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.marmott...@gmail.com>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
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