This is getting a bit off-topic.., but there was some talk awhile ago about adding a generic modifier to all verbs, that specified what type of action would be taken (new tab, set selection, copy to clipboard, etc).
- Blair On 10/02/2009 7:29 AM, ups wrote: > Yes, I understand that. > I was just wondering if there is something that can be done now at the > commands that help to implement that in the future. But withoug a > defined direction of action is probably too early for that now. > > On Feb 9, 2:21 am, Fernando Takai<[email protected]> wrote: >> This is the most asked question - but i think the way the parser is right >> now, we can't do that. Yet. >> >> 2009/2/8 ups<[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Yep, I agree with Blair, putting things in the clipboard is dangerous. >>> Also, aren't the commands too much self-contained? >>> For example, for a natural language parsing system, I would expect >>> some kind of chaining! >>> I would like to be able to construct more complex commands such as: >>> "clipboard get-email name" >>> Which would copy the result from "get-email name" to the clipboard. >>> Or, >>> "email name get-email other name" to send an email address to someone >>> else. >>> Of course that this would require much more work and would also raise >>> many other problems, and I'll probably prepare a nicer text to expose >>> my ideas and thougths, right know, I'm just trying to call some >>> attention to the fact that each command as only one output method that >>> sometimes is not that useful. >>> On Feb 7, 10:46 pm, Blair McBride<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to setting the clipboard contents >>>> without explicitly telling it to do so. There is no undo when setting >>>> the clipboard contents. >>>> - Blair >> -- >> Fernando >> "Takai"http://flickr.com/photos/supeertakaihttp://fernandotakai.jaiku.com >> >> Get Ubiquity:https://ubiquity.mozilla.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ubiquity-firefox" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubiquity-firefox?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
