Questions tagged [launcher]
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when clicking open folder the system launches VSCode
Hi everybody I want to start to say thank you for your time!
I have a problem and don't really know what to do to solve the problem. When i download something and I click on the arrow in Firefox to see my downloads and then click on the folder next…
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Add icons/menu items for applications in XFCE
I am running Debian (Stretch) with XFCE and many applications do not appear in the menu (in my case Whisker Menu). As an example, I often run remote sessions using VNC and at the moment I can only start the VNC viewer from the terminal. Ideally it…
alle_meije
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Difference between >/dev/null 2>&1 & and /dev/null &
I've been using the following to launch programs from terminals:
program_name >/dev/null 2>&1 &
But recently I came across this webpage where the following method was recommended:
program_name /dev/null &
Now, I know what the first…
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Launching applications from application launcher with "TZ=UTC" prefixed stopped working
I had a launcher for firefox with command TZ=UTC firefox. Suddenly it stopped working, I think after I did pacman -Syu (I only clicked again much later so it could be something else). I am using arch linux and mate.
I also tested trying to open…
CcVHKakalLLOOPPOkKkkKk
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Use meta/super/windows/whatever key to open KDE Plasma's application launcher (KDE Plasma + i3)
I have a setup with KDE Plasma and i3 that I've been absolutely loving, except for the fact that the windows key no longer works to open Plasma's application launcher like it does with Kwin. I did some research and found out that normally Plasma…
Gannon Kolding
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How to start the LXQT launcher (lxqt-runner) with just the Super key?
Posted in order to give the answer (QnA).
I have installed Lxqt desktop on top of Kubuntu 18.04. That means I can still use the krunner launcher of KDE/Plasma if I chose to, but Lxqt has its own launcher called "runner" (lxqt-runner) that is…
user32012
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How to create a shortcut in xfce for "Run Program ..."
OS: Linux Mint 18.2 sonya
DE: XFCE
By clicking the menu-button in the panel, there exists the option Run Program .... I want to create a shortcut in Menu/Settings/Settings-Manager/Keyboard/Application-Shortcuts to access this application-launcher…
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Command to create launcher (behind the Xfce/Thunar GUI)
Thunar has an option when right-clicking the desktop to create desktop-files/launchers.
Is there a command behind this GUI that could be used in other contexts?
user32012
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How to create a desktop icon for an application on RHEL 8?
I copied an existing and working .desktop file for an application that can be launched from Applications → Favorites into ~/Desktop but the file is displayed on and opened from the desktop as text file only.
Chapter 1. Getting started with GNOME…
Gerold Broser
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How to remove orphan launcher in Whisker Menu?
I'm using Linux Mint 18.3 (Xfce 4.12) and have a launcher that seemingly can't be removed (any way I can think of; highlighted in the image below):
After updating a VPN client, there are two entries. One is correct and working (with proper icon,…
NickT
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How to debug an XFCE launcher which fails to launch its app?
I have a command for one of my launchers:
discord
That's all. When launch from the terminal, it runs fine, Discord starts as intended.
When I click the launcher, nothing happens. I see a small burst of CPU activity on the CPU monitor, that's all.…
AlphaCentauri
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Xampp launcher does not open window
I am creating Xampp desktop launcher on my Linux Mint 19 and I have very interesting problem.
When I run this from terminal:
pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run &
everything works correctly, XAMPP…
user3585918
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How to keep KDE Plasma Launcher Icon visible when running?
Scenario
Using KDE Plasma 5 default launcher, when I add an application to the launcher it's icon will be present in the panel as expected. When I click the icon the application will launch as expected. The icon I clicked disappears but a new…
barrypicker
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Putting GNOME favorites in launcherbar
I want to put my favorites in the launcherbar to set each time to the same for one user only. The tutorial on What is the file location of GNOME favorites? is very good.
The favorites that I want to set are :
['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop',…
STYLUS
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downloaded application doesn't launch in Debian 12
I had tried to install package from developers' site/
root@debian:/home/lm/Downloads/telegram# dir
Telegram tsetup.4.8.9.tar.xz
root@debian:/home/lm/Downloads/telegram# tar -xvf tsetup.4.8.9.tar.xz…
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