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some people are marking this question as duplicate of some other question(which are I looked up, not helpful. since it is just explainig how to use unity, not technical/command line documentation) which is not right


I want to learn how unity works. for example, instead of dragging application shortcut from dash to launcher, how do I do it using terminal?

how to make application shortcut ?

I can lock an application to the launcher by GUI but how to do it from terminal?

How an I add a mounted partition icon automatically if I mount it from a folder other than /media?


these are just examples, I dont meant just to learn these but unity all-together

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    that is a wide range of question :) probably better to split up. Nov 30, 2014 at 16:44
  • @JacobVlijm I gave examples, my question is broader -from where to get unity documentation
    – Alex Jones
    Nov 30, 2014 at 16:46
  • I think this is a good question, but most open source projects are only partially documented, and you'll learn the full picture of Unity as you attempt to solve each of those questions one a time.
    – Flimm
    Dec 3, 2014 at 1:33

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One would almost forget the obvious:

A perfect starting point for a wide range of subjects is this Official Ubuntu Documentation site.

See for example what happens if you enter launcher command line in the searchbox...
I almost forgot how much information I got there in the past.

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It links to man pages, matching results on Askubuntu, official documentation etc, etc. Too much to mention.

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I want to learn how unity works. for example, instead of dragging application shortcut from dash to launcher, how do I do it using terminal?

Add and remove launcher icons from command line

How to make an application shortcut?

How to add programs to the launcher?

I can lock an application to the launcher by GUI but how to do it from terminal?

Same as 1st question: Add and remove launcher icons from command line

How can I add a mounted partition icon automatically if I mount it from a folder other than /media?

How to customize/label the hard drive icons in the launcher

Overall technical questions:

Go to the wiki, here. It says:

The wiki documentation is targeting technical users, if you want to get an overview of Unity you might be interested.

There is also (of course) the Ubuntu Documentation site (please, please upvote Jacob's answer, as that is what reminded me of it), and a google search does give some good results:

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  • this answer helps :)
    – Alex Jones
    Nov 30, 2014 at 16:58
  • Don't forget to accept if it helped fully!
    – Tim
    Nov 30, 2014 at 16:59
  • ill but after some time, let lookup those links properly
    – Alex Jones
    Nov 30, 2014 at 17:01
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The only one I can help you with is the shortcut. You could use ln -s to make a symbolic link via terminal to wherever you want. That should function the same way as shortcut.

I'd imagine there's some configuration file that's dynamically updated for the launcher on the left for things you add, remove, or lock. I have no idea where that is though.

I'd probably just try a symbolic link for tricking Unity into thinking there's something mounted at /media or /mnt to get the icon as well.

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  • Think this is wrong... the first part definitely is.
    – Tim
    Nov 30, 2014 at 16:45
  • I'm kind of new to Linux still, can you explain to me why a symbolic link won't work for a shortcut? Nov 30, 2014 at 18:03
  • Because he wants a link to an application. What would you suggest linking to for this shortcut? There is nothing (other than .desktop files, and you can copy them).
    – Tim
    Nov 30, 2014 at 18:35
  • The application in /usr/bin/? That's all I was thinking though. Nov 30, 2014 at 20:07
  • Don't think that works...
    – Tim
    Nov 30, 2014 at 20:08

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