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`guake` is a drop-down terminal emulator written in GTK and Python.

guake is a drop-down terminal, meaning that a hotkey causes it to drop into view quickly when needed. The name comes form the game Quake, which has a console with the same behavior. More detailed information on guake can be found at http://guake.org/. The source can be found on github.

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Create clickable links in terminal

Is it possible to process/transform the output from grep (or produce grep-like results, finding strings and/or patterns in files, some other way) such that the search results can be used as links (i.e., hyperlinks) to open an editor?  I want to…
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Guake terminal does not drop down with F12 after upgrade

after a recent upgrade on my local Debian install Guake does not drop down by using F12 Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid Kernel: Linux 4.12.0-1-686-pae Architecture: x86 Guake version: 0.8.8-1 once I started it…
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Replacing tmux with exec

I'm using tmux from a while and I'm very happy with it. Since I need it most of the time, I made it my default shell (in guake, to be precise). This is nice and I'm perfectly fine with this. But from time to time, I need to exit tmux and having a…
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Make Guake Float in i3wm

I want to default Guake to open as a floating window under i3. I created an entry under ~/.i3/config that reads as the following. My code is - for_window [class="guake"] floating enable My xprop for the window is - $…
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Where does guake put it user preferences?

Previously guake used to have its preferences stored in ~/.gconf/apps/guake/general but with move to gtk3 it has moved to gsettings and dconf . While dconf-editor does show me the preferences with the toggle switch I'm unable to figure out where…
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Recover lost terminal command after session crash

Some days ago I was executing a rather long command using Guake (downloading a website with wget, with an intricate set of options). I suspended my laptop before the operation was finished, and did not use it for a few days. Unfortunately, my…
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How to kill tmux window automatically when terminal window closed?

I am starting a process in a tmux window in a terminal window. When I close the terminal window, the process not killing automatically but If I kill tmux window before close terminal window, the process killing. How can I kill related tmux window…
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How to key bind 'backward-kill-line' to Ctrl+Shift+Backspace?

I have used answer of zsh kill Ctrl + Backspace, Ctrl + Delete to configure following key binding: Ctrl+Backspace: delete until the beginning of current word, Ctrl+Delete: delete until the end of current word, Ctrl+Shift+Delete: delete until the…
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How to Rescue Fullscreen Guake from Seahorse Modal Dialog

Problem I use guake to hide away my terminals when I'm not using them. When I am, they fullscreen an entire monitor. If I run a command requiring an unlock of a private key, Seahorse opens a modal dialog asking for the passphrase. Unfortunately, the…
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Default Guake tab names

I recently installed an update to Guake that sets the tab names to @/path/to/current/directory/. This is rather annyoing when a single tab takes up all the space because of extreme nesting, for example in a Java project…
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GNOME 3.22 - Disable F1 Help Key

Ever since upgrading to GNOME 3.22, there doesn't seem to be any way to disable the F1 Help Center when I'm focused on any GNOME tool (Nautilus, regular desktop, gedit, etc). I have guake set to expand via F1 right now, so you might understand why…
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How do i make guake start with tmux?

i am using i3wm and guake. I always use tmux inside guake to have split functionality detach function etc is there a way to start guake by default tmux running ?
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Guake is not opening

Whenever I try to open guake it shows the following error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/guake", line 24, in import pygtk ImportError: No module named pygtk How to remove this error and make guake run properly ?
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how to use/allow page up in guake?

Is there a way to allow page up to scroll output one page up in guake. The only way right now is to use mouse-scroll but it would be more convenient if it can be keyboard based. Guake - 3.3.0 on Debian testing.
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Extra output when running commands from zsh in Guake

In zsh shell, I am having the following issue. After I press a command in command prompt, it is repeated in second line and also there's an ineligible character as well. I run zsh in Guake. Here's my .zshrc: a TERM="screen-256color" # install…
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