{"id":8312,"date":"2021-04-01T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2021-04-01T07:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:20:47","slug":"looking-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2021\/04\/01\/looking-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking glass"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using Gnome Shell for a long time but I never heard of Looking Glass!<\/p>\n

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Looking Glass<\/strong> is GNOME Shell’s integrated inspector tool and JavaScript console useful for debugging. It can be run by typing ‘lg’ in the Alt+F2 prompt and can then be exited by pressing Esc. More details are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Projects\/GnomeShell\/CheatSheet – GNOME Wiki!<\/a>\"\"\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using Gnome Shell for a long time but I never heard of Looking Glass! Looking Glass is GNOME Shell’s integrated inspector tool and JavaScript console useful for debugging. It can be run by typing ‘lg’ in the Alt+F2 prompt and can then be exited by pressing Esc. More details are here. Source: Projects\/GnomeShell\/CheatSheet…<\/p>\n

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