Questions tagged [guake]

Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome

Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake). Guake website

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Guake terminal has space left at the top

When starting the Guake terminal in 13.04, there is a space of 1-2 cms left at the top. i.e THe guake terminal top border is 1-2 cms below the screen top edge. How can I fix this as it was working perfectly in 12.10. Per the selected answer, its now…
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Guake Doesn't Start When Session Starts

I've Ubuntu 12.04 installed. I've added guake to startup applications but it doesn't work. All programs listed in startup application are working except guake. What should I do?
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Guake disappears after being minimized

I'm having a problem with Guake. When I accidentally use the hotkey to minimize and the focus is on Guake, it minimizes, this is not the problem, the problem is that I don't know how to recover it. If I execute Guake nothing happens, I have to kill…
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guake is showing ->"bash: /usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd: No such file or directory"

i was tring to compile a c++ code in guake terminal .it showed "bash: /usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd: No such file or directory"
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How can I assign guake to Fn + F7?

How can I assign Fn + F7 to be the Guake terminal? Currently, the shortcut is F12 but I have to use the Fn switch when I want to use brightness control. I could change brightness and use F7 both if I new how to remap Guake.
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How to disable "Menu" key in Terminal?

I am an enthusiastic Guake user - but sometimes I want to access Guake when I have a Terminal window open. Problem is, when I have Terminal focused, and I hit Menu key (which is what I'm using for Guake hotkey), I get a contextual menu within…
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Use Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab to cycle through open tabs in Guake

I would like to cycle through open tabs in Guake the same way I do in Chromium or Firefox with Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab. But for some reason Guake Config won't let me. If I go to "Guake Preferences" > "Keyboard Shortcuts" there are the two…
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Drop Down terminal in Ubuntu

Is there anyway to size down the drop down terminal Guake so that it doesn't take up the whole width of the screen?
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Keyboard shortcut increase/decrease font size when using Guake?

Is there a keyboard shortcut to increase or decrease the font size while using Guake? I have it in Guake preferences through a few clicks but if I am doing a presentation and the audience as a tough time seeing then I want to be able to do something…
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In guake, why only the first tab is transparent?

In guake, if I press "F12", I get the semi-transparent HUD-like terminal as expected. But if I then press "ctrl-shift-t" to open another tab, the new tab will not be transparent any more. Is this a bug or a feature?
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Guake shortcut keys: odd behaviour

I have the problem described here: i.e. shortcut keys (Shift Ctrl up) suddenly not working. The solution is, apparently: "you should manually fix the value of the DConf key /apps/guake/keybindings/global/show_hide" but i cannot find this in…