Scopes are the back ends used to provide results for searches performed through the Unity Dash.
Questions tagged [scopes]
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What lenses for Unity are available?
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What lenses are…
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I have permanent connections to Canonical servers, what are they for and how can I turn them off?
After the recent upgrade to 12, I notice permanent connections to canonical servers.
Running netstat -tp gives:
Foreign Address State PID/Program name
mulberry.canonical:http CLOSE_WAIT 6537/ubuntu-geoip-p
alkes.canonical.co:http…
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How to disable all scopes, filters and dash plugins?
The Dash is overloading me with stuff I don't need, down to the weather and food recipes (?!) when I'm just looking for a file or app. Also I can't figure out how to set it to include music files without getting results from files I don't even…
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How do I start developing a lens for Unity?
I would like to know how to create one of those lenses for unity. I know how to program. but I don't know where to start. Are there certain libraries I should use or docs that I should read? Are there wiki pages that I can reference?
My google-fu…
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What are differences between a lens and scope?
Well it seems those two terms are the most popular ones since 11.04. What truly are the differences and similarities between them (lenses and scopes)?
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Globally disable "include online search results"
We have started replacing some Windows desktops with Ubuntu for some users in the organization I work. Because of our policies we need to globally disable the following features:
The Include online search results from the Search tab of Security &…
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How to create a scope?
I'd like to create a custom scope that searches and returns results from an online source for personal use.
Is this possible? And if so, how?
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How to permanently enable in-dash calculator in 13.10
In previous versions of Ubuntu, I used a calculator scope from some PPA. It was very nice, worked snappily and generally behaved like calc.
13.10 has it's own calculator, which can be used, but it stopped working after I disabled web results with…
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How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
I've added my Google account in the Online Accounts System Settings panel.
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with the following packages installed:
ii unity-lens-applications
ii unity-lens-files
un…
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What programming languages are scopes written in?
I'd like to get started writing a Scope for Ubuntu.
What programming languages are available and what should I choose?
David Planella
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What are Smart Scopes?
I've heard Ubuntu 13.10 will ship Smart Scopes technology.
What are smart scopes?
David Planella
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How can I search manpages in 13.10’s dash?
In 13.10, there is no dedicated help lens. In 13.04, it was the place for docs like yelp, manpages or texinfo. However, there is a manpage scope in the dash, and it is activated. But when I search for, e.g., "pdftotext", there is no result in the…
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Where on the filesytem could a user find the Unity scope files?
I am wanting to find the Unity scope folder so that I can study how the scopes are set up and programmed. Where on the filesytem could I find the Unity scope files?
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Is there an option to "force" the dash to open a file after I click on it instead of going to options?
When I launch an application from the dash I just need to type a few letters and when I see the application I want, I just click on it and it opens.
The problem in the Files & Folder lens. When I see a file in the list, I need to click on it and…
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How do I remove the Youtube Unity lens?
I installed the Youtube scope and lens using these commands in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/lenses
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yavol scope-youtube
Every time I open the dash, the same batch of videos are are…
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