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GNOME Do is the default application launcher for the Gnome desktop environment

GNOME Do is the default application launcher for the desktop environment. It allows searching for applications and files and it also allows specifying actions to perform on search results as well as for quick finding of miscellaneous artifacts of GNOME environment such as contacts or bookmarks.

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Is there a Windows XP equivalent to Gnome Do?

Gnome Do lets me run programs, search for files, perform application actions, 'microblog', queue music and search the web among other things via a search and select type interface operated from the keyboard. Is there a similar program for Windows…
Jonathon Watney
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What is a good KDE equivalent to gnome-do?

I'd like it to be seamless in regard to performance. Here's how I use gnome-do by hitting Windows + space I get a prompt and I start typing, it starts showing me programs to run using the characters I am typing, if it's what I want I can hit Enter…
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How can I clear bad shorcuts from GNOME Do cache?

I am using Ubuntu and GNOME Do and have some bad shortcuts (they even have a grey X icon ) that I can't figure out and delete from the list. I thought GNOME Do has some cache but its been a while and they are still there. I deleted the…
Gabriel Solomon
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Adding Applications to Gnome DO

I have recently started using Chromium rather than Firefox on my laptop, primarily due to poor performance with Firefox. I always launched my browser via Gnome DO (Win+Space, Firefox, enter). I would like to do the same for Chromium but can't find…
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Gnome-DO emacsclient instead of emacs

How do I make it so that gnome-do launches "emacsclient -n -g" instead of emacs? I've got an init script setup to launch emacs daemon, and I can run emacsclient from the terminal. However, I'd like to be able to launch an emacs GUI that connects to…
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Gnome-DO: Difference between "Locate files" and "Files and folders" plugins?

The question is pretty straight forward. I don't understand the difference between these two plugins, should I install both, or is one better than the other?
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How do I uninstall GNome DO?

How do I uninstall GNome DO? I had a look at uninstall gnome-do plugins but this does not work for me? Any help
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How do I configure the Gnome Do Microblogging plugin for Twitter?

I'm having trouble configuring the Microblogging plugin for Gnome Do to use my Twitter account. I'm able to sign into Twitter.com without any problem, but the same login credential result in an error saying, "Account authentication failed!" when…
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uninstall gnome-do plugins

On ubuntu (actualy, linux mint + xfce) I downloaded gnome-do-plugins package from synaptic, I got two problems with that package: it forced me to download a whole bunch of things I don't really want or need, such as evolution (why the hell is it…
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Google Search w/ Chrome Incognito w/ Gnome Do

I've installed Google Chrome as my default browser in Ubuntu, and recently installed Gnome Do and enabled the Google Search plugin. The Google Search from Gnome Do works exactly as expected but for one thing: Chrome (which is typically set to open…
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Is there a way to get docky to launch a new instance?

So i'm really loving the whole gnome-do/docky thing. My question is that on other docks, you can hold down a modifier key to launch a new instance rather then switching to an already opened instance of an app. So lets say I have chrome on the win7…
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Using gnome-do as a dock

I've recently removed the bottom toolbar, in Ubuntu, and replaced it with gnome-do, using the "Docky" theme. Things looks nice, but I have a couple of questions : The dock doesn't differentiate between a shortcut and the application itself when…
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Does docky support gnome-do-like functionality?

I've been a big fan of gnome-do with the docky theme, but it seems quite clear that the app itself is dead. On the other hand, docky is looking really slick! Recently, my gnome-do config got messed up, and I've been debating making the switch to…
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gnome-do: How to make 'open' the default action for PDF files?

I use gnome-do a lot for opening PDF files found with the Files and folders plugin, but the default action for PDFs seems almost always to be run rather than open, which is becoming frustrating. Every time I select the PDF, I move to the second…
Ian Mackinnon
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