My Programs

mate-terminal

terminal emulator forked from mate-terminal

Sources:

• 1.26 (GTK+3) https://github.com/soimort/mate-terminal
• 1.20 (GTK+3) https://github.com/soimort/mate-terminal/tree/1.20

Feature tweaks:

• Hiding the close buttons of tabs.

Enable switching tabs with Ctrl-(Shift-)Tab:

$ gsettings set org.mate.terminal.global ctrl-tab-switch-tabs true

mi-caja

file manager forked from caja

Sources:

• 1.26 (GTK+3) https://github.com/soimort/mi-caja
• 1.16 (GTK+2) https://github.com/soimort/caja

Feature tweaks:

• Condensed UI, hiding the close buttons of tabs.
• Logging all tab activities (to be used by mi-casa for session management).
• Loading last-session on startup (for 1.16 only since it does not have the -t option).

Enable switching tabs with Ctrl-(Shift-)Tab:

$ gsettings set org.mate.caja.preferences ctrl-tab-switch-tabs true

moe (image viewer forked from eom)

Dependencies: mate-desktop, mate-common

Sources:

• 1.16 (GTK+2) https://github.com/soimort/moe/tree/1.16
• 1.23 (GTK+3) https://github.com/soimort/moe

Feature tweaks:

1. Get rid of the menubar.
2. Do not confirm unsaved images when closing.

Get rid of toolbar and statusbar completely:

$ gsettings set org.mate.eom.ui toolbar false
$ gsettings set org.mate.eom.ui statusbar false

Enable the fullscreen plugin (activating fullscreen mode with double-click):

$ gsettings set org.mate.eom.plugins active-plugins "['fullscreen']"

vlc (media player)

Version: 3.0.3-4

Feature tweaks:

1. Do not show the "Clean Playlist" button in the context menu.
2. Disable the one-click list sorting.
3. Do not repeat a non-existing item in "Loop one" mode (which is just hogging CPU and completely freezes the vlc process).
   • Related issues: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=140820

gimp-nostalgia (image editor) JUST USE GIMP 2.8.22!

Version: 2.10.4-2

Feature tweaks:

1. Keep the toolbox in the traditional 2.8 fashion (which I was used to).
2. Enable the eraser on a layer with locked alpha channel (e.g., floating selection).
   • Related issues: #795877, gitlab#1923
   • Regression commits: d81ea13 (GIMP 2.9+), 1910ff8 (GIMP 2.10.2+)
3. Let the Gradient tool always be instant (as in GIMP 2.8, no more Shift needed).
   • Related documentation: https://docs.gimp.org/2.9/en/gimp-tool-blend.html
4. Let the Free Selection tool immediately commit (as in GIMP 2.8, no extra Enter or double-click needed).
   • Related issues: #784772, #785781, #787253
5. Recover the zoom focusing behavior (reverting ef2cf21 which implements the suggestion in Bug #796252).

gnome-settings-daemon

Dependencies: gnome-desktop

Version: 3.30.1.2-1

Feature tweaks:

1. Remove the "Battery Low" warning.