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