The one thing I REALLY enjoy about the start menu kind of doubling as a Bing search is I can type in unit conversions and it’ll do them then and there without busting out a calc or opening a web browser. All other cases are like this where it’s annoying nonsense.
But other operating systems (as well as Windows with power toys if you hit alt + space) do this without having to integrate a search engine into the system search lol
I’d expect a serious OS to have this by default, without internet. gnome-calculator can take in typed input for any conversion - volume, weight, currency; without an internet connection, right on the calculator screen.
They did say without opening a calculator app… However, with KDE I’m pretty sure you can set up krunner to do this, and in that case you can literally just start typing while on your desktop, and it will start the search/conversion at the top of the screen
Do you hit alt+space at all? I accidentally discovered it just recently, hit it by accident, hit escape real fast, but then the mental picture registered in my head and I was like hmm, but couldn’t figure out what I hit. The software I use for work has all sorts of ctrls and alts in it, and soi resigned myself to having to stumble upon it again, which fortunately I did. It’s mainly a quick and easy calculator, you type some equation, and then you can have it automatically go to your clipboard.
This may just be a power toys thing, I have no idea, I use tools that are beyond my ability, whatever happens happens.
The one thing I REALLY enjoy about the start menu kind of doubling as a Bing search is I can type in unit conversions and it’ll do them then and there without busting out a calc or opening a web browser. All other cases are like this where it’s annoying nonsense.
But other operating systems (as well as Windows with power toys if you hit alt + space) do this without having to integrate a search engine into the system search lol
I’d expect a serious OS to have this by default, without internet. gnome-calculator can take in typed input for any conversion - volume, weight, currency; without an internet connection, right on the calculator screen.
They did say without opening a calculator app… However, with KDE I’m pretty sure you can set up krunner to do this, and in that case you can literally just start typing while on your desktop, and it will start the search/conversion at the top of the screen
I want to upvote and downvote you at the same time lol.
That’s what alt accounts are for right…right?
Do you hit alt+space at all? I accidentally discovered it just recently, hit it by accident, hit escape real fast, but then the mental picture registered in my head and I was like hmm, but couldn’t figure out what I hit. The software I use for work has all sorts of ctrls and alts in it, and soi resigned myself to having to stumble upon it again, which fortunately I did. It’s mainly a quick and easy calculator, you type some equation, and then you can have it automatically go to your clipboard.
This may just be a power toys thing, I have no idea, I use tools that are beyond my ability, whatever happens happens.
It’s a power toys thing indeed
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