gnome-open is typically used to open files from the CLI using their associated mime-type handler.  It doesn't appear to be installed by default anymore in 12.04. The errata has not been well documented or at least I have yet to find it.
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What is a current replacement of gnome-open command (generic open of files based on the type)?  Before:   gnome-open mydoc.pdf  # opened PDF in default application   Now:  gnome-open The program 'gnome-open' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install libgnome2-0
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How can I add a right-click desktop menu entry to create a text file to Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 16.04.02?
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There's already  which point to various executables (with or without full path). , not necessarily the name of the executable (in xterm it's xterm-color, and in gnome-terminal it's xterm-256color). Is there a variable which is expected to contain the name or path of the executable to use as the default terminal in Linux? (Or Arch Linux, if there is a custom convention.) Maybe this is nonsensical, since GUI programs are rarely spawned from shells which know of these variables…
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Is it possible to open a file or application as root from the GUI?  My ideal would be right-clicking on a file or an application and seeing an "Open as Root" choice in the context menu, after which I was asked for my root password.  Somewhat related to this is the ability to allow, for example, a save to take place where originally you had not opened the application as root (e.g., modifying a .conf file in /etc)
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I inadvertently set the Registry Editor to be the default editor for *.txt files. Now when I go to change the default, "Always use this program to open these files" is grayed out. This is the case whether I right click on the file and choose "Open with...", or start with the "Set Default Programs" control panel.    Why? How can I fix this?
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I'm working on different Linux distributions.  In my .bashrc I'd like to set up an alias that opens a window of the default file manager (e.g. nautilus, nemo, pacman, ...).  Is there a way find out what the file-manager of a session is? (It does also depends on the session, doesn't it?)
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I'm trying to use the dash instead of gnome-do, but I can't find files. "Find files" only returns "Top Results".  In gnome-do, I was able to set some often-used directories to index. For example, I have a folder called "ToRead" that's full of pdf files. I could search for pdf. Then I can browse the pdf files in ToRead and open files without using my mouse. Ideally, I want to replicate this functionality within the Dash/Places interface. Is this possible?  If not, what's the shortest way to do it?    Clarifications:   "Files &amp; Folders" does not do what I want. It only shows files I've used recently. I'd like to be able to do this without using the mouse and without having to hit Tab hundreds of times. I don't need my search to be indexed. A file system crawl (but only in the directories I set) is fine.
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The GNOME on-board documentation covers only the things anyone can easily guess. I have an application for that I can only start from the command line. Not that I mind using a terminal but ...  Anyway, how do I add the command (and preferably a nice logo) to GNOME WM?
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I used to work on the Mac terminal before and I used:   open file2open.pdf   and the PDF file would be opened on preview or whatever my default viewer was. When I use it in the terminal in Ubuntu I get this error message:   Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
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I tried installing gnome 3 , but it broke Unity and I had to reinstall Natty from scratch.  Does anyone know if there is a way to install Gnome 3 without breaking Unity?
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It's weird that creating desktop shortcuts is currently so primitive.  I found the following:   That helps.  However, if there's something wrong with the shortcut, it just doesn't do anything.  For instance, I tried to create a shortcut for this command line to create a shortcut.  When I double-click it, it just does nothing.  This is the resulting text of my "Create Desktop Shortcut.desktop" file on the desktop:  [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Icon[en_CA]=gnome-panel-launcher Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new Name[en_CA]=Create Desktop Shortcut Name=Create Desktop Shortcut Icon=gnome-panel-launcher   As I said, when I double-click this, or right-click it and select Open, nothing happens.  Is there a log file where something about this would be written to?
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GNOME 2 allows one to either save the session automatically or manually (i.e. save the session as it looks right now). This is a nice feature because it restores the various desktop states between logins (and system restarts):   which apps were open where (physically) on the desktop were they open what specific window sizes were these apps set to   Looking around, I can't find the feature in GNOME 3? Did I not look hard enough?
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The nautilus-open-terminal package adds a menu/right-click option to open a terminal in the current directory.  I want to change this from opening gnome-terminal to opening terminator. , however these instructions do not appear to be valid any more, and I can't find any place in the system settings where the default emulator can be changed.  I also tried:  $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator   choosing  * 0            /usr/bin/terminator               50        auto mode   But this does not appear to have any effect. Any idea how I can get this to work?
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GNOME Terminal shows up in several places:   launchers which start terminal commands the Launch Terminal keyboard shortcut the menu items added by nautilus-open-terminal   Does each of these explicitly specify GNOME Terminal, or is there some centralized setting they reference?  I have checked for:   A setting in System Settings ▸ System Info ▸ Default Applications An analog of  or  An environment variable containing gnome-terminal. This one actually looks hopeful:  $ env | grep gnome-terminal COLORTERM=gnome-terminal   but I'm not sure where to go with it.   If such a setting exists, my goal is to change it to use a different terminal emulator by default.
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I'm using ubuntu 12.04.   I tried   $ gnome-about –gnome-version gnome-about: command not found  $ gnome-session --version gnome-session 3.2.1   Why I need is because my desktop environment doesn't look like   though wikipedia states that the default gnome version on 12.04 is 3.4.1.
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I want to be able to open files like my operating system does from console.  e.g. a .pdf file should be opened with evince or whatever the default application to open pdfs is. All the other things should work too; images -> eog, text files -> gedit and so on.   I hope that there is a solution for this, it would be really practical.
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Is there a substitute in emacs for the vi "gf" command? meaning try to open the file which is under the cursor right now if a real file name is in fact there.  Thanks