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Re: Show HN: Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred

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Post by mmjaa »

alwillis wrote: post #51
blainesch wrote: post #2

I'm the author of Zazu, I'm happy to answer any questions. Ask away!

The homepage says brew cask install zazu should work to install via Homebrew, but it doesn't.

    $ brew update && brew cask install zazu
Works for me...

    $ brew --version
    Homebrew 1.1.6
    Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision e517; last commit 2017-01-05)

Re: Show HN: Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred

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Post by notheguyouthink »

This is really great! I'll have to try it out sometime.

I've been wanting a "replacement" for Alfred for years. Not because i dislike Alfred, i love it; But because it's a tool locking me to OSX.

These days i want me tools to be cross platform and a good core UX, even if that means i have to drop features. It's why i like CLI tools so much.

Re: Show HN: Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred

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Post by Splendor »

blainesch wrote: post #50
Splendor wrote: post #4

I love that this is cross platform. When I tried to install the debian package through the Ubuntu Software Center I received this warning: The package is of bad quality The installation of a package which violates the quality standards isn't allowed. This could cause serious problems on your computer. Please contact the person or organisation who provided this package file and include the details beneath. Lintian che…

I added the maintainer email address for the v0.2.2 deploy, can you confirm this is working for you now?

I was able to install without warning now. However, the alt+space command doesn't seem to work. That instead opens the context menu in the app that has focus. I can use Zazu by clicking the menu bar icon and choosing 'Toggle Zazu' though.

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 in case that's helpful.

Re: Show HN: Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred

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Post by mthoms »

blainesch wrote: post #40
binaryblitz wrote: post #33

I love this thing so far. I recently switched to using Mint instead of OSX because I refuse to pay $2300 for a 15" MBP. I was really missing the clipboard ability of Alfred, and this is REALLY helpful. Would it be possible to auto paste the clipboard result when you select it?

I would LOVE auto paste, but I've not found a good way to do this in Electron yet. ]: If you know how, let me know :D

I've not used electron but can't you simply invoke Applescript or use a shell command? Checkout pbcopy + pbpaste utilities or use applescript:

    $ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down'
I realize this isn't cross platform but there should be similar methods in other OS'es.

Re: Show HN: Zazu App – An OSS app launcher, similar to Alfred

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Post by scruffy_ »

I have installed the latest version 0.3.2 for Ubuntu 16.04 via the Software Center, and also via Gdebi (which reported that it was already installed, but reinstalled) and I am unable to find the installation anywhere. No config files in my home directory. A search in Nautilus only finds the .deb. What am I missing? I am running Budgie desktop, if that makes a difference.
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