Hello Jehan, Peter, Have we had a chance to look into this? Just wanted to check in here in case I've missed discussions on IRC. On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Some time ago, a contributor developed a very interesting feature, > allowing to search actions with natural language keywords > (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708174). > > For instance, if you want to search a "blur" filter to apply to your > image, you could just type in "blur" and see a list of relevant > actions: for instance you'll find in the list the "blur / sharpen" > tool, but also the "Gaussian Blur", "Selective Gaussian Blur", > "Tileable Blur", "Circular Motion Blur" filters, and even "Difference > of Gaussians..." (because it does a difference of 2 gaussian blurs!). > > No need to search in infinite menus and submenus. If you know a common > natural language keyword, you can just search for it, which also makes > it even easier for users of other software who don't know in which > menu to look for which filter, but even for advanced GIMP users when > they know a filter's name but don't remember where to find it. > Such a search would be even localization-aware, since a French would > search for "flou" and a German for "weichzeich" instead of "blur". > > In summary, the user could open the action search dialog (default > shortcut: '/') anytime, type a keyword, select the desired command in > the list and run it. > > The original proposition has been largely improved, and is now in the > branch origin/tito on the GNOME git repository of GIMP. > Since I know you have a working development installation now, that > would be easy to check out, and test. Of course, if any question on > how to do so, do not hesitate to ask. > > I have also written an exhaustive specification draft of the current > implementation: > http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Specs:Action_Search_Dialog > > This specification details the search algorithm, and the GUI interaction. > > We would appreciate a feedback from you, about this feature and the > user interaction. > Thank you very much! > > Jehan > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > -- Regards, Srihari Sriraman -- ⌀ -- nilenso.com _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
