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Python unity indicator applet and glade child window exits at the same time
Since I don't have much reputation. The original question has been posted in stackoverflow and here is the link:
Python unity indicator applet and glade child window
I have created an unity ...
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Can you name Ubuntu applications that were developed using Python, pyGtk, Glade? [closed]
I started using Python at a very basic level.
As a second step, I would like to develop Python software using pyGTK and Glade as GUI designer.
I found very easy to learn by examples and I think it ...
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What is the name of the icon for usb drives in Ubuntu?
I am developing a PyGtk application that I would like to display the image for a USB stick from the user's theme. However, I cannot seem to pin down the name of the icon, and Google is no help. ...
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1answer
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running gnome-terminal with no window border on startup in xubuntu 12.10
I created a script to launch a session of gnome-terminal when I log into xubuntu. I specifically wanted it in a specific position on the window, and with no window borders (surprisingly, there's no ...
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2answers
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Thread works only on gui events - pygtk
I am developing a multithreaded application in pygtk using quickly and stuck with threads. So I am experimenting with various possibilities and found out that my thread work only when I do something ...
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PyGTK TextBuffer adding Tags and reading text
As in topic I have TextView() and TextBuffer() added to it, I also have Tags created so when I select text and click button it will make text BOLD or something. Up to this point all works well, now I ...
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How can I bind Gio.Settings of TextBuffer or TextView?
I'm trying to bind a TextView to the key "text" by TextBuffer. I get the text, but this property is not recorded.
widget = self.builder.get_object('textbuffer_text')
settings.bind("text", widget, ...
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My program needs a other program
For my program i need android-tools-adb. How can i include this in my debian package?
Or is there an other way to handle this problem? I remember that Rhythmbox asked you an question if you want to ...
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PyGTK changing theme for popup menu
I spent few hours searching on google and I gave up now...
I need to change background for popup menu in my app.
It set to whatever system default theme is... and I need this to be set to Radiance ...
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pygtk inline toolbar background
as in topic I need your help with inline toolbar for my app.
I'll need this background bar to be expanded to the end of the widget while buttons remains on the left, as it is in keyboard layout ...
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1answer
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Upgrade Webkit PyGTK Libraries
I'm developing a PyGTK-HTML5 Application (Using Quickly), but the webkit libraries (WebView) are a bit old, at least for using some of the latest HTML5 APIs (like IndexedDB) is it possible to upgrade ...
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Is there a auto-complete tag like control for quickly/pygtk?
I am making a todo like application with indicator support using glade/python/pygtk/glade. I am making a form to save a Todo item. Each todo will belong to 0 or more projects.
When a user enters a ...
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Python Crashes While trying to run GTK Script Help?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04, While I am trying to run a python script developed for providing native GTK interaction with python, It crashes so does python.
My Other GTK python programs are running ...
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'module' object has no attribute 'element_make_factory'
i have this code :
import pygst
import st, pygtk
player_name = gst.element_make_factory("playbin", "Multimedia Player")
player_name.set_property("uri", "../media/alert.mp3")
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Playing sounds in Python Quickly without any extra libs?
I was wondering is it possible to play sounds in Ubuntu using Quickly and Python without including any libs like pygame or pymedia or anything ?
Just the stock packages that come with Python ?
Thank ...
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how to create a pygtk status bar icon using quickly python
How can i add an icon to the status bar using python ? like the skype icon ?
and is it possible to use the default notifications like those that appear when connecting or disconnecting to a wifi ?
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Installing Ubuntu One on Ubuntu 11.10 server
I have installed "Ubuntu One" on an Ubuntu server 11.10 based on these instructions:
How do I configure Ubuntu one on a 11.10 server?
Everything went smooth during installation. However when I try ...
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Why is my Gtk.Notebook not fetching its label properly?
I am using this method to save a file:
def save(self):
file_data = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
subjects_number = self.subjects.get_n_pages()
si = range(1, subjects_number)
for sn in ...
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Multi-threading in application designed in quickly
I have a tree which I populate with a file list from my computer on the click of a button. While the program is populating the tree the whole GUI hangs.
Is there a way to populate the tree in another ...
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Can I execute an application built with Quickly (python - pygtk) on MS Windows?
I am working with QUICKLY, using Python and PyGtk. I know there is an option for packaging; so I can create a .DEB file. This is for Ubuntu.
I was reading about PyGTK and it seems that PyGtk runs on ...
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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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Quickly app not starting
I'm creating a web-browser named "Surf's Up!", and I have programmed the code and the interface, but when I try to run the app, an error message appears:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
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How do I programatically edit label widget in the runtime
How do I programatically edit label widget in the runtime , I am using quickly
I tried
self.title=builder.get_object("title")
for initialising and
def update_Label(self,url):
...
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How to set PyGtk toolbuttons label color?
I am just beginning learning Quickly and PyGtk,
after see this info-video on Ubuntu-develperment.
As in the video I am adding a toolbar to my glade-file,
then some buttons.
To style the toolbar for ...
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Opening 2 top level windows (quickly/pygtk)
Is there a way using quickly to have an appliaction have two completly seperate windows (not a window with a dialog) And be able to open each of the windows from each other and maybe even also from ...
