How can i send notifications in GNOME through a python program? I have tried python bindings like pynotify,python-notify2, but the all give pop-up notifications which are temporary. Is there any py...

I'm building a Gnome shell extension, and I want to be able to do some things with escalated privileges. So, I'm thinking I need to use "policy kit", but I don't know how to do go about doing this....

I'm trying to listen for MediaKey events under Gnome 3 (Gnome Shell). All the examples I find refer to using DBus to connect to org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys. This service doesn't seem to exis...

If I have a bus name, an object path, and an interface, how do I call DBus methods from Gjs (in a gnome-shell extension)? I'm looking for the equivalent of the following python code: import dbus ...

I'm using gnome-shell with Ubuntu 11.10. At the left edge there is menu with icons. Where can I edit the command that is launched after clicking them? For example, there is gvim icon and I wa...

I'm currently building a simple application on Gjs, which should change the background-image of my gnome-shell. A solution on how this can be done using the gsettings-tool can be found here. Since...

I have found it's very hard to find documentation about Gnome Shell Extensions. I found some bits on Gnome Wiki (and it's first-level links), but it's not much: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Ex...

I am wondering, which type and version of JavaScript/CSS engines is Gnome 3 aka Gnome Shell using? Is there any information about current version, etc?