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How can I make window borders transparent in Gnome?
I want to create a GTK+ 3.0 theme (for Gnome 3.6+) that features transparent window borders. Is this possible? If so, how can I do it?
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Can't round the corners of menus for gtk?
I've been searching everywhere on how to round the corner of the right-click context menus. Every other widget in GTK can have rounded corners but context menus for some reason. Why is it that this is ...
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Why do I have three different cursor themes at the same time?
I've installed LXappearance in order to change a mouse cursor theme.
After changing it, I seem to have three different mouse cursor themes active: for example, in Iceweasel I have the one I had ...
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Disable “Recently used” in GTK file/directory selector
Can I completely disable "Recently Used" feature in GTK's file / directory selector?
Sometimes programs default to this but since it's not useful in my work-flow and with the way I organize my ...
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Is there a command which lists installed applications based on whether they use GTK2 or GTK3?
I'm using Lubuntu 12.10 and I know of two ways to tell if a specific program uses GTK2 or GTK3:
I can make changes in ~/.themes/theme_name/gtk-2.0/gtkrc, for example, and see if a specific ...
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Will GNOME and GTK libs bloat up my KDE?
I want to use Shutter. I installed it previously under Kubuntu and it needed a lot of libs.
What bothered me most was that Kubuntu wanted me to restart, that is rare for OS's nowadays and in general ...
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Can a GTK applet widget be instantiated through dbus?
I just posted this:
#274616: “Simple” gnome applets in Unity - stickynotes
... where I could instantiate a Gnome 2 bonobo applet in a standalone window,
... using ...
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Custom highlighting for gtksourceview not working
I am trying to write my own syntax highlighting for gtksourceview. If it's done it should highlight guitar chords in a text file. This is my unfinished file:
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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How to install GTK3 in Centos 6.2
I have Centos 6.2 and I want to install GTK3 to be able to install gitg.
I looked up on Google, and couldn't find anything useful. The thing is people suggest I need to install GTK3 by manually ...
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Theme looks different depending on location in FS?
I am noticing an annoying effect when copying GTK themes and I am unable to explain it. Copying a theme from /usr/share/themes to ~/.local/share/themes results in a new theme that looks different than ...
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KDE with splotchy fonts in gtk apps
In KDE I occasionally get splotchy fonts in gtk applications.
Splotchy-ness can range from slightly annoying to completely unreadable.
As far as I can tell, the problem only occurs in gtk apps, and ...
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Gnome: Make system text copyable
Here I use "system text" to refer to the text displayed in the GTK widgets (labels, menus, dialogs etc.)
I would like to be able to highlight and copy any system text. I am using a locale with a ...
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Running Darktable under Xfce using specific color style/theme
I tried running Darktable (version 1.0.4-1~bpo60+1 from Debian Squeeze-backports) under Xfce, but I am using a fairly light "Style" theme in Xfce which Darktable didn't work too well with. It seems to ...
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Critical messages from gsm and gtk
After upgrading to Fedora 18, I am seeing the following critical messages on /var/log/messages whenever I log on to the computer:
CRITICAL: gsm_manager_set_phase: assertion \`GSM_IS_MANAGER<br>
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How do I install libgtk-3-dev in elementaryos?
I'm trying to compile pantheon-terminal. In order to do that I need to install some dependencies. I'm using elementaryos, just installed it yesterday (all software is upgraded).
One of the ...
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How to make Compose work in GTK and Qt apps?
I used Gnome for a long time, but preferred vanilla X input method (xim) over the default GTK behaviour. I just set GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE enviroment variables to xim, and didn't have any ...
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Galculator does not compile
I'm trying to compile galculator-2.0.1 but when I run make I get some errors like
galculator-general_functions.o: In function `set_button_color':
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GTK 3 apps text backdrop looks wrong, on any theme
I am having a problem with GTK 3 applications (GTK 2 apps work correctly): no matter which theme I choose, there are many places where colors are off.
E.g. in the screenshot you can see that the ...
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How to add gtk2 theme to KDE?
I'm trying to find a good GTK theme that I like for certain applications. Trouble is, I don't use Gnome-- I have OpenSUSE 12.2 x64 with KDE 4.9 only. So if I've downloaded a theme tarball, what can I ...
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how do I decrease font size in Eclipse (Linux Mint)
How do I decrease the font size of tabs' title bar (see screenshot )? I use Eclipse Mobile Juno, and Linux Mint 13 Mate.
I tried both going to Eclipse Preferences and Mate preferences.
The mate ...
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Leafpad ignoring gtkrc
On a fresh install of Debian Wheezy, I have Leafpad 0.8.18.1-3. Following instructions I created a .gtkrc-2.0 in my home folder and put the commands to change the text area colors. This had no effect.
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Modifying menu color of a gtk 3.0 theme
I'm trying to integrate a GTK3.0 theme with xfwm4 theme,
Now I need to change the menu background color, so I get the color value with gcolor and tried to grep for that value, nothing found under ...
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How to prevent a Qt/GTK app (Calibre) from using colors defined in .Xresources?
I have colors defined in .Xresources. They look lovely on urxvt, and utterly ghastly on Calibre.
Calibre does not appear to have any way to disable or override those colors, so is there any way I can ...
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GTK-2 error when installing Glassfish plugin for Eclipse on Fedora 16 64-bit
I have Eclipse running fine on my Fedora 16. I was following these instructions to install the Glassfish Tools Bundle for Eclipse (which has to be done outside Eclipse through its own installer) and, ...
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How do I update IcedTea?
