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How to set the default language in Notepad++
I mostly use Notepad++ for dealing with XML files. It would be good if Notepad++ parsed and colorized my files based on the XML language when I open the files. Instead, I have to open the file, pick XML from the Languages menu. Is there a way to tell Notepad++ that XML is the default language and t…
Microsoft Remote Desktop Bandwidth Usage
I am wondering how much bandwidth in terms of bytes sent/received is consumed by a typical remote desktop session. I need to know this because our ISP enforces a cap on monthly bandwidth usage (i.e. the total amount data in GB that can sent or received in a month). So just wondering like how much K…
Why can't Windows handle an environment variable in Path?
My colleague and I have identical Dell workstations with Windows XP Professional x64 edition installed. My Path environment variable starts with: My colleague's Path variable includes the same directory, specified using the same environment variable, but it is not the first item in his Path. If I a…
How to extract text with OCR from a PDF on Linux?
How do I extract text from a PDF that wasn't built with an index? It's all text, but I can't search or select anything. I'm running Kubuntu, and Okular doesn't have this feature.
Convert a bunch of BMP files to JPEG on Linux
Someone sent me a bunch of BMP files and I need them in JPEG. I could convert them one by one using GIMP, but I'd rather do it all in one go. I have Ubuntu.
Speed of TrueCrypt whole disk encryption
I'm getting a new development laptop soon, and I'm thinking of using TrueCrypt to encrypt the whole disk. What kind of performance drop can I expect? 10%? 30%? More? Also, assuming the workload has an effect, would compiling/using Visual Studio be affected much? I cannot seem to find anything like …
How can I convert multiple files to UTF-8 encoding using *nix command line tools?
Possible Duplicate: Batch-convert files for encoding or line ending I have a bunch of text files that I'd like to convert from any given charset to UTF-8 encoding. Are there any command line tools or Perl (or language of your choice) one liners I can use to do this en masse?
Cmd-Tab suddenly stopped working, and my Dock is unresponsive, what do I do?
command ⌘+tab⇥ and my Exposé shortcuts have stopped working, and clicking/mousing over dock icons has no effect. What's wrong? What can I do to get things back?
How can I view the entire source code of an email in Outlook 2010?
I know how to view the headers of an email message as well as the source of an HTML message. In Outlook Express, however, there was an option to see the entire message source code the exact same way it was received (i.e. headers and any plain-text and/or HTML message parts in the body). Does such a…
Turn Off Parenthesis Matching in Sublime Text 2
I have questions about turn off parenthesis matching. Does anyone know how to turn off parenthesis matching? example: When I type a , it will automatically add , becomes . It's pretty nice for editing plain text. But quite annoying while editing clojure files.
IPsec versus L2TP/IPsec
I have a VPN service which gives me the option of connecting via PPTP, IPsec, or L2TP over IPsec. PPTP i know is inferior in terms of security and encryption, but I'm not really sure what the difference is between the two IPsec options. Anecdotally, I've noticed that L2TP over IPsec seems to be muc…
notepad++ plugin manager shows no available plugins
I remember the manager shows a list of available plugins by default but I find it does not. Could something be wrong?
Removing PDF usage restrictions
I have several PDF documents which have the "no copy" and "no print" restriction bits set. Are there any free tools for removing such restrictions, on Linux? I tried but the size increase is horrible. The originals are fairly large too, so I'd rather use a local tool than a website.
Does "Stopping" USB drives actually affect the drive?
I have always just unplugged my USB drives from my computer for years and nothing bad has happened; but I heard that you are supposed to use " " before removing a drive. What does the " " program do (besides flush the output buffer)? Is this recommended just to ensure that all data transmission to …
What is the difference between TAR vs CPIO archive file formats?
I am curious and did a bit of reading but still have questions. What makes CPIO different than TAR? I was told in another question that tar is for pulling together many files into 1 archive which then is usually gzip'd or bzip'd. Also I was told TAR cannot compress from STDOUT. I want to archive / …
Could I save printer's ink/toner by changing the font?
I'm developing a Microsoft Word document that reached more than 200 pages and I want to print it using my Laserjet or my father's Inkjet printer. I can save paper using both sides of each sheet, however I can't save ink/toner using smaller fonts or un-bolding words (I already did it), so I started …
Windows PDF viewer that auto-refreshes PDF when compiling with pdflatex
I'm writing a LaTeX document and am using the command line to compile the LaTeX code into a PDF document. In Linux I would just open the PDF with Evince PDF Viewer, and whenever I recompiled the LaTeX code, the PDF would refresh after a couple of seconds. I'm now trying to do the same thing in Wind…
With dual monitors, one rotated 90 degrees, how can I get windows to line up correctly?
I have two monitors. One rotated 90 degrees. The other at standard station. I've adjusted the two monitors to heights that are comfortable for me. Allow me to attempt some ASCII art to demonstrate: The annoying thing is when a window goes across two monitors the Y dimension isn't lined up, again mo…
Git: How to delete all untracked files?
I'm using Git for version control. Now I want to delete on my local machine all files in the repository that are not tracked. I can use to list these files, but how can I delete all of them?
How do I get get-childitem to filter on multiple file types?
I'm trying to get a list of all the XSL and XSLT files in a directory. But the following error: Get-ChildItem : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter 'Filter'. Specified method is not supported. But got this error: Get-ChildItem : Cannot bind parameter b…