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GNOME is a desktop environment, composed entirely by free and open-source software. Mostly used on Linux, but also supported by BSD derivates. GNOME Shell is the official user interface to the desktop environment.

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How to use git with gnome-keyring integration

Git 1.8.0 supports integration with gnome-keyring. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Git-1-8-0-can-access-Windows-and-GNOME-keyrings-1733879.html After reading the docs about the git credentials helpers:…
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How do you find out which version of GTK+ is installed on Ubuntu?

I need to determine which version of GTK+ is installed on Ubuntu Man does not seem to help
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Start Script when Gnome Starts Up

I have a script that I need to start up after the user logs in via a nx client. From what I understand, Gnome starts up after a user logs in (correct me if I am wrong here). Where would I put my script so that it starts up after the user logs…
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Alt key shortcuts not working on gnome terminal with Vim

I'm running Vim on a gnome terminal. But the alt key mappings are not working. For example: :imap It works fine in GVim. But when I run the same command with Vim in the gnome terminal it does nothing. I'm using Windows 7, The problem…
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How do I get the active window on Gnome Wayland?

Background: I'm working on a piece of software called ActivityWatch that logs what you do on your computer. Basically an attempt at addressing some of the issues with: RescueTime, selfspy, arbtt, etc. One of the core things we do is log information…
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Gnome-terminal - How to Copy selection to clipboard automatically?

I want to make gnome-terminal behave in such a way that when the end user selects a region on the terminal (with a mouse or mouse key), it gets automatically copied into the clipboard. Is it possible at all? If so, how?
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Material to learn GObject and Glib

I am comfortable with C. but need to learn GObject and Glib for gstreamer. All i found on net is Gobject reference manual. Its good but looking for tutorial for Gobject/Glib as the main focus is on gstreamer. So pls share any other resources to…
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How to mount from command line like the Nautilus does?

On my Ubuntu linux box I can easily mount USB connected drives or CDROM clicking on devices icons that I can found on the Desktop. For example if I click on a USB connected drive icon the following things happen: a /media/LABEL directory is…
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Integrate Emacs copy/paste with System copy/paste

I have (cua-mode t) in my .emacs, so that C-c is copy and C-v is paste just like most other programs on my desktop (Ubuntu, Gnome, Linux). However, Emacs does not seem to share the clipboard/copy buffer with other programs. For example, if I C-c in…
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How to start writing Gnome Shell extensions

I have found it's very hard to find documentation about Gnome Shell Extensions. I found some bits on Gnome Wiki (and it's first-level links), but it's not much: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions The problem here is GJS and it's bindings.…
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How to start GNOME Wayland session from command line/tty?

I'm experimenting with wayland. You can start Gnome with X through startx command. Is there an way to start Gnome with wayland through some command? I would like to be able to run Gnome/X on my main display. Then switch to display :2…
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Creating an Application Launcher for GNOME 3 in Ubuntu

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed on my machine. I also have installed GNOME 3. I then installed the IDE IntelliJ without issue. However I installed it to a custom location and now the only way to run it is through the terminal via "./idea.sh". I…
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Prevent git from popping up gnome password box

I have not asked a question of this nature before, so this may not be the correct site for this. I use the xfce terminal in drop-down mode connected to a hotkey. It closes when another window becomes active, which is just fine. What is not fine,…
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How do you get the icon, MIME type, and application associated with a file in the Linux Desktop?

Using C++ on the Linux desktop, what is the best way to get the icon, the document description and the application "associated" with an arbitrary file/file path? I'd like to use the most "canonical" way to find icons, mime-type/file type…
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Gsettings with cron

I wrote a bash script that changes the wallpaper (for GNOME3). #!/bin/bash # Wallpaper's directory. dir="${HOME}/images/wallpapers/" # Random wallpaper. wallpaper=`find "${dir}" -type f | shuf -n1` # Change wallpaper. #…
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