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How to hide a GTK window in Python before call or os.system
So, I'm depeloping a Python/GTK app which, after showing an assistant, it hides the assistant's window and runs an external app. The problem is that window.hide() doesn't works if, after the command, ...
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Quickly User Dialog error
I think there is an error in the Quickly tutorial. In the User Dialog section, the tutorial instructs users to enter:
title = saver.title_text
in the save dialog method. This gives some error which is ...
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1answer
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Why changing signals causes NameErrors in a sane code? - PyGtk issue
I'm working on a very simple app for Ubuntu. I've asked a question on stackoverflow, and it seems that the issue I am having is caused by signals, not by the scope of variables, as I originally ...
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1answer
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Can't add page in a notebook
I am having some trouble adding a page to a Notebook widget. The error I get is this:
AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'append_page'
I assume this means the object pages in the ...
4
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1answer
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Quickly Application making it run on startup
I have a PyGtk application that I made using Quickly, and I would like to have it run on startup when installed. How would I go about doing this? I'm not sure if sticking the .desktop file in ...
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PyGTK/Quickly Add string to ListStore [closed]
I'm trying to build an application that will prompt the user for a string, and then add that string to a Scrolling Listview object using quickly and PyGTK.
I've been following this tutorial:
...
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1answer
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Changing TextView font in PyGTK
I have TextView widget in Glade named "formula-view". I'm trying to do this to change font:
formulaView = self.builder.get_object("formula-view")
fontdesc = pango.FontDescription('Ubuntu 16')
...
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Problems with simple media player tutorial [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Facing problem with “gtk.RESPONSE_OK” in the simple-player quickly tutorial
I'm following along with this tutorial, but came to a stopping point where the program has an ...
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Package PyGTK app with Quickly fails [closed]
So, I have fully functional PyGTK app and I want to package it with quickly since that is the easiest way to do it, and the only logical way, since if someone took efort to implement such tool, why ...
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PyGTK Application Icon Blurred in Unity
I have 128x128 icon referenced in main window glade file like <property name="icon">../media/my-icon.svg</property>.
I tried, with both svg and png, but it is always very blurred in ...
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Appindicator Theme Dependent Icons
I am developing PyGTK app with appindicator. I create my appindicator similar like in this example. In this example "indicator-messages" stock icon is used.
So, I can:
use stock icon (from existing ...
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1answer
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Appindicator best practices in PyGTK apps
I have problem adding appindicator to my PyGTK app. When I place this into my init.py, before gtk.main(), it works, but when I put it in my main window finish_initializing() method, it does not get ...
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Installing python-pygments, ImportError
I want tot use pygments in my python app.
At first, I installed pygments like this:
$sudo python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown ...
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Custom PyGTK dialog with Glade
I'm building simple PyGTK app using Glade UI designer.
I followed pattern from default Ubuntu app, where preferences and about dialog are implemented extending gtk.Dialog, so I added new dialog with ...
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1answer
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quickly run ERROR: run command failed Aborting
I have simple PyGTK app made with quickly.
After syncing source files via Ubuntu One and running on other machine I got:
$ quickly run
Can't execute bin/myapp
ERROR: run command failed
Aborting
...
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PyGTK application example
I'm planing to write my first Ubuntu app. I'm new in Python and looking for good example, an open source app, just to pick the patterns and architecture.
Is there any good example? It would be nice ...
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Porting “import gobject” to use GObject-Introspection. (PyGTK to PyGI and GTK 3)
I've been trying to port a library from PyGTK to use GI and GTK3. The problem is I can't find any resources specific to the gobject imports, but only for GTK. I was hoping that if someone would ...
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1answer
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Will pygobject for Python 3 be included in 11.10?
Will pygobject of Python 3 be included with Ubuntu 11.10? I am interested in using the new features provided with GTK3 with Python 3 but I have been unable due to the complexity involved with getting ...
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1answer
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How do I make my apps windows get their own Unity launchers?
I'm writing an application that potentially uses quite a few windows. It would be nice if I could make at least some of those windows get their own Unity launcher entries. How do I do that?
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Developing Unity compliant apps in Python - where to start?
I'm an experienced programmer who is interested in developing apps for Linux, specifically GTK, and more specifically apps that are Unity compliant. Aside from the obvious step of learning Python, ...
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Where is the reference to the currently used icon theme stored?
There are several related questions, but I found none that really answered this detail:
Where is the reference to the current icon theme stored?
Since the icon theme can be changed, hence so too ...
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Can glade be used with python pygi introspection?
I once got started on a PyGtk and Glade tutorial but never finished it. Recently I saw that PyGtk is being depreciated in favor of using introspection at ...
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PyGTK - events from gtk.Menu in Unity global menu
I have an GUI application written in PyGTK and need to read key-press/release events from application menu.
For example, when pressing shift key and click on menu item, do something else, then ...
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1answer
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Why does my Messaging Menu code not work when split into functions?
Below are two python programs. They're exactly the same, except for one is split into two functions. However only the one that's split into two functions doesn't work - the second function doesn't ...
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How to add a pygtk Widget to the Glade palette?
Say I've created a gtk Widget like this:
class AwesomeTextView (gtk.TextView):
def set_font(self, font_description):
self.modify_font(pango.FontDescription(font_description))
How can I ...
