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johannesjo / gnome-shell-extension-window-session-manager

An indicator that let's you save and restore your open apps and the window positions and arrangements over multiple real and virtual displays.
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Cannot see any "screen" icon at the top bar #23

Closed i0annis closed 4 years ago

i0annis commented 4 years ago

I am currently using Ubuntu 20.04. Here is what I did (using terminal): 1) Installed nodejs (sudo apt install nodejs) 2) Installed npm (for some reason this package didn't come with nodejs) 3) Installed lwsm via npm: npm install -g linux-window-session-manager 4) I checked the /home/my-user-name/.local/share/gnome-shell/ directory, but the "extensions" folder did not exist so I created it (mkdir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions) 5) Inside the above dir I created a folder called "window-session-manager", downloaded the ZIP file from GitHub and extracted it in there. (Note: before that I tried the git clone command but I had an error saying I do not have permission to access the files.) 6) Reboot - nothing.

I tried renaming the folder "../extensions/window-session-manager" to "../extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com" to match with the instructions and rebooted, but that didn't make any difference. I still cannot see any icon at the top bar. (The lwsm command works though.)

Any ideas?

johannesjo commented 4 years ago

Did you install the extension via:

cd tmp
git clone git@github.com:johannesjo/gnome-shell-extension-window-session-manager.git
mv gnome-shell-extension-window-session-manager /home/$(whoami)/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com

or directly form https://extensions.gnome.org/ ?

And does it show up under the gnome tweak tool?

i0annis commented 4 years ago

No, because the git clone command did not work. I downloaded the files from GitHub by clicking on the "Download ZIP" button. Then I right-clicked on the downloaded zip file and did "Extract-To" and chose the path ".../.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com".

Nothing new appears in the gnome tweak tool.

johannesjo commented 4 years ago

In this case, maybe you can try installing it from here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1323/window-session-manager/ ?

i0annis commented 4 years ago

Yep, I got it working! Thanks!

Just one final question. I managed to install it this time using the browser add-on from "gnome-extensions", but if I manually downloaded the file from this page https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1323/window-session-manager/ then where do I need to extract the contents to?

johannesjo commented 4 years ago

The path would need to be:

/home/$(whoami)/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/lwsm@johannes.super-productivity.com
i0annis commented 4 years ago

I get it now, it has to be the exact path. Thanks again for your help! :)