In order to set xterm as default terminal emulator for Ubuntu/Unity or IceWM and to make it a bit nicer (appearance and scrolling behaviour), I will give some short tips here. First we need to edit the $HOME/.Xresources file: ! Adjusting the font xterm*faceName: Monospace xterm*faceSize: 11 ! Changing foreground/background color xterm*background: #2B1520 xterm*foreground: …
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Creating your personal Python environment using virtualenv
Often you are working on a computer where you do not have the user privileges to install custom Python modules (or software in general). Or you do not want to mess with the operating systems Python environment. Then, sometimes you just want (or have to) install python modules with a specific version, e.g. to get …
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Python autocompletion in VIM
Having autocompletion (and some other nice stuff) for Python in VIM is not only a nice feature, but something allowing you to be more efficient when programming Python. First see the result: Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNMjbaimk9g To make the functionality (and color scheme) available, download the tarball (pythonVim.tar.gz) and extract it in your home directory (i.e. /home/your_user_name), …
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Linux: use SSH with X11 forwarding and compression for better performance
To get better performance when using X11 forwarding (either with the -X or -Y option) with a SSH connection, one should enable data compression: $ ssh -X -C -c blowfish-cbc,arcfour to avoid enabling compression with each command, one could enable it permanently in the configuration file ($HOME/.ssh/config): Cipher blowfish Ciphers blowfish-cbc,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc Compression yes …
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Let VIM open file at last editing position
Simply put the following lines to your ~/.vimrc and all files will be opend at the last editing position. Saves a lot of searching time. 😉 if has(“autocmd”) au BufReadPost * if line(“‘\””) > 1 && line(“‘\””) <= line(“$”) | exe “normal! g’\”” | endif endif
ASUS RT-N56U und Netzwerkdrucker unter Ubuntu Linux oder Windows 7
Um am ASUS RT-N56U Router einen Drucker zu betreiben muss man theoretisch nicht viel tun: Drucker einstecken und am Client PC entsprechend einrichten. Wie letzteres aber ohne die ASUS Wireless Utilities funktioniert (diese gibt es für Linux nicht), will ich hier kurz für Linux (Ubuntu mittels CUPS Web-Interface) und Windows 7 beschreiben. Ubuntu/Linux: Wichtig sind hier …
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