[Design] Command-line for dummies

[Mimi Yin]

What would it take to implement a really simple cli-for-dummies UI in  
the near-term?

1. Big text box at the bottom of the summary pane.
2. If the keyboard focus is NOT in the detail view, typing text  
automatically moves your focus to the text box.
3. The default action is search
4. Other actions you can invoke with commands which are displayed in  
grey beneath the text box - - Navigating to a different app area,  
collection or date in the calendar
- Labeling/tagging the selected item in the summary pane
- Creating a new item (just notes for now)

All aided by auto-complete. I'm not asking about a particular  
implementation or design, but just some some rough implementation of  
the idea.

Mimi

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