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How do I safely copy code from websites?

I have broken my ubuntu install on my chromebook enough times to be fed up because each time requires a reinstall. I've done more than 15 reinstalls between yesterday and today. My problem lies in ...
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Problem on running shell script (how to NOT make it run from gedit) - Ubuntu 12.04

I want to run shell script or at least run it from terminal. I tried going to home folder/edit/preferences/behaviour and set executable text files to 'ask each time' but it doesn't even give the ...
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gedit opens different window though it should not

It's a follow-up of Why does gedit keep randomly opening new instances when opening files from nautilus? On Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity: I double click on a text file on the desktop or through Nautilus. ...
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Start a new process without blocking the terminal

Is it possible to do this? For example if I run "gedit tifatul.txt" via the command line, my terminal becomes blocked and I can't enter other command in this terminal before I quit gedit. Can I start ...
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~/.profile OR ~/.bashrc OR ~/.pam_environment

Please which one of these should I edit to give me required result of the path to my programs both in normal user and as root. I have added in normal user and as root but there is error as quoted ...
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Configuring the gedit embeded terminal [duplicate]

I have two problems with my gedit embeded terminal: First my terminal line is white and black, and I really want it to be like the Ubuntu terminal line that is purple: Embeded terminal: Regular ...
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Cannot compile java code [Unicode Byte Order Mark 65279]

I wrote a simple Java program with the gedit text editor. public class Example{ public static void main (String args []) { System.out.println("hi yaar"); } } When I tried to ...
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Search in a big file for specific string

I have a 6 GB text file. It has an access record for a whole month to my website. That file is my only hope to know how a someone got access to my website and hacked it. But, as the file is too big, ...
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How To run Gedit and Subl commands in the background?

If I use Gedit or Subl (sublime text) commands in the terminal to open a file, I can't do anything else in the terminal until I close the text editor. How can I fix this?
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Why does sudo gedit NOT open files starting with Exclamation mark

When trying to open a file with sudo gedit /path/to/file with a file name starting with a ! in front eg !config.ini i can not open the file. However if i do sudo nautilus then open the file with gedit ...
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Gedit embeded terminal showing both background and foreground in white color

I am using Ubuntu 12.04.I am using Gedit with one of the plugin called Embeded Terminal which is used to place the terminal attached at the bottom part of the Gedit.Now my problem is in that embeded ...
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Executing “unicode” Python script from Gedit vs Terminal

As can be seen from screenshot, same script run from Terminal and Gedit behaves differently - in terminal script executes succesfully and in Gedit it raises error: But if I change python in Gedit ...
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Gtk-Warnings In Terminal [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Gtk warning when opening Gedit in terminal I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed on two different machines, both using x64 installs. Only one machine returns these Gtk warnings ...
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Gedit from terminal - inconsistent behaviour

I tend to frequently open a text file from the terminal with a command like so: gedit filename.txt However, the behaviour is inconsistent; sometimes, the focus will leave the terminal and will not ...
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How can I send current line in gedit to terminal?

When editing shell file in gedit, is there a way I could send current line (or selected block?) to terminal? When learning Python I use Spyder IDE. It has an option to execute code selection or block ...
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Make gedit embedded terminal colours the same as the default terminal

I've just updated to 11.10 and now my embedded terminal in gedit does not match my default terminal. I hate looking at a white and black terminal. Does anyone know how to make the embedded terminal ...
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Errors shown in terminal when editing files with gedit

When editing any file f.e. like this: r@ngf:~$ sudo gedit /etc/default/grub [sudo] password for r: (gedit:1638): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into ...
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How to change background color of gedit embedded terminal

How can I change the background color of gedit embedded terminal? I have tried changing my normal terminal (ctrl+alt+t) background and restarting gedit - but no luck. Thanks
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Two gedit plugins clash. How to change shortcut keys, or enable/disable a plugin

Gedit has two plugins from Gnome's Gedit Plugins page which I both particularly want... Multi-edit Control Your Tabs However they both vie for the same shortcut keys: Ctrl+PageUp and ...