenshot of gmrun http://mrozekma.com/gmrun.png
It has miscellaneous useful features:
You can run a command in a terminal using Ctrl+Enter
It keeps a history of commands, so you can just keep hitting Up to cycle through them, or search through them with the standard shell mechanisms, Ctrl+R and !.
It also has Tab-completion:
Screenshot of gmrun's tab complete http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-complete.png
It will let you run a file directly (it knows what program to execute for that particular file type):
Screenshot of gmrun's file running http://mrozekma.com/gmrun-file.png
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I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
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I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
I checked gmrun and like it very much, thanks.
– fschmitt
Sep 29 '10 at 8:30
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Personally I use gnome-do for that kind of stuff. Yeah it's mono and some people don't like that, but if you enter a command. it runs it and when it's about running GUI applications it's a really quick way to trigger them. Since gnome-do has so many plugins, many of the actions I'd usually run via alt+F2 (like quickly mounting something) I can just do via gnome-do: I type "mo" and it already knows that I probably want to mount something and offers me the filesystems I have defined that I have not yet mounted (just as an example).
If you don't like mono there is an app called "kupfer" which does similar things written in Python, it just doesn't have all the features gnome-do has.
When I want to run "real" shell commands I tend to just open a terminal.
add a comment |
Personally I use gnome-do for that kind of stuff. Yeah it's mono and some people don't like that, but if you enter a command. it runs it and when it's about running GUI applications it's a really quick way to trigger them. Since gnome-do has so many plugins, many of the actions I'd usually run via alt+F2 (like quickly mounting something) I can just do via gnome-do: I type "mo" and it already knows that I probably want to mount something and offers me the filesystems I have defined that I have not yet mounted (just as an example).
If you don't like mono there is an app called "kupfer" which does similar things written in Python, it just doesn't have all the features gnome-do has.
When I want to run "real" shell commands I tend to just open a terminal.
add a comment |
Personally I use gnome-do for that kind of stuff. Yeah it's mono and some people don't like that, but if you enter a command. it runs it and when it's about running GUI applications it's a really quick way to trigger them. Since gnome-do has so many plugins, many of the actions I'd usually run via alt+F2 (like quickly mounting something) I can just do via gnome-do: I type "mo" and it already knows that I probably want to mount something and offers me the filesystems I have defined that I have not yet mounted (just as an example).
If you don't like mono there is an app called "kupfer" which does similar things written in Python, it just doesn't have all the features gnome-do has.
When I want to run "real" shell commands I tend to just open a terminal.
Personally I use gnome-do for that kind of stuff. Yeah it's mono and some people don't like that, but if you enter a command. it runs it and when it's about running GUI applications it's a really quick way to trigger them. Since gnome-do has so many plugins, many of the actions I'd usually run via alt+F2 (like quickly mounting something) I can just do via gnome-do: I type "mo" and it already knows that I probably want to mount something and offers me the filesystems I have defined that I have not yet mounted (just as an example).
If you don't like mono there is an app called "kupfer" which does similar things written in Python, it just doesn't have all the features gnome-do has.
When I want to run "real" shell commands I tend to just open a terminal.
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I had some success using bashrun. It's simple, has many features, and is very customizable.
a few screenshots:
bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
Jul 30 '13 at 14:13
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I had some success using bashrun. It's simple, has many features, and is very customizable.
a few screenshots:
bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
Jul 30 '13 at 14:13
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I had some success using bashrun. It's simple, has many features, and is very customizable.
a few screenshots:
I had some success using bashrun. It's simple, has many features, and is very customizable.
a few screenshots:
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bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
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bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
Jul 30 '13 at 14:13
bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
Jul 30 '13 at 14:13
bashrun2 is much better.
– qed
Jul 30 '13 at 14:13
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I am using Launchy which is light weight and works really well.
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
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I am using Launchy which is light weight and works really well.
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
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I am using Launchy which is light weight and works really well.
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
I am using Launchy which is light weight and works really well.
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
2,22831112
answered Apr 5 '11 at 8:18
Navaneeth K N
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2,22831112
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I love dmenu. It's fast: instantaneous, in fact.
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I love dmenu. It's fast: instantaneous, in fact.
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I love dmenu. It's fast: instantaneous, in fact.
I love dmenu. It's fast: instantaneous, in fact.
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Gnome Do works great. The default key binding is super + space.
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
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Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
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Gnome Do works great. The default key binding is super + space.
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
add a comment |
Gnome Do works great. The default key binding is super + space.
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
Gnome Do works great. The default key binding is super + space.
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
answered Apr 4 '11 at 15:46
vanillaike
146128
146128
Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
add a comment |
Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
Gnome-Do is dead, isn't it? Synapse and Kupfer seem to be leading the field now, I believe.
– simon
Apr 4 '11 at 15:54
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Gnome Do is probably the best, and certainly the easiest to use. Others are available such as Kupfer and Synapse.
If you are using Ubuntu, the default interface (Unity) will have one in 11.04, so you just have to wait a month and it'll be available to you.
add a comment |
Gnome Do is probably the best, and certainly the easiest to use. Others are available such as Kupfer and Synapse.
If you are using Ubuntu, the default interface (Unity) will have one in 11.04, so you just have to wait a month and it'll be available to you.
add a comment |
Gnome Do is probably the best, and certainly the easiest to use. Others are available such as Kupfer and Synapse.
If you are using Ubuntu, the default interface (Unity) will have one in 11.04, so you just have to wait a month and it'll be available to you.
Gnome Do is probably the best, and certainly the easiest to use. Others are available such as Kupfer and Synapse.
If you are using Ubuntu, the default interface (Unity) will have one in 11.04, so you just have to wait a month and it'll be available to you.
answered Apr 4 '11 at 16:32
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