- From: "Adrian S." <address@hidden>
- To: address@hidden
- Subject: [TeXmacs] Re: Main menu and shorcuts in Texmacs-qt on Ubuntu 11.10
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:24:41 -0600
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If anyone wants to deactivate the shortcut <shift>+<alt>+<up> in
ubuntu 11.10 so that it can be used by texmacs. You can go to the
plugin scale in compiz (via ccsm) and disable it. It took me a while
to find it.
-Adrian.
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Adrian S. <address@hidden> wrote:
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I downloaded and compiled the latest (non-svn) TeXmacs 1.0.13 source
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code for the new Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot.
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1.-Problem with the docked menu of TeXmacs in unity
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I am unfamiliar with the unity desktop but it helps saving screen real
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state in my netbook.
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If I select document->script->maxima, I expected to find a new entry
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in the menu saying Maxima. This did not happen. I installed the
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gnome classic desktop via
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sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
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(Though it seems that "sudo apt-get install gnome-panel" is enough, I
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do not know the difference...)
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and texmacs works fine.
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I think it is related to bug 787946 in unity on Launchpad
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I don't think it is TeXmacs' fault, but rather qt's integration with Gnome.
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Question: Is there a way to acces the maxima menu, even if it is not
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added once the script is activated?
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In order to have the menu not docked into the status bar, I tried to
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run texmacs via
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APPMENU_DISPLAY_BOTH=1 texmacs
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and via
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UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 texmacs
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The second method did not work at all (though it works with gedit or
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other applications). The first one did work, but the new entry in the
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menu still was not added.
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Question: How do I activate the maxima script by default so that the
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menu starts from the beginning?
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2.-Clash between texmacs shortcuts and Unity shortcuts***********
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A more difficult issue is to have Unity use the shortcut f10 to
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activate the docked main manu and to use the "windows" key to open the
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side menu. I had to install
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sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
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and then in the dash I typed about:config as expained in a page from
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linux-software-news-tutorials about configuring unity on ubuntu-1104.html
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(I made a mistake, I ran ccsm (which is not needed), I clicked in the
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Unity plugin deactivating it, and thus rendering my session unusable,
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I had to login to a terminal ctrl-alt-f1 restart the computer via sudo
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shutdown -h now ; get into a unity 2d session and from there activate
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the plugin again...)
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After typing about:config, I deactivated the f10 key in unity for
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TeXmacs right , to be able to use it. I do not know if I should
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deactivate the super key from Unity for the use with TeXmacs, since I
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think I can do the same by using the escape key...
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Question: Is there a file with a comprehensive list of shortcuts?
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Well, I hope this information is useful to someone.
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Peace.
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-Adrian.
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