for questions about mousepad, the default text editor in Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop environment)
Mousepad is a simple graphical text editor based on leafpad.
Questions tagged [mousepad]
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How to get another text-file be opened in new tab in mousepad?
Earlier when I used to gedit in Unity environment, when I opens a text file with gedit (considering one file is already opened in gedit), then it opens in new tab in already opened window.
After installing xubuntu-desktop, Now I am using mousepad…
Pandya
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How to enable right click button for mousepad on Dell inspiron 13 with Ubuntu 18.04?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver (development branch) on a Dell Inspiron 13 5000 series.
The actual problem I'm facing is that the right click button for the mousepad is not detected and there is no way to configure it. I'm…
Cedric Zoppolo
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Mouse moves by itself
My mouse moves by itself I cannot use the track-pad as the mouse jumps up and down the screen and also clicks by itself. When I boot into Windows, the track-pad works flawlessly so I suppose it's a problem on Ubuntu.
Luckily my laptop has a…
Mr Day2Day
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Column select in Mousepad?
Mousepad is the default text editor of Xubuntu. Is there a column select mode in Mousepad? How can I enable it?
a06e
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Xubuntu - Right Click Does not work
I installed Xubuntu (Ubuntu 14.10) and everything works perfectly except the right click does not work... it acts as a left click. No matter what I do, I can't figure out how to enable right clicking. I'm using a laptop, not an external mouse...…
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Safe to remove Mousepad dependencies in 20.04?
Background information.
Currently Running POP_OS 20.04
Installed mousepad text editor when OS version was at 18.10 and used it as default text editor throughout upgrades to successive OS releases. I am now running 20.04 LTS and find that gedit works…
frogsbottom
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After upgrade Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 20.10 my laptop keyboard and mouse are not working
After upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 20.10 my laptop keyboard and mouse are not working. How do I fix it? Please help me.
karan duggal
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Text document unreadable after sudden PC shutdown
I was working in a text document with Mousepad, when I accidentally disconnected the power cable, shutting down the computer. When I started my Xubuntu session again, I tried to open the document, but it has become unreadable. When I double click on…
user308164
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Having trouble with mouse pad working after installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
So I just received on old laptop from a friend and currently trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on the laptop. Here are the specs of the laptop:
Brand: ASUS
Memory: 2.8 GiB
Processor: Intel Pentium(R) CPU P6200 @ 2.13 GHz
Graphics: Intel Ironlake…
floam412
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My laptop's mousepad doesn't work after I installed Ubuntu 14.04
I connected USB mouse and it works. But I want to use the mousepad of my laptop.
Can anyone help me to fix this?
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XUbuntu: Can't edit text files: Permission denied
I am new to Linux, but I was under the impression that you can use GUI to edit text files I mean that is why GUI exists. I opened xrdp.ini and tried to edit it with Mousepad. When I try to save it I get Failed to save document. Permission denied.. I…
Uplink10
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Lenovo IdeaPad3 touchpad does not work
The problem that I can't solve myself is the following:
I bought a new piece of hardware and installed the latest Ubuntu on it. During the installation, I had my external mouse (Logitech) connected. Everything was smooth, but after playing with some…
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Mousepad editor - how to disable 'save changes' pop-up?
Mousepad asks about "Do you want to save the changes before closing?". I would like to default to silent discard and no popup (disrupting the workflow). Nor prefs. nor the cat .config/Mousepad/accels.scm have configs about it:
; mousepad…
droid192
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18.04: Bracket match not found in .bashrc with Gedit or Mousepad?
OS: Ubuntu 18.04 or Kubuntu 18.04.
I have Gedit 3.28.1 on both systems. While looking at .bashrc or /etc/skel/.bashrc, I found an instance of "bracket match not found" as shown in the image below in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu:
Note that Gedit uses the…
DK Bose
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xubuntu 18.04 mouse and keyboard do not work with mousepad and System Monitor
Mouse and keyboard input work normally with every other app (so far).
Launching mousepad app (/usr/bin/mousepad) results in a normal-looking window that won't accept input into the text area. I can click on and use the keyboard to operate the menu.…
BISI
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