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Unity is an interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd for its Ubuntu operating system.

Founded in 2010, the Unity project started by Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical has gone on to deliver a consistent user experience for desktop and netbook users alike. Putting great design at the heart of the project, Unity and its technologies such as Application indicators, System indicators, and Notify OSD, have strived to solve common problems in the Free Software desktop while optimizing the experience for touch, consistency and collaboration.

http://unity.ubuntu.com/

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Intellij launcher doesn't work on unity?

Under /usr/share/applications I created: intellij.desktop: #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Exec=/path/To/idea.sh" Name[en_US]=Intellij Name=Intellij Icon=/path/to/intellij.png Then I drag it to…
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Python AppIndicator bindings -> howto check if the menu is open?

Here is a minimal example of an AppIndicator: #!/usr/bin/python import gobject import gtk import appindicator if __name__ == "__main__": ind = appindicator.Indicator("example-simple-client", "gtk-execute",…
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What represents 'StartupWMClass' entry from a .desktop file in Ubuntu?

I am very new in developing application under Linux. I have a doubt regarding about the use of .desktop file to add an icon into the Ubuntu Unity toolbar. I have the following .desktop file: [Desktop…
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How to use Ubuntu Unity global menu in GTK#?

I'm developing a simple GTK# application(nothing serious, just a little project), and I've noticed my application menu bar is showing in my application window instead of Ubuntu's Unity global menu bar. Is there any way to make the menu bar show up…
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Where can I find information on integrating Java applications into the Ubuntu application indicator menu?

I have a Java application that essentially functions like an instant messaging type of program. Until the recent "upgrades" to Ubuntu with the Unity interface I had a simple icon showing up in the system tray. I realise there has been a lot of…
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Using Tcl/Tk how do i put the menu at the top of the screen in Ubuntu Unity?

I have a simple Tcl script that creates a window with a menu. #! /usr/bin/tclsh package require Tk # Create the main message window message .m -text {Hello Tcl!} -background white pack .m -expand true -fill both -ipadx 100 -ipady 40 # Create the…
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How to add my application to quick launch Ubuntu

I write java application and get the jar file, it work from command line java -jar program.jar I want to write installer program to put my application in Unity Launcher (quicklaunch) in Ubuntu. can anyone give my how can I start?
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How can I detect when I'm on a system running Unity?

In order to choose between what type of app indicators to use for a program, I need to detect whether I'm in a Unity desktop or not. Is this possible? Is it possible when I don't have access to the environment?
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How to create gtk menu item with shortcut displayed?

I am trying to integrate appindicator with gtk menu. I want some of menu items have shortcuts like here: Unfortunately after adding accelerator to second menu item I still get item with no icon and no shortcut. What I expect to see is a shortcut…
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How to get sqldeveloper icon to show in my unity bar

I'm setting up Ubuntu 13.10 on a Dell desktop. I've installed sqldeveloper and have a created a sqldeveoper.desktop file in my Desktop/ dir to launch the program. See code below. My problem is this: on my desktop screen I see the .desktop file as…
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Unity Launcher icon not being set by Qt application

I'm trying to get my Qt application to display an icon in the Unity Launcher but it's not working. In code, I'm simply using: qApp->setWindowIcon(QIcon("path/to/icon.png")); but it's not doing anything. I've also tried setting the icon directly on…
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Gtk# in monodevelop not working anymore after upgrading to ubuntu 11.10 unity

I had some monodevelop programs with a GTK# user interface running smoothly in ubuntu 11.04 without unity. I have upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 with unity. Now I get the following error: "The type or namespace name 'Gtk' could not be found. Are you…
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Force QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog globally in a QT program

To avoid the freeze at https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-59184 on Ubuntu Unity (and some networking issues on Windows), I'd like to force QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog in all the calls to the static functions of QFileDialog. Some of the calls…
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How to create a task bar icon with wxPHP in Ubuntu/Unity?

After some struggle I have compiled the PHP module for wxPHP, and am writing a few scripts to see what it can do. My first demo creates a window and a task bar icon, and I cannot get the latter to work. I am running this on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Here is…
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Emacs -nw mode key bindings conflict with unity

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 (unity). When using emacs in nw mode, some emacs key bindings fail to work. For example if I use Alt+v, instead of moving the current page backward, the "View" menu pops up. Even after I canceled the "Show Menubar" option,…
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