Gnome

Programmatically open tab in gnome-terminal, execute command, and have tab stay open

cat /usr/local/bin/run-in-new-tab
#! /bin/bash

window=”$(xdotool search –class gnome-terminal | head -1)”
xdotool windowfocus $window
xdotool key shift+Up
xdotool type “$*”
xdotool key Return

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By WladyX on 28 September, 2011 | Gnome, Scripts | A comment?

GTK3 apps in KDE4 on Arch

packer -S oxygen-gtk3-git

$ ln -s /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/gtk-3.0

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By WladyX on 6 May, 2011 | Arch, Gnome, KDE | A comment?

Show/Do not show gnome network manager applet in kde4

edit /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop and add KDE; to the line that has ONLY_SHOW_IN

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Network Manager
Comment=Control your network connections
Icon=nm-device-wireless
Exec=nm-applet –sm-disable
Terminal=false
Type=Application
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=NetworkManager
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nm-applet

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By WladyX on 2 May, 2011 | General, Gnome, KDE | A comment?

Equinox Themes PPA for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox equinox-theme

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By WladyX on 27 April, 2011 | Gnome, PPA, Style, Ubuntu | 1 comment

Mono Icons for any Icon theme

chmod +x mono
/.mono

after running you will go in The following steps :

1-Type the name of new icon theme.
2-choose Mono Dark or Mono Light.
3-generate list of all icon themes in your system.
4-then Type the name of icon theme which you want mono panel icons for it.
5-go to Appearance and click customize button then choose icons tap and you will find new icon theme with whatever name you put in first step.

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By WladyX on 8 November, 2010 | Gnome, Scripts, Style | A comment?

gnome-keyring ssh agent doesn’t unlock ssh keys anymore bug

Replacing the folder ~/.gnome2/keyrings with the one I used in Ubuntu 10.04 following with log-off and log-in worked for me.

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By WladyX on 22 October, 2010 | Gnome, Ssh, Ubuntu | A comment?

Nautilus Thumbnails With 3D-ish Drop-Shadow Effect

sudo wget http://linux.wxs.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumbnailframe.png
sudo mv thumbnailframe.png /usr/share/pixmaps/nautilus/thumbnail_frame.png
nautilus -q

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By WladyX on 5 August, 2010 | Gnome, Style | 1 comment

Nautilus Elementary

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
nautilus -q

breadcrumbs:
cd
wget http://gnaag.k2city.eu/nautilus-breadcrumbs-hack.tar.gz
tar -xvf nautilus-breadcrumbs-hack.tar.gz

comment gtk-icon-sizes = “panel-menu=xx,xx” in gtkrc

open Nautilus file browser and goto Edit – Preferences – Tweaks
tick the show like breadcrumbs option.
nautilus -q

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By WladyX on | Gnome, Style, Ubuntu | 1 comment