The GNOME application launcher lacks flexibility and usability. For example, if the name of the command or application to be executed is composed as chromium-browser, you need to type chromium-bro to make it autocomplete, so I have decided to replace it with Synapse: a semantic launcher.
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In Debian XFCE Prt Scr key is not associated with the command xfce4-screenshoter, utility to perform screen captures, if we want to set this shortcut to make screenshots we must follow the following steps
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If you have installed Debian XFCE and you try putting your computer into hibernation or suspension mode as shown in the figure:
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P. The default Eclipse keybinding comes into conflict with XFCE default keybinding, Eclipse use CTRL + ALT + ↑ and CTRL + ALT + ↓ to duplicate and copy text lines respectively, while XFCE used them to change from a higher to a lower workspace or vice versa. How to change this behavior?
R. To resolve the situation above you can follow one of the following procedures
Change keybinding
Windows->Preferences->General->Keys[caption id="attachment_1261" align="alignleft" width="630"]
Eclipse, change the keybinding for copy and paste actions[/caption]
Eclipse, change the keybinding for duplicate and copy actions
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Eclipse, change the keybinding for copy and paste actions[/caption]
Xfce Menu->Settings->Windows manager[caption id="attachment_1260" align="alignleft" width="630"]
XFCE keybinding settings[/caption]
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How to change the configuration of my keyboard in KDE to be able to write accented words?
Use the following procedure to change the setting of your keyboard in KDE.
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P. I installed the KDE desktop, but my preferred applications: Iceweasel and GIMP look horrible how to fix this?
R. In order your GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3.x applications have the same appearance as the native KDE applications you should install the following packages.
– gtk2-engines-oxygen
– gtk3-engines-oxygen
– kde-config-gtk-style
To do this, type the following command in Debian GNU/Linux
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-oxygen gtk3-engines-oxygen kde-config-gtk-style
then go:
1. Start Menu
2. Select System Settings (KDE 4) / Settings > System Settings (KDE 5)
3. Select Application Appearance
4. Set the options shown in the figure below
Appearance of GTK+ applications in KDE[/caption]
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