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Change Ubuntu 11 scrollbars back to the old style
I've installed Ubuntu 11.04 and the new scrollbars in Nautilus, GEdit, etc. are driving me insane! How do I go back to the old (Ubuntu 10.10 and earlier) scrollbars? In the Natty Nautilus you can't actually see a scrollbar normally. Instead you mouse over to where it should be (to the left of the border) and then it appears, but it doesn't appear under the mouse pointer! Instead it appears to the side (to the right of the border), so starting to scroll is now a fairly involved mouse manoeuvre. I don't know what UX genius came up with this, but I want none of it.
Cygwin bash prompt is wrapping lines on the same line
I'm using Cygwin bash prompt, and for long commands the text will wrap around on the same line as opposed to going to the next line despite setting my PS1 to simply ' $'. Here's a screenshot,
how do we specify an ssh default identity?
id_rsa is normally a default key. I've created a new key named 'keyhello' Update: I've also added this key by doing: But I believe it still isn't my default key. So, how can we put keyhello to be the default identity, instead of the id_rsa ? I do see a -t but I've tried: No luck with this. I get a "Permission Denied" (if I put sudo ssh-agent ... I got the same "Permission Denied w/out even prompt me my sudo pass).
How to force Excel to open CSV files with data arranged in columns
I generate a CSV file with an extension .csv in which every piece of data in one line is separated with a comma: The file is sent via email and I want that when a customer opens it she sees data arranged into columns. Is such thing possible? PS: I may freely change the delimeter.
In Linux, how to ls -l a directory and not the contents of that directory?
For example, if I have a directory containing files file1 and file2, and a directory dir1, then "ls -l file1" will show details just for file1. Doing the same thing for dir1 will instead show the contents of dir1. Is there a way to treat dir1 like file1?
How do I make Firefox spellcheck in multiple languages simultaneously?
I want Firefox to assume that text may be in a mixture of languages and words should be looked up in multiple dictionaries. (For example, everything in en-GB, en-US, ru, be and be-classic should be consider as good, everything else should be underlined and corrections from all dictionaries should be offered). Is there an add-on for "multi-language spell-check"? Alternatively, can I merge all dictionaries into one big combined dictionary?
Take a screen shot from command line in Windows
I am looking for a way to take a screenshot of the entire screen from the command line. Operating system is Windows. Something like this:
How to throttle bandwidth on a Linux network interface?
Is there a way to constrain the bandwidth on a NIC in linux? I'd like to be able to simulate an arbitrarily slow connection.
Auto format document with Notepad++
In Visual Studio, (and a few other Microsoft editors), you can auto format a document with a simple Ctrl + K, Ctrl + D. This inserts line breaks and tabbing automatically. Is there a similar feature in Notepad++?
How can I get to the recycle bin without the desktop icon in windows 7?
I hate having anything on my desktop. I usually remove all the icons from the desktop, even the recycle bin. Occasionally I need to access the recycle bin, but having to re-enable the icon just to open it, is annoying. I was hoping I could use the windows search bar built into the start menu but typing "recycle" or "recycle bin", but that returns nothing. How else can I access the recycle bin without using the desktop icon?
Batch convert encoding in files
How can I batch-convert files in a directory for their encoding (e.g. ANSI → UTF-8) with a command or tool? For single files, an editor helps, but how can I do the mass files job?
Remote Desktop won't maximize
I use a laptop and I am docking and undocking frequently. Often when I connect to another machine using remote desktop, the screen size gets messed up when I dock again. By "messed up" I mean that it stays the size of my lap top screen (wide screen ratio). Clicking will not get it to go full screen. Any ideas (other than a reboot) how I can reset this?
How to make cut/copy/paste in GVim on Ubuntu work with Ctrl+X,Ctrl+C,Ctrl+V?
By default, the cut/copy/paste short-cuts in GVim on Ubuntu are: I would like to use control key combos in GVim, like I use in Firefox and othe gnome applications. How do I configure GVim to work like other Gnome apps?
Show full URI/URL in Chrome's developer tools Network tab
When using Chrome to debug, I find it incredibly difficult to be efficient due to the fact that I don't see how I can force the "Network" tab of the developer tools to show the full request URI. It will show the full URI if you hover the link and wait a second, but this is incredibly counterproductive. All of my AJAX requests are sent to ajax.php, and handled by using query string arguments, like: ... etc. Since I use AJAX extensively, my network tab is filled with "ajax.php", but I have to manually hover each and every entry to find the request I am looking for. Surely there has got to be another way!? I am constantly fed up by something new in Firefox and immediately force myself back into Chrome, but it is always the developer tools in Chrome that keep me from using it for an extended period of time. Hopefully I can find out how to do this so I can continue using Chrome as my numero uno. I've provided a screen shot to show you where I mean:
Create a bootable USB drive from a DMG file on Windows
A Mac machine needs to be reformatted with Lion. I backed up the Lion dmg file when I purchased it via the Mac App Store. I now need to create a bootable USB drive from the DMG file but I need to be able to do it in Windows, preferring open source or at least free options. How can I do this?
How to split big files on MAC?
I have a 5 GB file on my MAC and can not copy it on flash memory or external hard formatted with FAT. How I can split it to some smaller files
How to overwrite existing zip file instead of updating it in Info-Zip?
To obtain a fresh zip file just like as tar does, do I have to perform before executing ?
VLC - how do I see video file's information? (resolution, encoding information etc)
How can I check video file's information from VLC? I want to see the movies' resolution(weather 1080p or 720p, or whatever), encoding information, encoded time etc.
Where can I get the repositories for old Ubuntu versions?
Where can I get the old repositories for Ubuntu versions? In my case, it's 9.04 Jaunty? I found all the official repositories and their mirrors have been removed. I am wondering where I can get the repository list for this version?
Google Chrome (Mac) set keyboard focus from address bar back to page
I'm using the latest Google Chrome (14.0.835.35) on a Mac (10.6.8) There are quite often instances where the address bar has focus and I'd like to get back to the main page (so I can use arrow keys and all my Vimium shortcuts) without having to use the mouse and manually clicking somewhere on the page... (pressing Escape would be the obvious shortcut but it doesn't work) Is there a way round this?