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Notepad++ Display Printing Page Count
I have a rather large document i want to print via Notepad++, but i can't get the page count before printing. Is there a way to do it? (Assume standard 8.5"x11" paper)
Apache Server on Windows 7 opening up ports?
I have installed Apache 2.2.14 on Windows 7 and can view my web pages using both and but when I try to access the server from another computer on the same router, it fails. It also fails when I use the DynDNS address that I have mapped. This worked fine under Windows XP before I upgraded to Windows…
How to force a "do you really want to shutdown?" dialog in Windows 7?
Sometimes I want to choose "Logout current user", but then I hit "Shutdown" by accident. Nearly everywhere else Windows 7 is asking "do you really want to do this? Yes/No" - but that's not the case when I hit the "Shutdown" button. Windows 7 shuts down immediately without giving me the chance to co…
How to do a quick find with forward slash in Chrome?
In Firefox forward slash is mapped to quick find. Is it possible to let forward slash behave the same in Google Chrome as in Firefox? To find a link and follow it in a page in Google Chrome I now have to type: In Firefox this is: Not being able to use forward slash to find in page has been a real s…
How does WOL (Wake-On LAN) work?
This has always been a mystery to me and with all the snow we're getting I'd like to work from home but the boss man wants us to turn our computers off a night to save energy. Figured I'd like to try Wake-On LAN, but not sure where to start.
Chmod files to recursively give group same permissions as user
Is there a unix command to give the group the same permissions as the user currently has on a file-by-file basis recursively for a directory tree? I.e. if a file is user writeable it should become group writeable, otherwise it should not be group writeable and so on.
Windows-style, terminal based, text editor for linux
Every once in a while, I find myself editing some text file on a remote Linux server. Most of the time, I do my best to avoid this, because I'm used to, and like, the windows way of editing files: Shift+arrows to highlight text Ctrl-X,C,V for cut/copy/paste Tab/Shift Tab to indent/dedent highlighte…
How do I find out the audio format of a wav file?
In Windows XP, I used to use sndrec32.exe (Sound Recorder accessory) to open a wav file and the get properties on the file. This would display the length, data size, and audio format (e.g. GSM 6.10 8.000 kHz, Mono). There was also the option to convert the file to another format. I can't find this …
Getting Gmail in Emacs?
I'm trying to learn Emacs, and I think that getting gmail right in it would be cool. I've tried a but of tutorials online, but I couldn't figure out what a lot of them were talking about. A lot of them listed elisp code but didn't tell where to put it, and others just didn't work (they created erro…
How to run 'emacs' in the terminal emulator without a separate window?
I am looking to switch to Emacs from Vim and one thing that is keeping me away is that Emacs opens up a separate window of its own when run under X. Can I get the same behavior for Emacs as Vim does when not run under X? That is, I want Emacs to start the session in the same terminal as the one in …
Expanding to all in Xcode Projects groups
In Windows, when you start explorer, there will be a tree view on left side. After selecting a specific folder / drive when you press *, it will expand all to depth. I want to do the same in Xcode - after selecting a particular group in Xcode Project, I want to fully expand it. Is this possible?
How to make mouse in Windows 7 act the same as Windows XP
In Windows XP using TweakUI I could enable an option so that when my mouse goes over an inactive window, it makes that window the active window. There is also another separate option so that if the window becomes active, it automatically becomes the topmost window. I like to enable the former but n…
kicking / logging out remote windows users?
I'd like to have something akin to a unix "who" and an option to kick out RDP sessions that are not supposed to be there (i.e. using up the limited number of connections). This is for a win2003 server Standard. Additional info: this is a devel environment, people all use RDP as Administrator (I kno…
How to set the first day of the week in System tray calendar?
How to set the first of the week to be Sunday in the Calendar that is displayed in the System Tray of Windows Vista Home Basic. I tried setting the first day of the week to Sunday in Windows Calendar (thinking that it might work) and yet still it displays the first day of the week to be Monday. Mor…
What is the maximum number of folders allowed in a folder in Linux?
Using Redhat, if that makes a difference. Is there a default limit? Can it be changed? If not, are there any workarounds to increase the number of folders allowed in a directory?
Do children processes inherit ionice priorities from their parents? How do you check the IO priority of a running process?
Ionice is a standard linux command that allows to set the io priority for a process: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ionice Do children processes inherit ionice priorities from their parents? How do you check the io priority of a running process?
Does Chrome use a different DNS server from Firefox and IE which use the OS default?
Is the common set up for Chrome that it will use a different DNS server, while Firefox and IE will use the OS networking default? My Chrome (including one on virtual PC) will sometimes show "Resolving host" and wait there for 20, 30 seconds, while Firefox and IE won't. (so after 20, 30 seconds with…
How do I automatically synchronize Google Docs with Dropbox?
I would like to be able to edit one of my Google Docs on another computer, save it online (not download it to that computer and upload it to Dropbox), and then be able to go back to my home computer and have the file already synced to my computer. How do I automatically synchronize Google Docs with…
How reliable is Unison? Did it ever ruin your data?
I am interested in facts, when using unison ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ ) ruined your data? I want to find out about its reliability.
How to find the JPG quality?
When I save a JPG file with GIMP, I can adjust the quality I save it at, from 0-100 (I use 89). It seems like I've used an app to see what this number was on saved file but if I did I can't for the life of me figure out what it was. Any suggestions as to what to use?