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How to prevent GNOME terminal from setting `all_proxy` (and friends) environment variables
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04, the GNOME Terminal would set all_proxy and friends as environment variables, automatically from system network settings, as configured for proxy.
However, I would like to do ...
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Best way to scroll Firefox with keyboard when focus is on another window?
I am runnig Linux with Gnome/Wayland and I mostly use two GUI applications Terminator and Firefox.
I use Terminator fullscreen with transparency and I am able to read pages on Firefox at the same time:...
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Ubuntu global keyboard shortcuts stop working when Terminal is active
I'm trying to get global shortcuts working everywhere for this GNOME extension: https://github.com/mzur/gnome-shell-wsmatrix/
I have set the shortcuts as follows:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm....
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How to zoom cinnamon or gnome terminal window to full size via bash?
The question refers to the following environment:
Linux Mint 64, Cinnamon, version 20.x
It is known that terminal cinnamon and gnome terminal windows and their fonts can be zoomed in size via ...
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Cannot enter password correctly on Gnome 41.2 in terminal after typing something on number pad
I don't even know how to properly put it in words. When I accidentally enter my sudo password, when something requests it in the terminal with the number pad, which is deactivated, I cannot enter the ...
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Autocomplete commands not working gnome 40
When I start typing a command, the terminal gives me suggestions from previous commands. But when I press the tab key it says: zsh: do you wish to see all 3536 possibilities (3536 lines)? Is there a ...
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Retrieve current folder on custom command on gnome-terminal
I'm using fish for some days upon Ubuntu gnome but I don't know if that's possible to keep the feature "open the terminal in a specific folder". Inside Files app, I right click inside a ...
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How to change my windows ubuntu subsystem to the original colors of gnome-terminal
How to change my windows ubuntu subsystem colors to the original like in gnome-terminnal ?
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How to add user from terminal but, the new user should set password when they log in for the first time?
How to add user like gnome does from terminal? I mean, I want the new user to set a password when they log in for the first time. But how?
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gnome-terminal not openning in Ubuntu 20.04
Terminal does not open in Ubuntu 20.04, this is possibly after an upgrade of the software (apt upgrade). I am getting the following error when trying to execute /usr/bin.gnome-terminal in a xterm.
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Launching a new gnome-terminal from a gnome-terminal and running a command
I am running Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco). I use ctrl+alt+t to launch a terminal window. From that window, I would like to launch a separate window that runs a command, say ls. My thoughts are that I would ...
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CD to a directory and issue a shell command using GNOME TERMINAL command
I have a folder Parent folder which contains a script mytestcase.sh
parent_folder/mytestcase.sh
I am in Home directory .How can I start a new terminal using GNOME TERMINAL command, CD to ...
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Change default terminal emulator Fedora 33
I'm trying to change the default terminal in Fedora 33 so if I click "Open in Terminal" from the Nautilus context menu it opens with kitty instead of gnome-terminal (along with any other ...
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How can I open a kernel shell in GNOME?
When I don't have GNOME installed, I can log in using GNU/Linux's text based login manager, then I'm presented with a shell. There are no GUIs running, and echo $TERM gives Linux.
Once I install GNOME ...
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gnome-terminal default zoom level
I've just updated to Ubuntu 20.04, and I can't setup my terminal font to my desired size without anti-aliasing, at normal zoom level. I dislike the fuzziness.
This is with font Terminus at 10 (it's ...
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gnome-terminal geometry ignoring position
I like to add Ctrl+Alt+T as a shortcut to open the terminal, and I like the terminal to open in the bottom right corner of the screen. So, I always added the following to Keyboard Shortcuts on Debian:
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debian 10 buster gnome wayland. How to make my terminal transparent?
I just updated Debian from stretch to buster. It now uses Gnome Wayland. Before I had my terminal transparent using devilspie2. Now that doesn't work anymore. I guess it is because gnome now uses ...
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Debian Buster slow only on one terminal
Please: my main terminal is a HP Compaq LA1905wg and my other terminal is (an old) HP 1702.
Applications are running normally on the main terminal, but if I drag any of them to the 1702 my whole ...
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vnc : why is xeyes working and not gnome-terminal?
I have a script that opens a vnc connection and then runs an application on the remote machine. When this application is xeyes, everything works perfectly but when it's gnome-terminal, I see no ...
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gnome-terminal exits with status 127 on ubuntu 18.04 but how do I find the stacktrace?
gnome-terminal suddenly stopped working and when I run it via another terminal emulator (termite) it throws an error:
> sudo gnome-terminal
# Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/...
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How to change title and icon of a terminal program in Gnome 3?
I have a couple of terminal based programs which I'll never be able to
leave behind. When I start them from the command line with something
like
gnome-terminal --command foo
or when I make a Foo....
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Patched fonts not showing up on gnome-terminal
I installed the patched font "Source Code Pro" from https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#option-3-install-script on my Ubuntu 18.10 box.
I can see the font showing up on the Fonts program (as ...
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Gnome Terminal won't start on Fedora 28
I recently updated to Fedora 28, and now gnome-terminal won't start anymore:
[bf@localhost ~]$ gnome-terminal
# Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
# Error ...
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Gnome (Ubuntu): how to programmatically bring a program window to the background? (behind anothers windows)
From a custom bash script, I open several terminal (via the command gnome-terminal). Then, at the end, I open a specific terminal (it executes a specific command) and I am looking for a way to ...
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Is it possible to open a gnome application group from the terminal
Hello I was just wondering if there is any way to launch a gnome application group from the terminal right now the only way I see to do it is by going into activities and clicking on the desired group'...
