Even the simple ctrl+F is not working... I tried installing texmaker from software center and xm1math web site, but shortcuts still doesn't work...
asked Jun 13 '16 at 2:48
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Install the Qt5 version of texmaker (at this date it is the one you get from ubuntu-software-center) and always run it from terminal using:
env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= texmaker
or (a permanent solution)
Edit texmaker:
Open nautilus as root:
sudo nautilus
Navigate to usr/share/applications/texmaker , right click on it, properties, and change on Command texmaker %F by env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= texmaker %F
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answered Jun 14 '16 at 1:59
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@E.P. ....... I'm really disappointed with texmaker, they should have tested with all current versions of Ubuntu. I don't use 16.10 and I don't plan to use it, so I can't help those with your problem. If you find the solution, post here. Just one question, did try this procedure with 16.04 and it worked? – Vitor Abella Nov 14 '16 at 21:11
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I never tried 16.04, I skipped straight from 15.10 (for which I did the remove qt5 thing, making for remarkably bad visuals). If I have time I'll try to test this off of the live USB and maybe compare with 16.04; if anything interesting comes up I'll report it here. – E.P. Nov 14 '16 at 21:26
You don't have to install the older version, you just need to remove the appmenu package for QT5:
sudo apt remove appmenu-qt5
P.S. I am not sure if it can cause problems for other applications on your system. It didn't cause any problem in my end.
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Regarding solution 2 of Vitor, you can also edit the launcher shortcut to TexMaker:
/usr/share/applications/texmaker.desktop
and change the line
Exec=texmaker %F
to
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= texmaker %F
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Works for me. The menu will then be attached to the actual window and not available at the top bar as usual - but at least it works. What a funny bug. – Stefan Falk Jan 22 '17 at 9:54
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@displayname yep, that's right, this will "break" the global menu, because you are explicitely disabling it - as it is its fault (at least kind of) that the shortcuts are broken... But this is definitely the safest and cleanest solution which should not have any side-effects. Upvote for this one! Removing non-application specific packages like the
appmenu-qt5package without any need doesn't look particularly clever to me... – mozzbozz Feb 12 '17 at 19:51
from terminal:
sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/texmaker.desktop
you will see
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Office;Publishing;Qt;X-SuSE-Core-Office;X-Mandriva-Office-Publishing;X-Misc;
Keywords=Editor;Latex;
Exec=texmaker %F
GenericName=LaTeX Editor
Comment=LaTeX development environment
Icon=texmaker
MimeType=text/x-tex;
Name=Texmaker
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Now change the line
Exec=texmaker %F
to
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= texmaker %F
and then save and exit
The command
sudo apt remove appmenu-qt5
Worked for my fresh ubuntu 16.04 installation.
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1We don't know if it may interfere on other applications. @vitor Solution is safer. – Vitor Abella Oct 13 '16 at 19:28
Create an alias in the .bashrc or create the file ~/.bash_aliases and define the alias:
alias texmaker='env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= texmaker'
save it, exit and source it. From the home directory, do:
$. .bashrc
$. .bash_aliases
Done. Now opening Texmaker from the terminal will work perfectly.
Note: In a way it's very similar to @Vitor Abella's method.
The problem seems to be Qt5 and setting UBUNTU_MENUPROXY did not fix it for me on Ubuntu 16.10 for me, so here is my solution:
- Remove Texmaker:
sudo apt-get remove texmaker texmaker-data - Download the latest Debian version of Texmaker from: http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html#linux (In my case, I downloaded
texmaker_debian_jessie_4.5_amd64.deb - Install it:
sudo dpkg -i texmaker_debian_jessie_4.5_amd64.deb
Note: the package might have some dependencies like libqt4-opengl and libqtwebkit4 that you might have to install manually
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Did you mean "did not fix it"? It didn't fix it for me either on 16.10, but the alternate .deb you pointed to did work. – Ian Hincks Mar 8 '17 at 17:18
In case of Ubuntu 16.10, I have installed version 4.5 for Ubuntu 14.04 and shortcut are working. I suppose the other versions for Qt4 will work too.
I had the same issue with ubuntu 16.10, and adding the env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= to /usr/share/applications/texmaker.desktop did not work. Nevertheless, since Ubuntu 17.04 the problem seems to be gone - even without the env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=, hotkeys work for me in Texmaker.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 14:50
