Text typically refers to a string of human-readable characters.
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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?
1
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0answers
22 views
CTRL + Home (or End) combination not working
I usually use the combination Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End to move the cursor to the beginning or to the end of a line.
Suddenly these combination is not working anymore!
Can anyone help?
1
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1answer
23 views
Are there any players (or other programs) intended for transcription? [duplicate]
I mean players that include features related to listening to recorded talking for the purpose of putting that into text.
One elementary feature would be a somewhat refined way of play/stopping, ...
0
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0answers
10 views
Page Counts in Manuscript Not Including Cover Page
I have a document with the cover/title page set to no number and beginning with 1 on the second page/first page of manuscript, but the total page count is still counting the cover page and I don't ...
1
vote
0answers
25 views
Console shows on shutdown/logout
When I shut down, I will see a black screen with console text for about one second. After about one second, it goes to the splash screen and shuts down normally. I see the same console when I am log ...
2
votes
0answers
16 views
changing the color of the google search bar in the webpage [duplicate]
How can I change the background color in the google search bar of the webpage? I changed my theme which uses a light grey text with a dark grey background but the webpage didn't change so it is a ...
0
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0answers
22 views
how export all software upgrade links (.deb) in text file by terminal
update Ubuntu by usual way and slow internet is problem for me.
Is there a way into terminal, get all link files that is going to be updated (eg, the address for Firefox ...
6
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3answers
176 views
Replacing dots (.) in sed
I have a string of text:
" . . ."
that is
space dot space dot space dot
I am trying to replace all occurence of this string in text file to
"..."
that is
dot dot dot
I was trying to ...
5
votes
3answers
80 views
What plaintext editor with math symbols integration is available?
I am looking for a text-editor with full unicode-math support. Plaintext math entered and rendered properly. I am not expecting typographical features and symbol-repositioning like LaTeX, but at least ...
2
votes
1answer
42 views
Using shortkeys to search the internet for a term selected in a text editor/viewer running under Wine?
There is a very elegant solution to use shortkeys to search the internet (or translate on Google Translation etc) a text selected in a text editor/viewer, but that solution does not seem to work in ...
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votes
3answers
89 views
How can I get PDF viewer to display text?
When I open a PDF file, it doesn't display text. Graphics show up.
How do I get the PDF viewer to display text?
0
votes
0answers
18 views
Cairo cannot render Chinese(or Asian) text
I use the Cairo library to draw Chinese text.
Cairo rendering Chinese text On Windows works well. But on Ubuntu(12.04) it shows the Chinese characters as boxes. Why? If I don't want to depend on some ...
0
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0answers
17 views
Using '@' as a character [duplicate]
I am trying to set proxy password for my apt-get setup. The problem is my password contains the symbol "@" and that creates a problem. How do I avoid this.
3
votes
5answers
174 views
Auto-selected text in a browser address bar
In windows when I click the address bar in Chrome or Firefox, or the search box in Firefox, all existing text is selected automatically and if I type something it is typed in a black text area.
But ...
11
votes
7answers
1k views
How to merge text files?
I have saved many documents as txt. I want to print them together so first I want them together in a single file. The order doesn't matter in this case.
I want a solution that does not involve ...
2
votes
2answers
162 views
How to list text files without a .txt file extension?
For example, how can I replicate
ls *.txt
when my text files are missing the .txt ending, and as far as extensions go appear the same as many other types of file?
Alternatively, is it possible to ...
2
votes
0answers
19 views
install koma-script for texworks on ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?
I was updating my resume and since I had recently switched to using Ubuntu and Latex I decided I would rewrite it in this ...
3
votes
1answer
99 views
ATI Driver installer screen missing nearly all text, how do I resolve this?
I am using 64-Bit Ubuntu 12.10 On a Dell 7520, intel core i5 3210, ati 7730m, 4gb DDR3
I downloaded ATI catalyst software driver for linux (amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.run), but ...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
Increase the font size in text editor of ubuntu
I am new to ubuntu10.10, the text editor font size are very small.I searched in the menu bar, no option in the text editor to increase the font size .
Or if not any shortcode to increase the zooming ...
1
vote
1answer
55 views
Liferea plain text downloads?
Have any Liferea (Linux feed reader) users been able to download plain text copies of their RSS feeds? I understand that it provides for offline viewing, so I assume that some sort of local caching is ...
2
votes
0answers
444 views
Ubuntu Studio 12.0.4 & Mozilla Firefox Input Text Glitch [closed]
I am experiencing a serious issue with the "Dark Theme" functionality in Ubuntu Studio 12.0.4 (Low Latency) & Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1. The Google Search Engine Field input text is rendering "Light ...
2
votes
1answer
68 views
How to type peso sign in Ubuntu 12.04.1?
I'm still cannot figure out how to type a Philippine peso sign in LibreOffice and other application like Tomboy note.
0
votes
1answer
70 views
Can Searchmonkey find a term inside textfiles?
Searchmonkey has a search option called "Containing".
What can it do? Can it find a term in text file?
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1answer
120 views
How to copy a part of a link in google chrome?
Is there a way to copy a part of text of a link which is located on a website in google chrome browser? For instance: If we see a link on a website, and we hover mouse on it, we can click on it, but ...
1
vote
0answers
63 views
copy french text from pdf file
I have a French thesis which I am trying to read, to better understand some parts I am trying to copy some text and use that in google translate, however if I copy text I am getting just rubbish as ...
1
vote
2answers
1k views
Starting Linux in text mode using Grub2
For Virtual Machines I create, as well as on old computers I use, I'd like to turn off gdm/lightdm in order to get better performance. I don't like to boot into single user mode ("linux single") ...
