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Is it possible to view objects within a layer in Inkscape?
In Fireworks, or Photoshop, or GIMP your layer list also includes the objects within each layer. I've just started exploring Inkscape and can't seem to find this functionality. Some googling reveals a few people asking for this feature 5 or 6 years ago but nothing recent. Can I view objects in Inks…
How to set Debian to automatically update time and date?
I have an old computer and BIOS counts the time slower than real ;) So, how can I set my OS to update the time automatically using the internet? If it updated the time only during booting, it would be enough.
How do I make the Spotlight menu hint bubble go away in OS X Lion?
In Mac OS X Lion when you bring up the Spotlight menu and start typing something, a large-ish hint bubble will pop up to give more info about the selected result. That's all well and good except that it occasionally gets stuck and I can't make it go away. Is there a way to get rid of this window wi…
How can I create a .zip file for each folder within another folder?
Under the folder , I have the following folders: etc.. I want a script that creates a for each of these folders, so I have , , . How can I do that?
how to know if noatime or relatime is default mount option in kernel?
I was trying to know if relatime or noatime was set on a filesystem, but i didn't found the information, neither in /etc/fstab, neither in kernel boot options. First of all, it seems clear that i don't have the "normal" behaviour on atime: I have two questions: - Is noatime or relatime a default mo…
Why does Chrome on Windows 7 not show certain Unicode characters to me?
This Apple question contains the text what is this key? ⎋ Which looks like this to me in Google Chrome: Why is that Unicode character, or others like it, undisplayable in Google Chrome on Windows 7?
Why poor display quality in all PDF readers except those from Adobe?
When I read PDF files with Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Pro, the display quality is superb. However, for the same files, other PDF readers like Foxit Reader, Sumatra PDF Reader, etc show poor quality: quite timid and fuzzy display. At least in Windows. In Linux systems, any reader is not satisfact…
Free visual similarity image for a local hard drive search?
I'm looking for a desktop search engine for finding images on my local hard drive with high visual similarity. I've only found paid for ones so far. It could be Linux or windows one, either would be helpful. A Google desktop plug-in would be nice!
How can I remap the Caps Lock key in Mac OS X Lion?
I would like to remap the Caps Lock key to some other unused key (in a system-wide fashion). Being a MacVim.app user, I always liked to idea of remapping the Caps Lock key to some other key such as the "Help" key or the "End" key in order to use that piece of keyboard real estate to enter and exit …
What are .md files?
I often see files with a ".md" extension. I usually open them with a text editor like Gedit and I can read them just fine. So – why do they use files and not say files? Can somebody explain how files are different from regular ? I did a web search but all I came across were wrong references to a "m…
Why can I ping google.com, but not nasa.gov?
Why can I ping google.com, but not nasa.gov? I have to ping it like this Is it because of DNS record of NASA? Also how does a ping response time improve? edit: new query If I am correct, isnt WWW one level below the nasa node in a DNS tree? Then as most of the addresses we use in the browser are wi…
Notepad++ auto complete HTML end tags after </ (like Dreamweaver does)
In Dreamweaver typing will automatically close the last open tag, so you don't have to type it all out, and it helps if you aren't sure if you closed one or not. Is there a plugin that dose this for Notepad++? This is not like text FX where typing the opening tag/bracket adds the close on the other…
Can I use a Canon SX 30 camera as webcam?
Can I use my Canon SX 30 as my web cam? I have come along a lot of tutorials and videos telling us how to do this using ZoomBrowser that is shipped along with the camera. But it seems that canon sx 30 is not compatible with it. Is there any other way by which we can do it?
Linux distro with just busybox and bash?
I just want a linux distro that boots fast, has a bash terminal (no gui) and busybox. Is there any such distro or is it hard to compile a kernel and just make one myself?
What is the fastest compression method for a large number of files?
I need to compress a directory with around 350,000 fairly small files that amount to about 100GB total. I am using OSX and am currently using the standard "Compress" tool that converts this directory into a .zip file. Is there a faster way to do this?
Is it possible to change the default tab-size in Notepad?
Occasionally, I use Notepad to edit some form of code/html, which means I need to a lot. The default indent size when hitting tab is eight spaces when ideally I'd like it be four. Is there any way to change this setting?
How do I map a local path to a drive letter in Windows 7?
I am coding on something and want to map to drive letter. When I try to map it using , but it gave the following error: But it's not actually a network path I'm trying to map. How do I do this?
Can flash memory be physically damaged if power is interrupted while writing?
If data is actively being written to a flash memory device, can a memory cell (or perhaps the entire memory device) be physically damaged if power is removed, or will data simply be corrupted? Can the affected device or memory block still be written to and read from (even if the data itself is corr…
Escape from Windows 7 "Search Results" path
When I do a search for files on my system with Windows 7 built-in search, it opens a window with search results. If ones of the results is a folder and I open it, I go to a location like , which displays as " ▶ Search Results ▶ Folder name". Is there any quick way I can convert this into a normal f…
Is there something like Command Substitution in Windows CLI?
In Linux (Bash), there's a way to use a command as a parameter for another command, using back-ticks: This would print: ===== The current time is: 12:22:34.68 ===== Is there a way to do this in cmd.exe on WIndows ?