Can I annotate the screen in Gnome Shell?
Anyone know a plugin or application that emulate the Compiz Annotate funcionality in Gnome 3? Annotate is the plugin that lets you draw on the screen.
software-recommendation compiz gnome plugins
add a comment |
Anyone know a plugin or application that emulate the Compiz Annotate funcionality in Gnome 3? Annotate is the plugin that lets you draw on the screen.
software-recommendation compiz gnome plugins
Perhaps you can try the option number 2 (Ardesia) in this answer. askubuntu.com/questions/328543/drawing-over-the-desktop/…
– Roman Raguet
Sep 22 '13 at 21:55
Ardesia does not work for me
– eri
Mar 7 '14 at 18:51
add a comment |
Anyone know a plugin or application that emulate the Compiz Annotate funcionality in Gnome 3? Annotate is the plugin that lets you draw on the screen.
software-recommendation compiz gnome plugins
Anyone know a plugin or application that emulate the Compiz Annotate funcionality in Gnome 3? Annotate is the plugin that lets you draw on the screen.
software-recommendation compiz gnome plugins
software-recommendation compiz gnome plugins
edited May 2 '12 at 4:47
Jjed
10.7k65989
10.7k65989
asked May 2 '12 at 4:23
individuo7
29336
29336
Perhaps you can try the option number 2 (Ardesia) in this answer. askubuntu.com/questions/328543/drawing-over-the-desktop/…
– Roman Raguet
Sep 22 '13 at 21:55
Ardesia does not work for me
– eri
Mar 7 '14 at 18:51
add a comment |
Perhaps you can try the option number 2 (Ardesia) in this answer. askubuntu.com/questions/328543/drawing-over-the-desktop/…
– Roman Raguet
Sep 22 '13 at 21:55
Ardesia does not work for me
– eri
Mar 7 '14 at 18:51
Perhaps you can try the option number 2 (Ardesia) in this answer. askubuntu.com/questions/328543/drawing-over-the-desktop/…
– Roman Raguet
Sep 22 '13 at 21:55
Perhaps you can try the option number 2 (Ardesia) in this answer. askubuntu.com/questions/328543/drawing-over-the-desktop/…
– Roman Raguet
Sep 22 '13 at 21:55
Ardesia does not work for me
– eri
Mar 7 '14 at 18:51
Ardesia does not work for me
– eri
Mar 7 '14 at 18:51
add a comment |
4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over MIscellaneous Things) fits this use case perfectly and works well enough in Gnome 3! I just had this same need on my new Arch Linux system on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga and was sorely missing my lovely Compiz Annotate.
Install:
Ubuntu - sudo apt install gromit
Arch (AUR) - yay -S gromit
@todo instructions for other distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Caveats:
1) I haven't gotten multi-pointer support to work yet, but not critical for my immediate needs. Would love to get this working though.
2) I haven't yet figured out how to enable palm detection when using a pen. But I suspect I can disable one of the inputs to do that.
3) I am seeing the resulting lines a bit rough/aliased which is what I had with Compiz Annotate. It says in the gromit-mpx readme:
When there is no compositing manager such as Compiz or xcompmgr running, Gromit-MPX falls back to a legacy drawing mode.
Which it seems is happening in Gnome 3 and I would like to see how to improve this, because in the Wacom Tablet Settings, the test box shows a really nice pressure sensitive non-aliased black and white lines, so I want to know how to pursue adding that compositing backend system to gromit-mpx.
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
add a comment |
Open-Sankore it's probably your solution. It allows you to turn your computer into a whiteboard.
- Go here: http://open-sankore.org/en/download
- Download a stable or a beta
- When downloaded, open a terminal and go to the unzipped folder, so:
sudo dpkg -i Open-Sankore_*.deb
After that you can run Open-Sankore: When it's opened click on Show Desktop in the top-right of the screen to view your desktop with a little toolbar, so select a pen and have fun.
