Alt-F2 box does not give any feedback if command does not exist

Bug #749690 reported by Michael Terry
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #781606: Alt+F2 should notify you of typos. Edit Remove
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
New
Undecided
Unassigned
Unity
Incomplete
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-2d
Incomplete
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-lens-applications
Incomplete
Undecided
Bilal Akhtar
unity (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-place-applications (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
Bilal Akhtar

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

1) Press Alt-F2
2) Enter asdfg
3) Press enter

Observe that nothing happens. Ideally it would let you know that the program doesn't exist.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Sun Apr 3 16:14:25 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-09-28 (187 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
tags: added: needs-design
Revision history for this message
Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote :

I'll implement this after design discussion

affects: unity → unity-place-applications
Changed in unity-place-applications:
assignee: nobody → Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote :

See also: bug #781606 ("Alt+F2 should notify you of typos").

tags: added: alt-f2-bad-input
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