How to install ratpoison with Cygwin
Running the minimalist ratpoison window manager with Cygwin/X works. You will need to install the following Cygwin packages:gcc-core make readline xorg-x11-base xorg-x11-devel Here is how to...
View ArticleMy software tools list
td { vertical-align: top; }Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I...
View Articlebacking up with rsync
Here is a python script using rsync to backup my Users directory in Vista to an external hard drive.import os cmd = "rsync -avz --exclude '/AppData/'" + \ "/cygdrive/c/Users/saltycrane" + \...
View ArticleCygwin, X, ratposoin, screen, rxvt setup
Here are my configuration files for my current Cygwin, X, ratpoison, screen, urxvt, bash setup.General Cygwin and bashI changed filename completion to be case-insensitive since we're on Windows. To do...
View ArticleHow to get anti-aliased fonts for Cygwin with urxvt
urxvt, or rxvt-unicode, is a better alternative to rxvt and xterm that supports xft (read anti-aliased) fonts. Here's how to make your terminal pretty: You need: Cygwin with X, urxvt, and fontconfig...
View ArticleHow to scroll in GNU Screen
GNU Screen is great. But, after half a year of using it, I've only now figured out how to scroll into screen's buffer (courtesy of this tutorial). Normally, I just use SHIFT+PGUP to scroll up in...
View ArticleConkeror: "Firefox for Emacs users"
I recently discoveredConkeror via Bill Clementson's article, Firefox for Emacs users. I must say it is pretty sweet. It's the type of thing that makes you have to get up and go to the bathroom because...
View ArticleBackup on Linux: rsnapshot vs. rdiff-backup (vs. Time Machine)
Apple's release of Leopard and the included backup utility, Time Machine, has generated a lot of talk about backups recently. I will admit Time Machine is pretty cool and believe that it is a bit more...
View ArticleInstall coLinux (and Ubuntu Hardy) on Win XP using Slirp to internet and TAP...
coLinux allows you to run a full Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu Hardy, on top of Windows at near native speeds. It runs as a single Windows process with its own specially allocated address space....
View ArticleInstall wmii snapshot
These are my notes for installing wmii snapshot in my home directory on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.Download the latest snapshot (wmii+ixp-20080520) from thewmii homepage and save it to ~/incoming.Untar the...
View ArticleHow to set the default directory in Claws Mail
I've decided to use Claws Mail because it looked pretty good and mainly because I respect Adam Gomaa's opinion a lot. My first customization is to change the default directory used to store the...
View ArticleSimple cron example
Simple cron example (tested on Ubuntu):Edit your (user) crontab file$ crontab -e This will bring up your editor (nano by default in Ubuntu)Enter the following inside. This will append the current date...
View ArticleHow to monitor an Apache web server using Monit
Monit is a tool that can monitor your Apache web server, MySQL database, or other daemon process. It can restart the service based on configurable conditions such as CPU usage, memory usage, number of...
View ArticleCreating remote server nicknames with .ssh/config
Using the ~/.ssh/config file is an easy way to give your remote machines nicknames and reduce the number of keystrokes needed to login with ssh, rsync, hg push/pull/clone, access files via Emacs Tramp...
View ArticleUsing wmii with Gnome
.super { vertical-align: super; font-size: 85%; } .fn { font-size: 85%; } Thanks to Glyph, I can now usewmii as the window manager for Gnome. I like wmii because it makes good use of screen real...
View ArticleScripting wmii column widths with Python
I mentioned in my previous post on using wmii with Gnome that I had written a script for resizing the column widths in wmii. This is the followup post. Note, I am using the 20080520 snapshot of wmii....
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How to make urxvt look like gnome-terminal
My terminal of choice is rxvt-unicode (urxvt) because it is fast and lightweight. However, I recently opened up gnome-terminal and it was so much prettier than my urxvt. Here's how I made my urxvt look...
View ArticleHow to map Caps Lock to Escape when tapped and Control when held on Mac OS...
Escape and Control are useful keys whenusing Vim so it's nice to map them to a more convenient key like Caps Lock. I had been using Karabiner to do this, but Karabiner doesn't work on Mac OS Sierra....
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