Please use a more specific tag if possible. For example, [tag:text-editor], [tag:sound-editor] or [tag:video-editor].
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Problem with Text Editor (reading Arabic text) [closed]
I've a problem with the text editor,it can not read any downloaded Arabic text files.
It appears as strange symbols, however when I write in Arabic it writes normally How can I solve this problem?
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ubuntu terminal is not working properly in vi editor
Recently I installed ubuntu in my laptop for using c programming. but when I open the terminal and typed vi test.c, It open it but it will not work properly. when i pressed backspace it will not work ...
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Is there any good `XPATH` evaluator like `xpathvisualization` in `windows notepad++`
I am using Ubuntu13.04. I am looking for any good XPATH evaluator like xpathvisualization in windows notepad++. I need it to test xpath expression for my XMLs.
Can anyone suggest any?
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I can't save my vim file?
I'm new in VIM editor, and i want to know how to save a file after editing, i entered :x
after finishing my modification, but nothing is happening !! so where should i put this command :x to be ...
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Really Good Video Editor for Linux [duplicate]
I need to find out about a good movie editor. I need one that has a lot of features. Any ideas?
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How to copy paste contents in VI editor?
I tried using CTRL + V for pasting contents in a VI editor document, but CTRL + V is not interpreted as a paste.
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PDF editor to change font size
I have some e-books in PDF and Kindle, but the font is too small to read on it. I want to make fonts larger in PDF files so that the pictures and other stuff in it is unchanged (therefore I cannot use ...
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Dreamweaver-like HTML editor for Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?
I'm trying out Ubuntu 12.04 after a long run with OS X, and was wondering if there was an HTML (and CSS and PHP) ...
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Simple editor with colored fonts
For my four year old son I need a text editor. He has an old laptop (with Ubuntu, no internet connection) and loves to type. We need the following:
easy changing of font colors; best if there are ...
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Why Kodos is not part of the available packages in Ubuntu Quantal 12.10?
I'm running the 64-bit edition of Ubuntu Quantal and I've used extensively Kodos, a user friendly regex editor.
It seems that for some reasons, this package has been deleted from the Ubuntu Quantal ...
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Can't install Gphpedit
Why can I not install Gphpedit? I get these errors:
Failed to fetch //http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/w/webkit/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0_1.8.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found ...
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How do I make Geany my default editor on Ubuntu?
I actually want to change the default text editor on my Ubuntu 12.04 from nano to Geany. When I used this code:
update-alternatives --config editor
.. I don't see Geany in the list.
So to add ...
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Editor with Code Completion for SDL
Is there a code editor that offers code completion and shows the function prototype for SDL?
I ask for an automatic completion like in Notepad++, that shows functions list after like 3 characters ...
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Is there any good font editor?
There is any good font editor for ubuntu? Like high-logic Font editor for win.
I tried Doubletype, but not worked very well, and really outdated.
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How do I run a script from within the vim editor?
When within vim (the editor I use mostly because of the terminal integration), I want to run my script (e.g. Python or Javascript) from within vim.
I do not mind if it opens a new window, I would ...
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Unable to run gedit as a different user
I login as user 'foo' and if I am able to run gedit and edit files in my Ubuntu 12.04 machine with a DISPLAY setting as :0
If I "su - bar" and then try to edit files, I get a no protocol specified ...
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Edit 100MB+ file
I have captured some traffic with Wireshark and saved the result as a file. The file has 3 sections now:
request headers
response headers
response body
The response body is to become an flv file, ...
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SWF Editor/Decompiler
I am searching for a good, and preferably free, SWF editor and/or decompiler.
I do not have access to the original FLAs.
Does anyone know of a program that would accomplish this?
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Is there any LaTeX integration for EMail editors?
There are some StackExchange pages, as well as blogs, which have LaTeX integration, e.g. http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/. On these pages one can simply write math LaTeX code using the $ ...
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How can I customize Vim for web development and programming?
I tried already to find something for my question in [askubuntu.com] , but nothing was answering my needs. So, what i want is build vim as a very powerful and useful editor for html,css, javascript, ...
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Text editor playing hide and seek
When ever I minimise or Alt+TAB from the text editor Gedit, it disappears from Unity and from alt tabbing. I can open a new instance of it from the menu, but all previous work is lost. How can I fix ...
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Hex/Decimal/Ascii Editor (Save Game Editor)
In windows there are some tools to edit Saved Games, for example the old UGE (Universal Game Editor) and Cheat Engine. I am looking for a hex/decimal editor that can read this files and find/replace ...
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How do I stop XML Copy Editor from crashing when opening a file?
I tried installing XML Copy Editor, and whenever I try to open an XML file in it, it crashes. It seems like it just shuts off, as though I clicked close, because it doesn't generate and error log. How ...
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Need an image editor with simple font selection
I need to add bookmarks as text to my images (if possible with certain levels of opacity), currently I have GIMP, Xpaint and Gnome paint drawing editor. But all these are not good to simply adding a ...
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Dconf editor can't make changes to Unity panel/launcher
I've been trying to add stuff to the panel and to change the order of the icons in the launcher but there's no effect. It's like the changes aren't saved. I change something, close dconf editor, lock ...
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what php editor is good for development? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are some good PHP editors?
