Hi Max, These are not newbish questions at all, actually -- they are things we've been struggling with how to design.
The short answer is that there's not currently any way to do exactly what you want. We are working on some revisions to the core of the parser and the way commands are integrated which will make them easier. As it currently stands, spaces are Very Important To The Parser as it uses them to figure out how to break up the sentence, which means it's problematic to have them in verb names or prepositions. (Spaces in argument values are always OK.) For the nonce, I recommend trying to find a way to reword your commands so their names and modifiers are single words: for example, "alert on (event) from (source)" rather than "alert me on new (event) from (source)". Not ideal, I know, but it will work Ubiquity's autocomplete feature is triggered by the Tab key. Give that a try and, if its behavior isn't what you want, send another email to the list and let us know how it's different from what you're looking for. --Jono, Mozilla Labs On May 27, 1:23 pm, electronic Max <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the newbish questions, I'm trying to work on a research > prototype on a tight deadline and am looking for answers fast. Just > joined the group yesterday and am just getting into hacking commands > -- > > 1. Spaces in modifiers and verbs: > > Does ubiquity currently / Parser2 handle verbs and modifiers with > spaces in them? I'm trying to implement a reminderbot/assistantbot > using ubquity so I can ask it to do things like: > > - "alert me on new emails from aza raskin" > > "alert me" is a verb with a space in it > "on new" is a modifier with a space in it > > This ("on new") is a relatively contrived example, but in general > modfiiers with spaces seem to be useful. I can't seem to get it to > DTRT when there are spaces in modifier or verb names. Spaces in > values (e.g, Aza Raskin) seem to be OK. > > 2. Auto-partial completion based on suggestions > > The other thing I really need is auto-complete for modifier > values. For example, if I type "alert me on n", and it shows me "new > news items", "new emails" and "new tweets" as suggestions, I want to > be able to hit space/right arrow to auto complete _just this modifier_ > and move on to the next modifier. Right now I can't seem to figure > out a way to do this. Hitting enter submits the whole thing, and > right arrow doesn't > do anything. > > Thanks in advance, > > electronic Max > MIT CSAIL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