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Gnome-terminal - vim colors not updating
The above screenshot shows my problem. As I scroll down in vim, black lines start appearing. Please note that initially all is good, but the problem happens if I scroll down.
I've already tried ...
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opening gnome-terminal and getting its tty programmatically
I am forwarding command from one terminal to the other.
For the moment, I am doing the following
I create the new terminal
gnome-terminal
I get its tty via
w
then I can forward commands to it via ...
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Why does gnome-open-terminal not work as expected on MacBook?
I have fedora installed on MacBook Pro, and also installed gnome-open-terminal on it.
On fodora 23 and before, when I right-click in the file explorer window, I can choose a menu item named "Open ...
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Opening new terminal window also switches to last tab
I'm using Gnome Terminal 2.31.3 and RHEL6. Like the title says, when I open a new terminal window, my current terminal switches to the last tab in its window instead of keeping the current tab active. ...
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Terminal behaving strangely after resizing (no new line)
On Arch Linux with Gnome 3.18, I have the problem of terminals behaving
strangely when I resize a terminal window and enter some commands, such as ls
or mpv, for example, and resize again by dragging ...
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Start a gnome-terminal at a certain position, certain size and font size
Before I start I have looked around and cannot find a solution to my problem. You may think this is similar to other questions but please read all the way through.
So what I want to do is write a ...
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Add minimize and maximize buttons in Debian 8
In previous versions I could do this with
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides button-layout close,minimize,maximize:
but now I get error no such key "button-layout"
In GUI there is no button-...
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How to keep the terminal open after executing a C program?
I'm trying to run a C program from within a python code.
cmd = 'gnome-terminal --command=./myprog'
subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
The code executes and the terminal ...
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Disabling mouse hiding in Gnome Terminal while typing
Does anyone know how to turn off the hateful behavior that is now default in Gnome Terminal — when a key is pressed the mouse pointer hides until it is moved again.
I'm honestly ready to ...
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Gnome 3: how to get a terminal with transparent background?
I would like to make the background of Gnome Terminal
transparent. I know this feature has been removed from Gnome but
I find it very helpful. I am wondering what's the best way to
achieve this. I'm ...
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How to add a pre-made profile to gnome terminal
So I just re-installed Ubuntu, but before I did, I grabbed my old gnome-terminal profile.
Now I want to put that profile wherever it is that gnome keeps the profiles, so I can select it through the ...
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How to preserve path in a new tab in the gnome terminal?
At work I am using Ubuntu GNU/Linux 14.04. When I open a new tab in the gnome terminal, the working directory of the new shell is the same as in the terminal where I have pressed CTRL-SHIFT-T.
At ...
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focus to newly opened terminal
I am using gnome-shell 3.14 on archlinux 3.17.3-1.
I have a keyboard shortcut (ctrl+alt+T) to open an xfce4-terminal.
My issue is that when I triger this shortcut the focus is not set the the newly ...
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How to configure gnome-terminal to use xterm-256color by default?
When I start gnome-terminal and do echo $TERM, I got xterm as output.
I want it to be xterm-256color
I've considered the solution to add 'export TERM=xterm256color' in my .bashrc. But I don't like ...
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Opening standalone multiple tabs in gnome-terminal
I am trying to find a way to open multiple telnet session to multiple hosts with scripts.
I thought of using gnome-terminal command with options to open tabs and execute the commands as follows,
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Open gnome terminals programmatically with a script that requires a doublequote
I am trying to use a wrapper.sh script spawn separate terminals for a script that takes params in doublequotes, like so:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal -e "./script.py -d "somevalueforscriptpy" $1"
gnome-...
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.bashrc used in gnome not just terminal
I've recently started using the Anaconda Python distribution for software development and I want it to be the default Python distribution when I run something in the terminal. In order to do this, I'...
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Guake transparency not working
I would like to recover transparency on Guake on my workstation (CentOs 6.4, linux 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64)
I use it for a long time on Suse or Ubuntu, I already know how to adjust transparency.
I ...
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Fedora 19 Terminal Icon
I was tweaking fedora and accidentally changed the icon for the terminal and now I cant find the real Icon. I've checked /usr/share/pixmaps /home/ME/.local/* and /usr/share/icons but I can't find it.
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VIM copy doesn't work in Gnome Terminal (to system clipboard)
I prefer using VIM in a gnome terminal (On Fedora 19) instead of using GVIM.
But I can't seem to copy to the system clipboard.
I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out because other threads ...
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Automatically closing idle windows in Gnome
Can open windows automatically close themselves if they have not been used for X seconds in Gnome?
For example, right now I have some Firefox windows and some other file browser windows etc open ...
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How to extend selection in gnome-terminal? Depends on version?
I just moved this question I made some time ago, from StackOverflow to here:
In a terminal I can select a single line, double clicking with the Left Mouse Button.
With xterm, I can extend that ...
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Matching bracket selection on gnome-terminal, like Mac OSX terminal
I have recently fallen for a (non obvious) feature of the Mac OSX terminal:
Given a display of some kind of deeply nested text with lots of matching brackets, parenthesis, or quotes (ie. JSON), the ...
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How to copy/paste tab characters via the Clipboard into terminal session on gnome / ubuntu
How do i copy text that includes tab characters from a text editor, let's say gedit into a terminal session on ubuntu/gnome? I am on ubuntu 12.0.4 using gnome classic.
UPDATE This same issue ...
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How to change terminal colors when connecting to SSH hosts
So you want to change terminal colors and reset them back on exit?
It's possible thanks to .ssh/config, alias, and setterm
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