I've only been using Linux for about a month. I'm running Mint 13. I'm trying to use www.goproblems.com but it tells me that my IcedTea is out of date. I hoped there was a package but I can't find ...
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How should one change the width of scrollbar?
I started using Linux Mint 13 Mate a few days ago and I can't find anyway to change the width of my scrollbar, no matter it is firefox, chrome or File Manager.
I tried to search google with "Linux ...
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GTK::Socket and Gtk::Plug unexpected behaviour under Gnome and FVWM2
The following code works fine if run within FVWM2. But if you change desktop to Gnome, then the embedded window is destroyed instead of being embedded.
Why is that? What am I missing?...
The code ...
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Dead (compose) keys not working in GTK apps since upgrade
I'm running Kubuntu with KDE as my main desktop environment.
A while ago I set up dead keys so I can type Chinese pinyin and other accented letters and special characters.
As a side note, I use IBUS ...
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GTK+3 config Arch/LXDE
I use Arch + LXDE. I performed a full system upgrade and upgraded packages seems to have included GTK+3. Since the upgrade, my GTK+3 progs such as GEdit, Evince, etc. look somehow terrible (unusual ...
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How to prevent the auto creation of the “Desktop” folder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which application should I blame for compulsively creating a directory again and again?
When I upload files via Firefox, the Open File dialog appears and the Desktop ...
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Any tool for inspecting GTK3 elements?
gtkparasite is great for GTK2, but unfortunatelly it can't do GTK3 applications.
Is there any alternative?
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GVim compiled from source does not use gtk2
I have two HP-UX machines say A and B with HP-UX 11.11 and 11.31 respectively. I'have compiled gvim 7.3 from source an B, and gvim 7.0 on A.
On A, gvim uses "version with GTK GUI", Compilation with ...
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Suddenly I have troubles plotting with python
I have a code that I used yesterday to generate plots. Today, when I tried to use it (with the same input as yesterday), I get an error:
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
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Launch a GTK3 aplication without customized gtk settings?
In previous versions of gtk it was easy to launch one instance of an application with default gtk settings:
GTK2_RC_FILES= epdfview
But for version 3, it won't work anymore:
GTK3_RC_FILES= evince
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Clicking on Gtk apps menu bar kills mouse
I'm using the following configuration:
Ubuntu 11.10 x64
Awesome Window Manager v3.4.10
Gnome 3.2
...and I got the following problem:
Every time I click on the empty space in a menubar or ...
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Skype gtk style not working on debian squeeze 64
I have installed skype on my fresh squeeze 64bit system. It works fine except for the fact that the gtk theme isn't really working and the result is quite ugly:
How can I fix this?
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Terminal resizes itself
I've recently installed Linux Mint 12 ("Lisa", i.e. not the KDE or Debian version) on a Zotac Mini-PC (Which has an AMD Video card. I'm not using the proprietary drivers as they don't work very ...
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Looking for some GTK theme that supports both 2 and 3 [closed]
I'm looking for some great GTK themes , that support both Gtk 2 and Gtk3 , could anyone please share some experience with me ?
Thanks !
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Setting GTK2 theme for root
When using sudo, applications do not follow the GTK2 theme and font. How can I set identical settings for use when an application is run from root, but while inside a desktop from a user?
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Gtk2 Themes under Gentoo's Gnome 3
I have made it to get a nice gnome shell environment running under my new gentoo. It's all fine, except there are a whole bunch of programs built against gtk2 (Chromium, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Firefox), ...
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Can Qt SDK be used for development on any Linux distro?
Fisrt of all I am a Windows developer guy but really like Linux. On Windows, Visual Studio provides an excellent IDE for C and C++ development. The only other IDE and toolkit I like is the Qt SDK and ...
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Unable to build pygobject with jhbuild
I was trying to build gtk+ and pygobject with jhbuild (on ubuntu 11.04), but it gives the following error while building gnome-doc-utils :
checking whether /opt/tarball-gnome2/bin/python version ...
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Reduce eclipse tab size with GTK theming
In Eclipse on Fedora, these controls/widgets take up too much space:
How can I make those bars thinner with a gtk-rc file or GTK3 CSS theming?
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Gtk theme won't apply in Fluxbox
I installed my Arch Linux with Gnome 3 and Fluxbox on top of it, and I use Fluxbox as the default, but I have this weird problem that I can't manage to fix. I set my theme for Fluxbox and that is ...
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What is this .gtkrc file?
I was going through Tim Pope's dotfiles and I happened to notice that he had a .gtkrc file. What does this configuration file do? And how can I make one of those?
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gcc: -pthread: No such file or directory
Trying to compile following code in terminal i got
gcc: -pthread: No such file or directory,
what does this error means and how to eliminate it?
file name: window.c
code:
#include ...
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GNOME / GTK app installed from source runs with default theme
I've installed a GNOME / GTK application from source (GitG 0.2.5 in Linux Mint 11) - after resolving all the dependencies, I successfully ran the application.
The dependencies were also installed ...
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Xubuntu and gtk apps problem
After upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 11.10 I got disappointed with "Unity". I wanted my old-style Gnome 2 back. That's why i purged "Unity" and installed Xfce4. But, now i have a problem: All my ...
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White listing directories for GTK
Back in 2007 there was some work done to allow system admins to lock down GTK+ and Nautilus. File dialogs can only view white-listed directories.
This won't create permission problems for programs, ...
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How to launch a GTK program centered on the screen?
I'm trying to launch xcalc from the command line, in my embedded Unix, and I would like it to start centered on the screen, is there a way?
By the way, I'm using WindowMaker, if it makes any ...
