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How to create launchers that open applications in a terminal?

I would like to make a launcher that directs an application to be opened in a terminal. I had it on Maverick and it worked. And also, it added the application to the 'Installed applications'. At ...
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Stacks for Unity Launcher

I'm looking forward to emulate the behavior of OS X Dock Stacks so that I can have, for instance, one stack for browsers and another one for IDES. People at ask ubuntu are doing a lot of cleaver stuff ...
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How to launch different firefox profiles via the keyboard using Unity

I'm a heavy user of firefox profiles - a general one, work and one just for facebook so facebook doesn't know where I'm browsing. I have customised my firefox launcher icon to give me access to ...
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Are there Unity-like quicklists for GNOME?

Is there a way to have Quicklists like in Unity but then in the Gnome 3 dash? Mainly I would like to be able to open a specific directory in Nautilus directly, like this quicklist, and be able to ...
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Unity dash home menu editor [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I edit which icons appear in the Unity dash? I did fresh install to 11.10 and I am unable to find a menu editor. Please do not post methods offered by 11.04 as none of ...
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How to make some folders appear on the top in Nautilus?

I'd like to have some folders on top e.g. on Windows I had _videos folder which would always appear on top. How do I achieve the same effect in case of Nautilus? It's rarely the case I'd need similar ...
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How to add a button on unity panel (from Nautilus's bookmarks)?

Is there a way to make a launcher (icon) on Unity panel from Nautilus's bookmarks or it is for programs only? Thanks
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How can I rearrange the icons in Unity Launcher? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there an easy way to rearrange or move the icons in the Unity launcher? Given that I have no choice to move the launcher from the left of the screen. How do I change the ...
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Can I add wine application category list to unity dash?

In the dropdown list of application categories wine is missing and so all wine applications are missing as well. How can I add wine applications to the application category?
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How to add more workspaces in Unity? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I reduce or increase the number of workspaces in Unity? How can I add rows/columns to my workspaces? I would prefer a method which doesn't involve CCSM.
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Scrollbars missing in Eclipse [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to blacklist an individual application from using overlay-scrollbars? In their frantic quest for pixel real estate, Unity designers have set their greedy eyes ...
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Drawer or other organisation for hundreds of scripts in Unity Launcher

I have a large number of .sh scripts for opening ssh connections to various remote machines. These .sh scripts are grouped by staging/test/production/etc In Gnome I had a series of entries in the ...
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All browsers with one icon in the launcher!

I'm trying to create my first launcher for Unity that works like this: when I use the left-click, it opens the browser set as default on the system when I use the right-click it opens 3 shortcuts ...
René Moraes's user avatar
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2 answers
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Why does the unity top panel not show the Chrome icon?

It does on gnome shell and cinnamon (linux mint). Why not in unity?
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How do I make a terminal quicklist to open a terminal window with a new profile?

I've seen this answer and this one. I think I've done what they say to do, but I'm still having trouble. I've copied /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/. I ...
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