{"id":2187,"date":"2013-11-10T12:42:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T12:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2013-11-10T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T12:42:32","slug":"install-skippy-xd-expose-window-picker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/install-skippy-xd-expose-window-picker\/","title":{"rendered":"PPA Install Skippy-XD, Expos\u00e9-like task-switcher for Xfce, LXDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xfce-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1820\" alt=\"Mac OS Expos\u00e9-like window picker\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/xfce-logo.png\" width=\"270\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Skippy-XD<\/b> is a program for X which provides <b>Mac OS Expos\u00e9-like<\/b> features. It is a standalone application for providing a window picker with live previews (including live video) on Linux desktops that run an X server with composite support. Thus it is not part of the window manager, and the composite is not being used all the time.<\/p>\n<p>To use Skippy-XD, you need Xfce (xfwm4) or a NetWM compliant window manager (LXDE, Openbox-based window managers, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>This tutorial shows you how to install this task-switcher via <b>PPA<\/b> in (X)Ubuntu 13.10, (X)Ubuntu 13.04, (X)Ubuntu 12.10, (X)Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint Xfce.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2188\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/skippy-xd-picker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2188\" alt=\"Mac OS X's Expos\u00e9 windows picker in Ubuntu 13.10 Xfce 4.10\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/skippy-xd-picker.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/skippy-xd-picker.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/skippy-xd-picker-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mac OS X&#8217;s Expos\u00e9 windows picker in Ubuntu 13.10 Xfce 4.10<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Install Skippy-XD:<\/h3>\n<p>The <i>Skippy-XD<\/i> code has been released in 2004, and only slightly improved in 2011. Currently <i>Skippy-XD<\/i> is under (somewhat) active development and the latest GIT code is available in the PPA below.<\/p>\n<p>Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to install it from PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:landronimirc\/skippy-xd-daily\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install skippy-xd<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, start the daemon via:<\/p>\n<pre>skippy-xd --start-daemon &amp;<\/pre>\n<p>And activate the windows picker:<\/p>\n<pre>skippy-xd --activate-window-picker<\/pre>\n<h3>Add Keyboard Shortcuts for Skippy-XD<\/h3>\n<p>Typically, it is helpful to set up keyboard shortcuts for skippy-xd. For Xfce4:<\/p>\n<p>1. Go to Settings Manager -&gt; Settings Editor -&gt; xfce4 keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on <b>New<\/b>, and type in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Property: <code>\/commands\/custom\/&lt;Alt&gt;1<\/code> #You may change &lt;Alt&gt;1\u00a0to other key combination.<\/li>\n<li>Type: <b>String<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Value: <code>skippy-xd --activate-window-picker<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2189\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/xfce4-customize-shortcuts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2189\" alt=\"xfce4 add custom shortcut key\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/xfce4-customize-shortcuts.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/xfce4-customize-shortcuts.jpg 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/xfce4-customize-shortcuts-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">xfce4 add custom shortcut key<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Auto start Skippy-XD daemon at login:<\/h3>\n<p>Go to Settings Manager -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart. Click on <b>Add<\/b> button, type in name and command <code>skippy-xd --start-daemon<\/code><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skippy-XD is a program for X which provides Mac OS Expos\u00e9-like features. It is a standalone application for providing a window picker with live previews (including live video) on Linux desktops that run an X server with composite support. Thus it is not part of the window manager, and the composite is not being used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[782,783,224],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xfce","tag-skippy-xd","tag-windows-picker","tag-xfce4"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}