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Automatically close NERDtree when opening file
I have installed NERDtree 4.1.0. I have mapped to . I would like to use this in a way where I can press , then locate the deisred file in the explorer, press enter and have the NERDtree explorer disappear again, automatically. Can someone help me with this?
How can I remap Capslock on Windows 7 without thirdparty software?
I just upgraded to Windows 7, and I'm trying to reconfigure everything to my liking. Under Windows XP, I had remapped the Capslock key to behave as a Control key (I spent a long time with Solaris keyboards, and grew to like it). In XP, I did this as a system-wide setting via the registry: It is my …
Make GNU screen survive reboot
I am using GNU screen a lot. I find it very annoying that everytime the server has to be rebooted I lose all my sessions (even if I know in advance, I need to set-up everything again). I've searched the web for possibilities how to make screen survive a reboot, but found nothing that works for me. …
How do I set the Apache2 DocumentRoot to a "vboxsf" VirtualBox Shared Folder? (permissions issue?)
I setup Ubuntu 11.04 desktop 32 bit on a VirtualBox VM with a shared folder to the host. The shared folder is I want to change Apache2 to point the to that folder, so I edited to replace the existing two paths in that file to /media/sf_Dev/ instead of /var/www and it won't show index.html. When I l…
How to close all file handles under a given folder programatically?
I was wondering if there is a command-line tool that allows me to close all file handles that are open under a specific folder. I have tried ProcessExplorer, Unlocker and similar tools, but they offer a GUI interface, and are not useful in a programming environment A solution on Python, cmd or Powe…
How to export my bookmarks via CLI in Google Chrome?
Is there any way how to export all bookmarks from Google Chrome using my CLI?
Installing a specific package version with yum
I have a Fedora system with Postgres version 8.3 and I want to downgrade to 8.2 because of a compatibility issue. I've been using yum for everything, but it's my first time with this package manager, and I don't know how to downgrade things. So how do I tell it to give me a specific version of a pa…
Is it faster to have two smaller hard drives or one big one?
Assuming that the drives all have the same RPM and overall same specs except for storage space, would it be faster to install two hard drives together or just one larger one in a computer?
Where does Okular store the PDF annotations?
I am using Okular in Ubuntu 11.04 as it has support to annotations and is faster to do a quick find across large documents. The annotations are not stored in the document, but are stored as metadata in some folder. I would like to know where Okular stores the metadata, so that I can create a symlin…
Can I password protect an NFS share?
I have two machines on a local network (Ubuntu 11.04). I created an NFS server on machine . The other machine receives its IP through DHCP. I want to know if IP is the only way to allow or deny hosts from accessing the NFS share. Is there some way I can restrict access to the NFS share based on a p…
Echo text in a certain color in a shell script
I am about to write a shell script. I would like to be able to visually distinguish some of its output text as a warning, by setting its color to yellow. How is this done?
Forcing Lion Finder to open in List View?
One of my favorite features in Snow Leopard was the fact that Finder would always open a new window in the "List View". Lion instead opens the multi-column view by default. Is there any way I can make the Finder window open in "List View" by default?
What does it mean to have a POSIX-compliant operating system?
What does it mean if the operating system is said to be POSIX-compliant?
Does unused thermal paste get old?
I've got two small unlabeled plastic syringes with white thermal paste - these are probably 8 years old. Should I throw them out and buy new? I'll need some paste to build reassemble a mid-range system, so I don't want (need?) the best and most expensive thermal paste. If unused thermal paste doesn…
What can I do if my dasKeyboard has dead keys?
I have an out-of-warranty dasKeyboard Professional (with Cherry MX Blue key switches). I acquired this keyboard as a new replacement in a warranty keyboard swap. Their warranty service is very slow and they do not have an excuse. Recently the newer keyboard (now over 1 year old) has had trouble pro…
How to find empty directories in Windows using a Powershell Script
What command do you use to find empty directories in Windows? Some folders might contain some hidden folders like or , but they should still be treated as empty folders.
How to get the coordinates for a selection in Photoshop
I'm using Photoshop CS5 and I want to display information (size and position) of the current selection. In the information window I can see the size, but for position it "only" shows the coordinates from the cursor position. I want to see the position (left-top corner) of the selection all the time…
16GB Ram - Force Windows 7 to use as much RAM as possible?
I was wondering if there is any way to configure Windows to consume MORE ram. I have a desktop PC with 16 GB of ram and only 2 is used on a normal workload. The maximum which i witnessed till now is 6 GB. Is there any way to tell Windows to tune its inner working for such an environment?
Will Windows Scheduled Tasks execute if the computer was off at the scheduled time?
If I schedule a task using windows task scheduler for, say, 2 minutes from now, and for some reason the computer is shut down 1 minute from now, and turned on 3 minutes from now, will the task that was scheduled still run? If not, what can I do to mimic this functionality? I'm writing a Java applic…
How can I ping via an alternate gateway?
Our network has two modems, each one hidden behind a router. The primary router is on 10.1.1.1, the backup router is on 10.1.1.2, and are both configured to the 10.1.1.0/24 subnet. Both routers have their gateway configured to 192.168.0.1. However, the 192.168.0.1 that you see if your gateway is 10…