Writing applications for Ubuntu (including Ubuntu Phone) and questions about the application submission process to the Ubuntu Software Center. This covers both open source and commercial applications.
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What are the design guidelines for appindicator icons?
I am creating a Unity AppIndicator using Python + PyGObject, but I wish for it's icon to be in standard Ubuntu style. Where can I find appropriate guidelines for using colours (or is it just ...
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How do I provide arguments to mapped methods in quickly preferences dialog?
I'm using quickly on 11.04 and I'm trying to add a textbuffer object to the preferences dialog so that its contents is updated automatically to the couchdb. So in __init__.py I changed the dictionary ...
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How to get Yelp to open the docs?
quickly tutorial
Result: An empty Yelp window with the XML file opened in gedit.
yelp /usr/share/quickly/templates/ubuntu-application/help/tutorial.xml --> Exactly the same problem.
Worked fine a ...
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Convertion of tiff image in Python script - OCR using tesseract
I want to convert a tiff image file to text document. My code perfectly as I expected to convert tiff images with usual font but its not working for french script font . My tiff image file contains ...
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QML/Qt Development path verses “Quickly” and Gtk
It seems like recently the path Ubuntu is moving towards is to have code developed with QML and Qt, and that appears to sync with their move to be able to target tablets, phones, TV devices and the ...
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Will Ubuntu Mobile support Java?
I'm a Java developper and I was so exciting when I heard that Ubuntu is going mobile...
But will it support a Java Runtime Environment like Ubuntu Desktop and Windows 8 Pro ?
A lot of enterprise ...
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How to make Gtk spinbutton symbolic in 12.04 in only a specific application?
I am currently developing an application for Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10 systems. My application is completely monochromatic except for the spinbuttons as seen in the screenshot below.
This issue ...
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Kinect + Webcam - Bandwidth issue
I am making an application on Ubuntu 12.04 and ROS Fuerte (Robot Operating System) using the Microsoft Kinect sensor and a logitech webcam. Both work perfectly fine independently. For information I ...
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How do I get high resolution icons in Unity for my application without a .desktop file?
I am trying to fix a problem I found with a Java application. It has a too low res icon. After reading the source of it I modified it to have a bigger icon. SWT uses the gtk_window_set_icon() function ...
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How to specify target architecture in quickly apps?
I'm building a quickly-app, Do I have to specify somewhere the architecture (amd64,i386,etc) in which my app can run?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
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Why can't I get all reviews for this app in the Ubuntu Software Center using the JSON API?
I have a question after reading this: Is there any web API for Software Center available?
I am trying to understand the Ubuntu Software Center's JSON endpoints.
This JSON lists all the apps ...
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compiling a shared library
I'm doing a 64-bit rewrite of some code I wrote that implements a novel approach to genetic algorithms that I want to turn into a shared library exclusive to Ubuntu using code::blocks/gcc.
I have ...
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Python Access Pidgin Data Structure by Dbus
I recentely started to program in Python and making a script/plugin for Pidgin,i need to access PurpleConversationUiOps and use the has_focus field,based in some examples in documentation of Pidgin i ...
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Custom widgets/controls in application indicators
I want to develop an app for ubuntu, that integrates inside the calendar indicator/menu. It should allow to enter info right from it, and have several controls like input boxes, drop downs, spinners ...
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Store cookies with WebKit (python)
So I was watching the "Create Your First Ubuntu App"-Video from Jono Bacon and got the idea, to create a simple app. That creates a window with a WebView und opens the URL to Google Keep.
Everything ...
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Editing the GtkNotebok's Default Popup Menu
I'd like to know if it's possible to append a menu item to the popup menu that appears by default on right-clicking a GtkNotebook's tab page.
Thanks.
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(QML) Scroll multiple listviews
Is possible to scroll multiple Listviews together in qml??
this was my attempt:
Flickable {
id: scoreflick
anchors.top: namesrow.bottom
anchors.left: ...
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How to create an Ubuntu app using python and Qt4 designer
I recently started developing Ubuntu desktop apps using Quickly. But then I tried out the Qt4 designer and I feel more comfortable with it than Glade designer that Quickly uses. I liked developing ...
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Deploying to Ubuntu Phone OS
I have set up the development kit using the command line options shown on the Go Mobile site and started QT Creator. Did the first tutorial and wanted to see it on my Ubuntu Phone Tablet but it could ...
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Not getting output for CurrencyConverter standard app
I am running the Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS version on my system and have also installed the Ubuntu SDK as instructed in:
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/#step-get-toolkit
Also, I have ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - set alternating row colors in gtk3 TreeView
Ubuntu used to have alternating row colors for gtk TreeView widgets. Some applications still do, like Banshee. Alternating row colors would really help my application (written in python 2.7, and using ...
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Are USC applications allowed to install .desktop files?
Ubuntu's official site for developers says:
Technical requirements:
In order for your application to be distributed in the Software Centre it must:
Be in one, self-contained directory when ...
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Hardware accelerated video and OpenGLES
Everybody is talking about the new "Ubuntu OS for Smartphones" and that it can easily be ported to different hardware designs.
Well, from other porting activities it became clear that it is not ...
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What's the architecture of Ubuntu Phone?
Will Ubuntu Phone be more an Android or more a "normal" Linux? Or in other Words: will it be possible to have e.g. wxWidgets/wxWidgets-applications on it?