If you can't see anything after you clicked on Show Desktop, you probably have to change window in your workspace searching for the "Open-Sankore window".
Good use.
1
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed viadpkg -i
.
– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
add a comment |
It is gnome-shell version 3.6 now in Ubuntu 13.04, But still it has nothing similar to "Annotate" plugin in Gnome 3. I believe, there will be no alternative for that functionality in Gnome. I recommend using Compiz enabled environment like Unity, Or you can customize your own environment using cairo-dock or avant-window-navigator.
add a comment |
I found this post
Drawing over the desktop
which shows 3 options:
- compiz-plugins-extra / annotate (useless under gnome shell)
- ardesia (should be available via apt-get)
- pytlote (http://pascal.peter.free.fr/wiki/Logiciels/Pylote)
1
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
2
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f129804%2fcan-i-annotate-the-screen-in-gnome-shell%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over MIscellaneous Things) fits this use case perfectly and works well enough in Gnome 3! I just had this same need on my new Arch Linux system on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga and was sorely missing my lovely Compiz Annotate.
Install:
Ubuntu - sudo apt install gromit
Arch (AUR) - yay -S gromit
@todo instructions for other distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Caveats:
1) I haven't gotten multi-pointer support to work yet, but not critical for my immediate needs. Would love to get this working though.
2) I haven't yet figured out how to enable palm detection when using a pen. But I suspect I can disable one of the inputs to do that.
3) I am seeing the resulting lines a bit rough/aliased which is what I had with Compiz Annotate. It says in the gromit-mpx readme:
When there is no compositing manager such as Compiz or xcompmgr running, Gromit-MPX falls back to a legacy drawing mode.
Which it seems is happening in Gnome 3 and I would like to see how to improve this, because in the Wacom Tablet Settings, the test box shows a really nice pressure sensitive non-aliased black and white lines, so I want to know how to pursue adding that compositing backend system to gromit-mpx.
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
add a comment |
Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over MIscellaneous Things) fits this use case perfectly and works well enough in Gnome 3! I just had this same need on my new Arch Linux system on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga and was sorely missing my lovely Compiz Annotate.
Install:
Ubuntu - sudo apt install gromit
Arch (AUR) - yay -S gromit
@todo instructions for other distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Caveats:
1) I haven't gotten multi-pointer support to work yet, but not critical for my immediate needs. Would love to get this working though.
2) I haven't yet figured out how to enable palm detection when using a pen. But I suspect I can disable one of the inputs to do that.
3) I am seeing the resulting lines a bit rough/aliased which is what I had with Compiz Annotate. It says in the gromit-mpx readme:
When there is no compositing manager such as Compiz or xcompmgr running, Gromit-MPX falls back to a legacy drawing mode.
Which it seems is happening in Gnome 3 and I would like to see how to improve this, because in the Wacom Tablet Settings, the test box shows a really nice pressure sensitive non-aliased black and white lines, so I want to know how to pursue adding that compositing backend system to gromit-mpx.
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
add a comment |
Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over MIscellaneous Things) fits this use case perfectly and works well enough in Gnome 3! I just had this same need on my new Arch Linux system on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga and was sorely missing my lovely Compiz Annotate.
Install:
Ubuntu - sudo apt install gromit
Arch (AUR) - yay -S gromit
@todo instructions for other distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Caveats:
1) I haven't gotten multi-pointer support to work yet, but not critical for my immediate needs. Would love to get this working though.
2) I haven't yet figured out how to enable palm detection when using a pen. But I suspect I can disable one of the inputs to do that.
3) I am seeing the resulting lines a bit rough/aliased which is what I had with Compiz Annotate. It says in the gromit-mpx readme:
When there is no compositing manager such as Compiz or xcompmgr running, Gromit-MPX falls back to a legacy drawing mode.
Which it seems is happening in Gnome 3 and I would like to see how to improve this, because in the Wacom Tablet Settings, the test box shows a really nice pressure sensitive non-aliased black and white lines, so I want to know how to pursue adding that compositing backend system to gromit-mpx.