I installed the Ubuntu. can anyone suggest the good php editor for me, also have check in and check out function is better? Thank you!
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Is there a text editor for the command line that uses the same keys as Notepad on Windows?
I'm used to work in Windows environment and are used to the commands in Notepad e.g. CtrlS for save, CtrlC for copy and so on.
On Ubuntu it's handy to work directly in the command line, e.g. as with ...
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Change SciTE background colour when Find highlights the word I'm looking for?
I'm using SciTE. I'd like to change the background colour to something very bright that's easy to spot. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks so much.
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Change SciTE find dialogue box behaviour? [closed]
Just discovered SciTE, and I LOVE it. I would like to change the behaviour of the "find" dialogue box, though. I'd like it to stay open when I hit the "find" button. Currently it closes automatically.
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Unity dash home menu editor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I edit which icons appear in the Unity dash?
I did fresh install to 11.10 and I am unable to find a menu editor. Please do not post methods offered by 11.04 as ...
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CSS editor with real-time preview and selector localization
The title says everything about what I'm looking for. Basically it should be an software that collects all styles of a website so I can edit them and save them.
Please read the question carefully, ...
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Changing default editor
I am trying to change the default editor from nano to vim.
I have run the following commands:
sudo update-alternatives --config editor
and
update-alternatives --config editor
Both now output:
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Override theme background color for certain applications
When using a custom theme (Equinox Evolution Midnight in my particular case) the manager at System > Preferences > Appearance > Theme > Customize > Colors is indeed reflecting the actual system-wide ...
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Bind Ctrl+Right to nextword in nano (as it is in all other apps)
And likewise Ctrl+Left to prevword. I read the man page of nanorc and found
bind key function menu
So the line bind ^Left prevword main would be what I want, the problem is that nano only ...
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I'm looking for an lrc files editor
I use lrc files throw the "OSD lyrics" program which allows to display lyrics stored in the *.lrc files.
For those who don't know, lrc files contain time tags which allow to display the lyrics ...
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Setting up Filezilla with gvim editor
I want to edit ftp files from filezilla, with gvim
i open options > associated File types in Filezilla and i have =
. /usr/bin/gedit
thtml /usr/bin/gedit
php /usr/bin/gedit
so i should replace by ...
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How to edit ISO Images (Including Bootable ISOs)
I am looking for tools for Ubuntu that can be used to EDIT ISO Images. Including ISO images that are bootable like Ubuntu and Windows ISOs. Not only edit but save the edited ISO and can still boot ...
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Looking for a simple outliner
Back in the day i used OmniOutliner a lot. Is there something like that for GNOME? Google suggested me Gnome Outliner and a friend of mine mentioned TreeSheets.
But is there something else?
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Any editor that does autocompletion in Ubuntu?
Is there any editor/IDE(or a plugin for an existing editor like Vim or GEdit) that does auto-completion of many languages (not just C++)? Aptana does only HTML/CSS/JS and Code::Blocks does only C++ (I ...
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What PHP & Xdebug based Editors do people use other than Eclipse, Netbeans (anything java based) or VIM
What editor do people here use in linux? I want Xdebug support but I don't want something java based (eclipse, netbeans, etc) nor do I really want to use VIM. Any native GTK based editor/sdk that ...
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issues to inspect a long text file
If I run
sudo pico /var/log/lighttpd/website/error.log
I get a very long file, and I cannot see last lines. If I run:
sudo tail -f /var/log/lighttpd/website/error.log | awk '{print $1 "--" $2}'
...
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Recommendation for Regex editor?
I asked for recommendations for Regex editors on stackoverflow a while ago.
Following is one of the replies:
What is "good" depends on what is most
useful to you. For me, though, these
are ...
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Copy paste buffer configuration best practices
There are two copy/paste buffers in Ubuntu:
ctrl+c, ctrl+v and alt+ins, shift+ins
mouse select and click on selected text. That buffers often appears to mix up, and second buffer doesn't work in ...
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PhotoShop alternative for Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Alternative to Photoshop or Paint.NET
Hello. I am working in Ubuntu. I want to do some editing and drawing. On Windows I was using Adobe PhotoShop like software. Now I ...
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Edit Audio: Delete a 6+2 channel audio to 2 Channel only
So there are a lot of AVI files who have 2 audio files embedded. I want to remove the 6 channels and only keep 2 channels because i want it to play on my XBOX360. On windows this task is very easy as ...
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Recommendation for editors
I like Notepad++ under Windows. I was wondering if there are some similar ones for Ubuntu? Or just the powerful and convenient one in your opinion.
ADDED:
Features that I like are:
syntax ...
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Comprehensive book on Kile
Finally, I have decided to migrate from Office to Latex. That is why I have chosen Kile as an editor, for many reasons.
That's why I need a comprehensive book or would be even perfect if there is a ...
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Good php editor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are some good PHP editors?
i have seen through other questions on the topic but most are a bit old. I looking for a good editor for developing on PHP in ...
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What are some good GUI binary viewers/editors?
What are some GUI applications that will let me view and edit binary files (executables, images, etc.).
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How to switch the editor in mc (midnight commander) from nano to mcedit?
Using ubuntu 10.10 the editor in mc (midnight commander) is nano. How can i switch to the internal mc editor (mcedit)?
