I would like to snap windows in GNOME (more specifically, under Ubuntu) to user pre-defined grids.
I have tried the "Snapping Windows" and "Grid" plugins for Compiz, and have also seen demos of PyWO, but none of these tools seem to provide the above option.
Gedit windows don't aerosnap left or right. They do upwards (to maximize).
Fedora 15, Gnome Shell, enjoying it.
A classical case for "aerosnapping" two windows side by side, in my experience, is a terminal on one side and a HOWTO in gedit on the other side. This allows easy copy and paste.
Anyway, a gedit window doesn't aerosnap left and right (it only heeds to aerosnapping on the top, for maximizing its window).
Not sure if this is the right sub-forum, but it seems close enough. As stated in the title, how does one go about this? I know Fedora supports this, and was wondering if there was a way to configure it in OpenSuse. I haven't found anything in the Control Center about this, or on the internet for that matter.
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1) The emacs window doesn't properly snap to other windows. There is mostly a small gap inbetween.
2) When switching between buffers with C-x b the emacs window shrinks vertically from below!
I can't seem to find a way to do that.
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i would still like to keep this function with hotkeys (<super> + up/down/left/right) is there any way to work around this?
Ideally I would like to set a keyboard shortcut to open a set of applications. The applications (mainly different gnome-terminals) should be opened in different, previously defined workspaces. I had a look around but could not find a simple solution (maybe it could be done in devilspie but I would like to avoid that).If I limit myself only to gnome-terminal and instead of using the keyboard shortcuts call the application in the shell the placement of the terminal can be done by using "--geometry" (see "man gnome-terminal" and "man X") e.g. "gnome-terminal --geometry 50x20+200+300". wmcrtl show me that my 6 workspaces are treated as one desktop (my interpretation - maybe wrong):
Code:
$ wmctrl -d
0 * DG: 7680x1024 VP: 0,0 WA: 0,1 1280x1023 Desk 1
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Im running ubuntu 10.10 with the default gnome. I have dual 23" LED monitors and I would like to take more advantage of my width by breaking up my screens into multiple custom size zones/grids. Basically so I can maximize a window and it only takes up that custom sized "grid zone". I remember there being a windows app to do this easily, but I havent found anything for gnome. Any recommendations? I dont think compiz grids has much flexibility into the sizes/locations of the "zones".
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just passed a friend from Windows to Ubuntu Lucid.Everything fine, but he is a crossword maker addict. Under Windows, he use MS Publisher to make his crossword grids.With Linux, it's more difficult For now,he use OpenOffice Writer, with a big table, but the table is not very regular.I tried to install Scribus, but it's a professionnal PAO software, not a "easy to use" software as MS Publisher (that's a big ****, of course, but easy to use for neophyte)...I also tried to use free software or shareware for windows, but thera are always works with an algorythm crossword generator, when my friend want to place the word where he wants ! That's the goal and his passion !So I'm still looking for a PAO software very easy to use, or specific program (even Windows program with wine, even not free).
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View 1 Replies View RelatedIn GNOME Desktop, sometimes when I go to close a window with the X at the top right, I go a little too far and all open windows snap to a scaled grid so I can see what windows are currently open. Cool little feature, but I'm curious if I can move it to a different corner of the screen. Does anyone know how I can move it, or at least disable it?
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When I'm programming in supercollider, I have some GUI windows I can pop up to expose some real-time controls. For maximum use of screen space, some of the blank space at the windows' edges should be "out of bounds." On the Mac, and also when I've used supercollider in puredyne (an Ubuntu derivative for multimedia that uses xfce4 as the window manager), GUI windows are placed at the exact coordinates specified in my code.
But, gnome is "extra helpful" and says, "Oh, that window is going to be out of bounds. You couldn't possibly have meant that. Let me move the window inside the screen bounds for you." Well, actually I DID mean that and I don't want the window manager "correcting mistakes" that I fully intended. So then I have to move the windows by hand, even though my software put them where I wanted them in the first place.
I've read and seen cases were Ubuntu 11.04 users can snap their windows to the left or right by default (such that said window fills half the screen). I, however, cannot do this. Is there something I need to enable.
View 4 Replies View Relatedive recently switched from kde to gnome and am now using fedora 13. i really like some of the desktop features in kde where it had highlighted windows, transparent windows etc
with the latest versions of kde it was very easy as i just clicked "add themes" or "add splash screens" etc and it was all automated. im having a little more difficulty now that im a linux gnome noob.
I am trying to run X windows on CentOS with GNOME. When I first enter startx i get the message:
Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
Then I removed the .X0-lock file ran startx again and I got this message:
_XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running
Finally, I ran startx -- :1 and then it flashed a black screen with the X mouse cursor but a second later it just went right back to the desktop.
when we do set -o ignoreof it will disable the working of ctrl+D confirm which file will effected with this command . also i want to assign that whenever i will press space bar my gnome-terminal will open how can it is possible . whre keyboard shotcuts working are placed any designation file ?
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for example when i use the command list -l testp01.txt i get the result of testp01.txt file permission -rw- r-- r-- root root etc however i wonder where are those information written?
is there any special file which contains all of these information?
i installed an old hdd that i had laying around to my new desktop PC SO THAT I COULD USE IT SPECIFICALLY FOR UBUNTU. I FORMATTED IT THEN WENT TO RUN THE UBUNTU SET UP DISK.BUT I GOT THE MESSAGE "NO ROOT SYSTEM DEFINED" WHAT DO I NEED D
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View 14 Replies View RelatedThe only tutorial I have found on trying to get Aero Snap type window management in linux is the ubuntu write-up here:
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I have done everything it says and double checked, but still can't get it to work. I am using Linux Mint 9 amd64.
I just installed Arch Linux with Gnome and gdm is set to boot into gnome as soon as it boots.
But I realized that the barebone gnome package that I installed doesn't include a terminal or a text editor so I can't install anything further or modify the rc.conf file to make it boot without gdm.
Is there a way for me to kill x from the Gnome interface?
I'm trying to install (k)Ubuntu 10.04 side-by-side via Wubi, so that I can triple-boot Windows with the GNOME and KDE flavors of Ubuntu. Is there a way to install an OS to another folder?
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View 14 Replies View RelatedError message: GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference. What can I do?
View 1 Replies View Relatedim trying to prepare my partitions for fresh installation. The partition manager didnt list anything with an error message that said:Quote:No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu?This is what Gparted displays Quote:
/dev/sda1 ext3 /tmp/boot
/dev/sda2 unknown
/dev/sda3 ext3 /tmp/opsys
I included this screenshot for clarity: The triangle is (according to my logic) wrongly rotated. Is this a bug, or an intentional choice?
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