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TheGeeko61
Asked: 2012-01-02 06:32:35 +0800 CST

How can one invoke lg (Looking Glass) from a command line?

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I had asked another question which is related. I know that I can invoke lg (looking glass) via the gnome-shell "run application" window (by pressing Alt+F2). What I'd like to know is how to do this from a command line?

For example, if I wanted to pop up the looking glass from a shell script, how would I do it?

(my other question)

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3 Answers

  1. You can use the following command to launch looking glass from a terminal or keyboard shortcut:

    gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.lookingGlass.toggle();'

    When you get in DE, you can't use keyboard shortcut to run "looking glass", you have to use ALT+F2 to run it at first time.

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  2. Looking glass is built into gnome-shell and the command for looking glass is lg

    Currently it can be run from gome shell by typing Alt+F2 and then typing lg in the dialog box.

    I will see of I can find a better solution.

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  3. I don't have enough rep to comment; cha's comment explains that the dbus methods don't work out of the box anymore; dbus calls to gnome shell don't work under Ubuntu 22.04 has a non-ideal solution that works without restarting anything or loading plugins.

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