Gromit-MPX (GRaphics Over MIscellaneous Things) fits this use case perfectly and works well enough in Gnome 3! I just had this same need on my new Arch Linux system on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga and was sorely missing my lovely Compiz Annotate.
Install:
Ubuntu - sudo apt install gromit
Arch (AUR) - yay -S gromit
@todo instructions for other distributions like Fedora and Debian.
Caveats:
1) I haven't gotten multi-pointer support to work yet, but not critical for my immediate needs. Would love to get this working though.
2) I haven't yet figured out how to enable palm detection when using a pen. But I suspect I can disable one of the inputs to do that.
3) I am seeing the resulting lines a bit rough/aliased which is what I had with Compiz Annotate. It says in the gromit-mpx readme:
When there is no compositing manager such as Compiz or xcompmgr running, Gromit-MPX falls back to a legacy drawing mode.
Which it seems is happening in Gnome 3 and I would like to see how to improve this, because in the Wacom Tablet Settings, the test box shows a really nice pressure sensitive non-aliased black and white lines, so I want to know how to pursue adding that compositing backend system to gromit-mpx.
edited Dec 15 at 19:37
answered Nov 18 at 20:34
Elijah Lynn
2,59721729
2,59721729
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
add a comment |
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
How is this the accepted answer if it doesn't even provide instrucions on how to install the software on ubuntu? The program is in the repositries fortunately so you just have to do "sudo apt install gromit"
– dsSTORM
Dec 15 at 8:40
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
Thanks for those instructions, I replaced the @todo in the answer with your command.
– Elijah Lynn
Dec 15 at 19:39
add a comment |
Open-Sankore it's probably your solution. It allows you to turn your computer into a whiteboard.
- Go here: http://open-sankore.org/en/download
- Download a stable or a beta
- When downloaded, open a terminal and go to the unzipped folder, so:
sudo dpkg -i Open-Sankore_*.deb
After that you can run Open-Sankore: When it's opened click on Show Desktop in the top-right of the screen to view your desktop with a little toolbar, so select a pen and have fun.
If you can't see anything after you clicked on Show Desktop, you probably have to change window in your workspace searching for the "Open-Sankore window".
Good use.
1
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed viadpkg -i
.
– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
add a comment |
Open-Sankore it's probably your solution. It allows you to turn your computer into a whiteboard.
- Go here: http://open-sankore.org/en/download
- Download a stable or a beta
- When downloaded, open a terminal and go to the unzipped folder, so:
sudo dpkg -i Open-Sankore_*.deb
After that you can run Open-Sankore: When it's opened click on Show Desktop in the top-right of the screen to view your desktop with a little toolbar, so select a pen and have fun.
If you can't see anything after you clicked on Show Desktop, you probably have to change window in your workspace searching for the "Open-Sankore window".
Good use.
1
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed viadpkg -i
.
– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
add a comment |
Open-Sankore it's probably your solution. It allows you to turn your computer into a whiteboard.
- Go here: http://open-sankore.org/en/download
- Download a stable or a beta
- When downloaded, open a terminal and go to the unzipped folder, so:
sudo dpkg -i Open-Sankore_*.deb
After that you can run Open-Sankore: When it's opened click on Show Desktop in the top-right of the screen to view your desktop with a little toolbar, so select a pen and have fun.
If you can't see anything after you clicked on Show Desktop, you probably have to change window in your workspace searching for the "Open-Sankore window".
Good use.
Open-Sankore it's probably your solution. It allows you to turn your computer into a whiteboard.
- Go here: http://open-sankore.org/en/download
- Download a stable or a beta
- When downloaded, open a terminal and go to the unzipped folder, so:
sudo dpkg -i Open-Sankore_*.deb
After that you can run Open-Sankore: When it's opened click on Show Desktop in the top-right of the screen to view your desktop with a little toolbar, so select a pen and have fun.