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jQuery in Doxygen generated API documentation
I am using Doxygen on Ubuntu 12.10 to generate API documentation for a C++ library and demon. This works fine with one issue, I can not seem to resolve.
Doxygen uses jQuery in the generated files to ...
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unable to install the Ubuntu Toolkit
I wanted to install the Ubuntu tool kit to get started programming, but when the install was nearly on its end it threw up the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Can't compile a GTK+ program, errors in GTK-files
for years ago I downloaded GTK+-dev. Now I would create a programm with GTK+. Simply startet with the example on http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-getting-started.html, I get lots of ...
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Can I submit beta version of software to software center?
Does myapps potal allow beta version of software? Recently I saw the app appollo browser which says it is a beta version.
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Ubuntu app developper site is not responding to my submission!
I made a simple application in Gambas to replay the cached videos that user has streamed online from Firefox.
It supports exporting the videos, & erasing the cache.
Is this application worth ...
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How do I run a java based game in a PyGTK window made with Quickly?
I'm trying to get java based games from a website to load and run in my application made in python and glade with Quickly.
I am admittedly quite new to Linux app development, and python in general, I ...
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Allowing only certain rows in gtk+ treeview to accept children
I have a gtk+ treeview with 2 columns in it "name" and "type". I want to only allow rows to accept children based on the value of the "type". So if the "type" column value is 0, it can then accept ...
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How to print with PYGTK on quickly
I am trying to make a program that can open save and print texts with Quickly, but I can't get the printing part to work.
In my code when you press the "printbutton" it opens a print dialog:
def ...
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Quickly Warning
Every time I run my application I receive these warning errors can anyone tell me what is causing them?
$ quickly run
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py:391: Warning:
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Keybindings for individual letter keys (not modifier-combinations) on a GtkTextView widget (Gtk3 and PyGI)
I've been able to set several keybord shortcuts for a GtkTextView and a GtkTextEntry using the new css provider system. I'm finding, though, that I only seem to be able to establish keybindings for ...
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Is it possible to control the placement of a Gtk.Scale.Button's pop-up?
I'm writing a little app with Python and GTK+ using Quickly and Glade. I have a Gtk.Scale.Button inside of a toolbar. On button press, the pop-up with the scale shows directly under the mouse, moving ...
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How to design non-windowed Gtk.Frame in Glade?
I'm building a ToDo app for personal purposes, and I'm using Quickly and Glade.
I want it to display a list of the pending to-do elements. The problem I'm having is that I can't find the way to ...
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Using pkexec policy to run out of /opt/
I still try to make it possible to run my app with root priveleges. Therefore I created two policies to run the application via pkexec (one for /usr/bin and one for /opt/extras... ) and added them to ...
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Why does setting breakpoints in Qt Creator always open up the disassembly view?
Ubuntu 12.04
Qt Creator 2.5.0 (Precise-backports)
LLVM 3.1 / Clang 3.1.6 (From PPA https://launchpad.net/~brad-froehle/+archive/llvm-backports)
I am having the problem mentioned in the title. ...
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How can I add icons for light and dark themes in quickly?
I'm creating an application in quickly and I need to supply different indicator icons for dark and light themes. Is there a way to do this automatically? Where should I put the icons in the project ...
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Bind filechooserbutton's path to gio.settings pygtk-glade
How can i bind the path from filechooserbutton to gio.settings?
Also can someone point me to gio.settings's documentation? I can't find it.
I'm using pygtk and glade.
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Gtk containers for a list of items
I am trying to create a task management app with Quickly/Glade, but have troubles finding the right containers to represent information on the screen.
Basically, which containers should I use in ...
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Changes to the KDE library prevent compiz 0.9.7.12 from compiling
I have been been following a tutorial on modifying existing compiz plugins, but run into the following error when compiling compiz-0.9.7.12:
In file included from ...
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Launcher icon highlite on drop
I am making Ubuntu application and I want my launcher icon to be highlighted, when file is about to be dropped on it, like for instance nautilus icon.
As far as I understand I can do it by adding mime ...
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Manual to Quickly: application preferences?
Where can one find a manual to Quickly, where it is written about using (=programming, how to connect widgets in PreferencesDialogWindow with preferences, and how to use them in the application) ...
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Will Ubuntu Phone run Java apps (not Android)
If an application or a game is written in Java for desktop Linux, but with touch friendly interface,
will it be able to run on the Ubuntu Phone and Tablet?
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Spin button General properties in Glade arranged in a weird manner
Can you see in the properties you have to scroll all the way to the right to see whats on the buttons.
Is this a bug or can I edit this from somewhere, this only happens in spinbuttons and their ...
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Ubuntu Colours Pallete Licence
I am developing some Chrome app and started using Ubuntu colours for it. The ones I found in the Ubuntu Colour Palette. I assume it's there and public so that app developers could create a consistent ...
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Is there any way to create custom maintainer scripts with quickly?
I'm creating a GUI for a pre-existing cli program. There are a few functions that the cli program doesn't have build in, so I wrote custom C programs (since the libraries I needed were written in C). ...
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Ubuntu touch design as in example
How can I create a design like for ubuntu touch at this design pageStack contacts example? I'll use it as it is in that exmaple (in a pageStack).
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airprint-generate.py command not found
I do not understand what I need to do.
I am wanting to install an airprinter for Ipod and have been faithfully following the article submitted at ...
