New: switch to application by name - alt+tab enhanced

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           Summary: switch to application by name - alt+tab
enhanced
           Product: kwin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kwin kde org
        ReportedBy: bejoag2 yahoo com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.1)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
Compiler:          gcc (GCC) 4.1.0 (SUSE Linux) 
OS:                Linux

As a keyboard enthusiast, I'd like to be able to switch to
any open application as quickly as possible with the
keyboard. Since the window list that pops up on alt+tab
contains the windows in "least recently used"
order, it's quite inconvenient to look for a window that was
used say hours ago and I have many windows open (which is
typically the case). Usually what happens is that I iterate
through the list several times before I actually spot the
window I need.

A great solution would be if this popup list provided an
incremental-search-like facility, e.g. I would press a
certain key combination, then would type 'kon' and the list
then would be filtered for windows the titles of which start
with 'kon' (e.g. konsole, konqueror instances) - of which I
could select the one I need with the cursor keys.

Or is this feature already included in some form? (A
separate - even command line - application would do fine as
well, e.g. if I could say 'kswitchwin kon' - even though it
wouldn't be the real thing.) 

I looked around but haven't been able to find anything
similar.
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