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Where to find a VBA function's source in Excel
I have a workbook that uses a certain vba function which doesn't appear in the Insert | Insert Function... dialog box list of available functions. How do I find it's source (to see what it does)?
How do I connect via FTP to XAMPP?
Can I use WinSCP to connect to xampp? How does this work?
Changing keyboard layout to Dvorak in Ubuntu-server
I want to set my keyboard layout to Dvorak. How do I do that exactly?
Open a directory in a Linux GUI file browser via the command line
Is there a way to open a file browser window (in KDE or GNOME or some desktop environment) for a directory while your navigating directories from the terminal? Text editors that have a GUI will open up when I run them via the command line; I just wanted to do that for certain directories when I'm r…
Map Caps Lock to change keyboard layout in Mac OS X
I found menu, but I can map other modifier key to it, not a keyboard shortcut.
How to set up that specific domains are tunneled to another server
I am working at an university as research assistant. Often I would like to connect from home to university resources over http or ssh, but they are blocked from outside access. Therefore, they have a front-end ssh server where we can ssh into and from there to other hosts. For http access they advi…
Make wget not download files larger than X size
Okay, I give up. How do I size limit which files are downloaded, like say I don't want any files bigger than 2 MB?
Mac OS X search and replace tool with regular expression support
I'm looking for a regular expression based search/replace GUI tool that is able to handle multiple files/subdirectories, something like grepWin but for Mac OS X. PS. I'm aware of grep and I don't need an editor, just a standalone tool.
Word list sources
I am looking for a source of nouns, adverbs, adjectives, and verbs in several languages. I'd like the lists to already be split apart, and not have to go through the OED (and non-English equivalents) by hand re-creating said lists. I don't really care about definitions, and I understand some words …
Three formats? Why?
I needed to download the Ruby Source recently from here and it says, "available in three formats" which are , and . Is there any reason that we need all three formats? At least on Linux and OSX I can do any of the three easily. On Windows, only zip is built-in, I think. Is there anything behind the…
How to download parts of the same file from different sources with curl/wget?
I have a quite large file hosted on five different servers. I would like to be able to download different parts of the file from each server and subsequently concatenate the parts, in order to produce the original file. Is there any way to do this with curl/wget or any other OS X command-line tools?
Is there a way to execute a program on power events?
I'm basically looking for a way to execute an application when my laptop transitions to battery power and, similarly, when it returns to AC. Is there a built-in hook in Windows or a third-party application that will allow me to respond to such events? EDIT I've looked into the TaskScheduler trying …
Browsers with good keyboard support
What browsers have good keyboard support? That means you don't have to use the mouse so much. Or what is a good setup for browser + keyboard interaction. I know the basic keyboard shortcuts (tab switching, new tabs etc.) but I don't know a good way to switch between links and search areas - usually…
How to switch between tabs in Opera?
This has got to be possible - I just don't see it: how do you change from one tab to another in Opera with the keyboard?
Anything (apart from GDI++) to improve font rendering on Windows?
As GDI++ development has stopped... do any of you guys know a better GDI32 replacement for Windows? Should work on 32-bit Windows XP.
Is there a free Ubuntu unrar GUI?
I'm aware of the CLI unrar program but is there a GUI version of unrar? Basically, I want to right click my rared file and unzip the content in the current directory.
How to limit Unix find number of results to handle directories with many files
Is there a way to limit the number of results returned by the find command on a unix system? We are having performance issues due to an unusually large number of files in some directories. I'm trying to do something like:
In emacs how can I keep many files open at once?
At the moment I use C-xC-f to open a new file, but it gets quite tedious.
How to find newest files in a directory, including subdirectories?
I'm looking for a way in Windows to list all files in a given directory and its subdirectories, sorted so that the newest files are on top. Is there any easy way to do this? I'd also settle for a Perl script.
Hostname redirection using Hosts file
We can use file to map hostname with IP addresses like this 127.0.0.1 localhost But is it possible to assign one hostname to another like this? localhost a_new_host_name