I’m trying to use ncurses in my C program, but it doesn’t work with CLion’s built-in console. From what I’ve gathered, in order to make the output appear in the gnome terminal, I have to select it in the Configure Debug screen, but I can’t seem to find the gnome-terminal file any…
Tag: gnome
Is there a javascript function to add a generic text box to Gnome extension applets?
I am creating an indicator applet for Ubuntu in the form of a Gnome extension. I’m using javascript (which I don’t have very much experience with). The goal is to have an icon in the panel which when clicked simply pops up a small window (connected to the panel like a menu) with a text box that al…
gnome-shell 3.34 missing ExtensionUtils.extension property
I’ve written a GNOME shell extension for gnome3.30-3.32 using: Updating to 3.34 version, ExtensionUtils does not provide the ‘extension’ property, and I don’t know to find the documentation about it. How can I fix the issue? Answer The code you’re looking for, the map of loaded e…
Linux cat and less output for my text file is different from gedit and other gnome editor
I redirected ri’s ruby Array doc into a file but it didn’t look good in gedit. But text looks just fine in cli. That’s how my file looks in terminal editors. Everything is fine here. But when I open it in gedit or other gnome editors, that’s how it looks like. Some specific words look …
“Attempt to postMessage on disconnected port” appeared when I install extensions in “extensions.gnome.org”
I want to know why the switch with ON/OFF has disappeared. And there appeared the message “Attempt to postMessage on disconnected port”. I remember it can be used normally before I installed the vpn lantern. How can I resolve this problem? Answer The reason is because Mozilla has dropped the NPAPI…
How can I put my GTK application in the desktop menus?
I started with programming a little time ago and I created my first running application with GTK 3.0. I did not use Glade, I do not know if worth highlight it. My code is working perfectly, but now I have a doubt, how can I make my own desktop menu application? I mean, I want that my application running up
Getting number of pattern matches in VTE search
I’m developing a GTK+ 3.0 application that uses VTE widget, how can I get the number of occurrences for the search regex or at least get the current text in terminal and process that? I’m using VTE 2.91 and Vala. Answer Vte.Terminal.get_text() will get you the currently visible text in the termina…
How to obtain the path of Desktop in gnome
I am using gnome/Ubuntu-10.10 in Chinese language and the desktop path is not “~/Desktop” but “~/XXXX” where XXXX stands for the Chinese translation of “Desktop”. So, how to write code to obtain the proper path of desktop regardless of the system language? I noticed Qt SDK …