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ctac

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Registered: 2017-05-08

Posts: 57

GTK+ modules

Hi
1 )
A lot of xfce applications get a command line option --gtk-module=MODULES
mousepad get that, so how this work with it ?
What module can I load ?
If someone can give a simple example ?
2 )
man mousepad give a -q option : Quit a running Mousepad instance
How this work ?
I get :

(mousepad:1372): Mousepad-ERROR **: 19:23:57.822: Option inconnue -q
Trappe pour point d'arrêt et de trace

Nothing about the -q option in :

mousepad --help-all

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: GTK+ modules

Hi
1 )
A lot of xfce applications get a command line option --gtk-module=MODULES
mousepad get that, so how this work with it ?
What module can I load ?
If someone can give a simple example ?

Gtk Modules (if I understand correctly) are additional pieces of code to enable functionality that can be set as environment variables (loaded for all GTK apps) or as parameters for specific applications. Examples of Gtk Modules are:

• gtkparasite - for looking into the internals of gtk2 apps

• canberra-gtk-module - to provide event sound functionality

• topmenu-gtk-module - to support moving application menus on to the panel

To be able to load these modules, you must first install their associated packages into your system.

2 )
man mousepad give a -q option : Quit a running Mousepad instance
How this work ?
I get :

(mousepad:1372): Mousepad-ERROR **: 19:23:57.822: Option inconnue -q
Trappe pour point d'arrêt et de trace

Nothing about the -q option in :

mousepad --help-all

In newer versions of mousepad, this has been fixed. "-q" works to quit running mousepad instances. I can't find an existing bug report or commit that fixed the issue, though. As a workaround, if you need to quit all running mousepad instances, you can use:

pkill mousepad

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