Lookuplet
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This GNOME applet provides a unified interface for looking things up.
There are many applications (desktop and web-based) in which you enter
some text and they return some information based on that text. Examples
include:
* Looking a word up in a dictionary
* Performing a web search
* Performing a more specific search (searching Debian packages or on
freshmeat.net, etc.)
The lookuplet aims to make all of those services readily accessible in as
efficient a manner as possible.
A text entry box is provided on the GNOME panel and you simply enter text
into that box and then press whatever action key combination you have
defined for a particular service to initiate the lookup. This interface is
based on the emacs principle of typing as few characters as possible to
perform tasks that are done frequently. I find myself looking things up in
various applications all of the time and the overhead of creating a new
browser window, selecting a bookmark, clicking into the text entry field
and then pressing submit struck me as tremendously inefficient.
Feedback on the program is welcome. Additional information and the latest
release is available at <http://www.samskivert.com/???URL???>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version.
Enjoy,
Michael Bayne <mdb@samskivert.com>
mdb
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