I use Vim for pretty much everything these days. So I’ve decided to start a “tips” category for my favorite Vim tricks. Here’s a question for you: how can you paste into the command buffer? And more importantly, how can you copy the command buffer to the clipboard?
Archive for the 'Cool Tools' Category
We talked last week about how to use VNC with a server that doesn’t have a monitor connected to it.
This week, I’m going to talk about how to get around the fact that you have to be logged into Gnome in order to use VNC.
I like Pidgin a lot (it’s an IM manager for Linux and Windows) , but having Ubuntu pop up a message every time someone logs in or out makes me crazy. It’s a pretty easy fix, though it’s hard to find because you might expect it to be listed in preferences. Instead, right click on [...]
I’m a Ubuntu fan. And they’ve made it really easy to use VNC (the Linux equivalent of remote desktop) just by choosing System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop. What’s not so easy, however, is when you have a server or desktop that requires X but you don’t have a monitor plugged in to the machine. [...]
Did you know that open source Meld (a source differentiation tool) is able to interact with both CVS and Subversion? Pretty easy to use – just click “newâ€, choose the tab called “Version Control Browser†and then navigate to the proper source directory.
I don’t really use CVS anymore unless a client requires [...]