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Can't write in terminal
I've just installed Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome, 64 bits on my computer (keeping my old /home partition). But the providen gnome-terminal has a strange behaviour : it does not show me the prompt, and I can't ...
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How can I create a new profile for Gnome terminal via command line?
As everybody knows you can create a new profile by the menu where you get asked which existing profile should be the parent for your new profile and so on.
But how should I create a new profile by the ...
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Gnome Terminal ignores default profile size
I am using Gnome 3.6 Ubuntu 12.10 kernel 3.5. My problem is that I have my default profile for gnome terminal set to 80x43. However, most of the time when launching Gnome terminal from the launcher, ...
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Konsole like terminal for Gnome
I would like to switch from Kubuntu to Ubuntu but so far I couldn't find a terminal emulator for Gnome which had history support like Konsole does. In Konsole you can set the history to be unlimited ...
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Gnome3 Terminal restores previous window size on focus loss
Sometimes when I resize a window in gnome 3 and then switch tasks, the window snaps back to it's previous size. How can I make it retain the size that I change it to?
For instance, if I drag at the ...
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gnome-open window positioning
I've been using Ubuntu since 10.04, and seriously loving life. I'm on 12.04 and it's great.
As some super users would know:
gnome-open /home/username/somefile.txt
will open a window in gnome.
Is ...
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2answers
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changing system terminal colours?
So I have my computer set up just the way I want, with gnome 3 in my favorite color scheme, and the terminal in a matching background/text color scheme. Even the login screen has my Desktop ...
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adding executable file to path and launching from terminal directly
i just downloaded sublime text for my ubuntu, and its working fine. i have the executable file in my
~/sublime
folder. now i would like to invoke this app from the terminal by just typing ...
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Remember gnome-terminal position across multiple desktop after reboot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to pin programs to specific workspaces, without CCSM?
I work with several virtual desktop (Gnome desktop) and several terminal with several tab in each ...
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1answer
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Failed to install Gnome-Shell-Extensions: Missing Separator
I'm trying to install gnome-shell-extensions in terminal using these instructions:
Download Gnome Shell extensions by running following command: git clone ...
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1answer
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Why we can't run commands with gnome shortcuts?
When I make a custom shortcut with gnome (gnome-control-center keyboard) I can't set it to a command. Why?
Example: I can't set a shortcut for sudo apt-get update. Instead I must first invoke a ...
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How to set the different default character encoding of `gnome-terminal` from the system default locale?
It seems that the gnome-terminal program use system default local as its default encoding when it is started. For some reason, I can not change the system default locale setting. I want to use another ...
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Gnome-terminal doesn't refresh
Gnome-terminal works just fine when I am running Unity, but when I run Gnome shell,
terminals don't work properly and have to be constantly refreshed.
This is particularly annoying when using "vi" to ...
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Why is the output of echo $((i++)) different than echo $((i=i+1))
!#/bin/bash
i=1
echo $((i++))
i=1
echo $((++i))
i=1
echo $((i=i+1))
This is the output
bash increment
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I thought the expression i=i+1 was identical to i++.
Is there a way to check if two ...
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3answers
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Is it preferred to avoid use of “exit” in bash scripts as much as possible?
I've been told in php it's preferred to avoid the use of the exit command as much as possible.
Is the same true for bash?
For example is the following
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z $1 ]; then
echo ...
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2answers
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gnome-terminal and logging
Is there any way to log every that was displayed in gnome-terminal?
for example I have a complex command
doSomethingThatPrintoutsAlot ; doSomethingThatPrintoutsAlot2 ; doSomethingThatPrintoutsAlot3
...
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0answers
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Gnome-terminal scrolling behavior not affected by change in GTK3 source code [closed]
I needed to change the mouse wheel scroll rate in GTK applications. I downloaded and modified GTK3 source code. I recompiled it. It did the trick for gedit and nautilus. But did not do it for ...
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The GNOME Terminal is very slow in GNOME 3
When using the GNOME Terminal, if I try to create a new tab, or use "C+tab" to cycle to a new one, the terminal will take up to five full seconds to change. This seems to occur whether using ZSH or ...
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1answer
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How to assign a Vim as the default program for a file type and run it in maximized terminal?
I want to assign a terminal based program as a default program in Gnome Shell 3.2. I am running Ubuntu 11.10.
More specifically, I want my .txt files to open in vim with maximized Gnome Terminal.
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4answers
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Take screenshot of terminal
I'm Using Gnome2.
I have on My first workspace two terminals open (gnome-terminal).
I want a screenshot of the whole terminal1 window.
I don't want set up the bounding box of the screenshot with my ...
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Cryptsetup Warning [closed]
I was installing Xfce under GNOME in Terminal and everything seems to have worked, but Terminal displayed these two messages just before the install finished.
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to left-click links in gnome-terminal or am I out of luck?
I'm using irssi hosted on a remote computer for IRC, and it'd be super helpful not to have to hold Control or right-click every single link (so I can avoid multiple clicks or multiple hands).
At this ...
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How do I get my save to feature to work for documents? [closed]
My save to was working, but now it won't accept names for document so i can't save or name my documents.
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3answers
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How can I make gnome-terminal not transparent?
When I use gnome-terminal the background is annoyingly slightly-transparent. Here you can read the ubuntu.stackexchange.com site through the background.
These are the background options I have, ...
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Gnome-terminal shortcut open multiple ssh connections in tabs
I was wondering does anyone know a way to make some kind of shortcut under Ubuntu that when I click on it, it will open up multiple SSH sessions (or execute other actions) in a tabbed gnome-terminal?
