Idea about generic command framework for launching common applications

[daengbo at gmail.com]

Right now on Debian, this is happening with a lot of programs. For example,  
www-browser launches the default browser and editor launches the preferred  
text editor. This is all handled by /usr/sbin/update-alternatives. Do you  
want more than that?

Dan

> I think it would be easier to launch applications if you had the option
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> to run the default application of a particular type from a short,
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> generic, plain language command.
> I am suggesting that it would be nice if, for example, you were logged
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> into a KDE session on some random computer and you entered "text-editor"
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> into the "Run Command..." box or in a terminal session, it would launch
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> a text editing program such as kwrite or gedit or whatever the user's
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> default text editor is. This could be implemented with symbolic links or
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> the alternatives system or perhaps some other way.
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