1
vote
1answer
245 views
how to change browser search text font color?
I am using ubuntu 11.10.
The Google Search bar font color of my firefox browser is almost white with a white background. This occured after i installed Eye Of Gnome Theme.
How to change the font ...
5
votes
4answers
639 views
How to convert all pdf files to text (within a folder) with one command?
I know that I can convert pdf files to text files one by one like this :
$ pdftotext filename.pdf
But is there a single command that would make that conversion without specifying separate file ...
0
votes
1answer
66 views
Automatically pass command to Terminal
I installed Ubuntu some weeks ago, and now I have a question.
Is there any possibility to put some lines of code automatically to the terminal?
E.g. when I want to start Hamachi through the terminal ...
1
vote
1answer
2k views
nomachine NX: Text missing on all gtk interface (Unity and Gnome Classic)
[EDIT]
Just in case this could help someone...
I have found a .... new solution?
http://www.nomachine.com/preview/download-package.php?Prod_Id=14
I am guessing that's nomachine's next version of ...
1
vote
2answers
65 views
colored text format for readme or simple documentation files
I am looking for a colored format that is supported by ubuntu to write documentation files that can be displayed colored and bolded to be displayed on a text editor like gedit. I wanted to ask it ...
1
vote
1answer
543 views
Default program for opening .pro Qt project files
I would like to set Qt Creator (the one which is in the Nokia Qt SDK, not the one in Canonical PPAs) as the default program to open .pro Qt project files. But it appears that my Ubuntu install (12.04 ...
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0answers
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With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, all text starts out in English then changes to unreadable after a few minutes
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, all text starts out in English then changes to unreadable after a few minutes
Here Is screenshot----
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0answers
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weird text stuttering [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
i've been having a strange problem with ubuntu lately. i searched in the forums and so but couldn't find anything.
the things is ...
2
votes
0answers
198 views
Print to PDF from Firefox and Chromium text is image not selectable [closed]
I have recently upgraded from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS (fully up-to-date). Complete fresh format and install of the Linux partition.
I noticed that PDF files printed from Firefox 14.0.1 and Chromium ...
1
vote
3answers
567 views
Generate mp3 file from espeak
I'd like to convert an text file to an mp3 file using espeak. Is it possible to do this? I'm trying to use espeak to create a song synthesis shell script that can convert text to a song.
0
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0answers
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Is it possible to set the pitch for each spoken word in espeak?
I am trying to write a song generator shell script for espeak. Is it possible to set the pitch for individual spoken words with espeak? I'd like to be able to create "songs" this way using espeak.
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vote
0answers
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Gibberish on file name-squeres and numbers. link to example file and a picture
I'm using 12.04 LTS.
If more information is needed, please tell me and I'll add it.
I'm having some problem of gibberish in filename. picture:
That how the Gibberish is look. here also a download ...
1
vote
2answers
847 views
How do I combine all lines in a text file into a single line?
I want to get all lines in a text into one line. I'm a beginner at coding trying to learn by doing. I've spent four hours trying to solve this problem. I know there's a simple solution to this ...
2
votes
3answers
346 views
How do I delete a random line in a text file from a given range?
I have a text file and I want to delete random lines from a range. Here is an example:
Line 1: abcd
Line 2: efgh
Line 3: ijkl
Line 4: mnop
Line 5: qrst
Line 6: uvwxyz
Out of these six, I want ...
0
votes
0answers
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how to fix lines at top of screen and fix the font and text
ok so i got this old latitude xt cause i wanted a tablet pc. well it came with xp and i said oh no..not today. then put ubuntu on it. everything works fantastically given its a bit slow if i try to do ...
6
votes
1answer
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I changed text size to 0 in gnome tweak
I've just changed text size to 0 in Gnome Tweak app. Then all of the texts in the app have gone. So I can't change text size anymore. I don't know what to do :D Is there any way to fix it using ...
7
votes
3answers
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Why does “ps aux | grep x” give better results than “pgrep x”?
I've just tried the following command on my Ubuntu, it doesn't show a thing:
pgrep php5
shouldn't it return the process id of php5(which the following command just does)?:
ps aux | grep php5
So, ...
0
votes
0answers
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Ubuntu Application for Audio to text? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Alternative to Dragon Naturally Speaking?
Does anyone here know about a program that can decode Audio to a text file? I was unable to locate anything through the ...
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vote
0answers
35 views
How do I get a page preview in FocusWriter?
How do I get a page preview in FocusWriter? I need to check if tables and pages are formated well.
0
votes
1answer
309 views
when I select a file in dolphin the name disappears
I'm using dolphin under gnome 3 and when I select a file, the name disappears. I tried looking at my kde settings and looking under colors and nothing seems out of the ordinary, and I don't know if ...
3
votes
1answer
958 views
Why can't I copy text from the Ubuntu Terminal?
This is really weird. I can't copy anything from the terminal. The Ctrl+Shift+C command and Edit->Copy does nothing, no matter how much or little text I have selected. What ever was on my clipboard ...
8
votes
3answers
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Copy skype chat history to text files?
I'd like to convert my Skype chat history to a collection of text files for archival purposes. Ideally, I'd like to have a command (e.g. script or app) so that I could do this on a regular basis.
...
0
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1answer
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I just installed 12.04, and all of the text on the screen is displaying the incorrect characters. Would anyone know how to fix that?
I wish I could post an image, but I'll try to describe my issue. All of the text (except within applications) looks to be scrambled or switching characters.
2
votes
1answer
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How do I add text to an animated .gif in gimp?
I have just worked out how to create an animated.gif in gimp but I am having a problem adding text.
When I create/add the text box and then save my.gif and view it, the text only flashes up over one ...