If you can't see anything after you clicked on Show Desktop, you probably have to change window in your workspace searching for the "Open-Sankore window".
Good use.
edited Mar 19 '15 at 22:41
answered Apr 13 '14 at 17:34
Valerio Bozz
1456
1456
1
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed viadpkg -i
.
– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
add a comment |
1
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed viadpkg -i
.
– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
1
1
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed via
dpkg -i
.– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
There is also miry's PPA, providing packages for Ubuntu 14.04. They work in 14.10 as well if downloaded manually and installed via
dpkg -i
.– tanius
Mar 17 '15 at 15:07
add a comment |
It is gnome-shell version 3.6 now in Ubuntu 13.04, But still it has nothing similar to "Annotate" plugin in Gnome 3. I believe, there will be no alternative for that functionality in Gnome. I recommend using Compiz enabled environment like Unity, Or you can customize your own environment using cairo-dock or avant-window-navigator.
add a comment |
It is gnome-shell version 3.6 now in Ubuntu 13.04, But still it has nothing similar to "Annotate" plugin in Gnome 3. I believe, there will be no alternative for that functionality in Gnome. I recommend using Compiz enabled environment like Unity, Or you can customize your own environment using cairo-dock or avant-window-navigator.
add a comment |
It is gnome-shell version 3.6 now in Ubuntu 13.04, But still it has nothing similar to "Annotate" plugin in Gnome 3. I believe, there will be no alternative for that functionality in Gnome. I recommend using Compiz enabled environment like Unity, Or you can customize your own environment using cairo-dock or avant-window-navigator.
It is gnome-shell version 3.6 now in Ubuntu 13.04, But still it has nothing similar to "Annotate" plugin in Gnome 3. I believe, there will be no alternative for that functionality in Gnome. I recommend using Compiz enabled environment like Unity, Or you can customize your own environment using cairo-dock or avant-window-navigator.
answered Oct 8 '13 at 5:44
Anwar
55.7k22144252
55.7k22144252
add a comment |
add a comment |
I found this post
Drawing over the desktop
which shows 3 options:
- compiz-plugins-extra / annotate (useless under gnome shell)
- ardesia (should be available via apt-get)
- pytlote (http://pascal.peter.free.fr/wiki/Logiciels/Pylote)
1
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
2
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
add a comment |
I found this post
Drawing over the desktop
which shows 3 options:
- compiz-plugins-extra / annotate (useless under gnome shell)
- ardesia (should be available via apt-get)
- pytlote (http://pascal.peter.free.fr/wiki/Logiciels/Pylote)
1
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
2
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
add a comment |
I found this post
Drawing over the desktop
which shows 3 options:
- compiz-plugins-extra / annotate (useless under gnome shell)
- ardesia (should be available via apt-get)
- pytlote (http://pascal.peter.free.fr/wiki/Logiciels/Pylote)
I found this post
Drawing over the desktop
which shows 3 options:
- compiz-plugins-extra / annotate (useless under gnome shell)
- ardesia (should be available via apt-get)
- pytlote (http://pascal.peter.free.fr/wiki/Logiciels/Pylote)
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23
Community♦
1
1
answered Oct 15 '14 at 13:23
yota
1115
1115
1
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
2
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
add a comment |
1
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
2
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
1
1
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
That's the exact link Roman gave in the comments.
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 13:43
2
2
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
indeed :) which means it was worthy of a proper answer since I didn't noticed the comment in the first place :p
– yota
Oct 15 '14 at 19:25
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
Fair enough....
– David Foerster
Oct 15 '14 at 23:26
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f129804%2fcan-i-annotate-the-screen-in-gnome-shell%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Perhaps you can try the option number 2 (Ardesia) in this answer. askubuntu.com/questions/328543/drawing-over-the-desktop/…
– Roman Raguet
Sep 22 '13 at 21:55
Ardesia does not work for me
– eri
Mar 7 '14 at 18:51