Adobe Flash Flash Player 11 beta is out. I immediately installed it per these instructions after downloading the binaries here (via the ~/.mozilla/plugins method). I am so sick of the npviewer.bin process always sucking up my CPU resource. So far, I don’t notice this issue anymore. I really dislike the fact that Adobe doesn’t bother… Read more »
File associations in Linux can be tricky. On my Gnome-based Ubuntu machine, I can associate a filetype by right-clicking a file in Nautilus, and slecting “Open with”. To modify the defaults using config files, this post describes it well. Basically, the two main locations to check out are /usr/share/applications/defaults.list and ~/.local/share/applications/. File associations made using… Read more »
Although conkeror is my default web browser, I do use Firefox and Chromium sometimes. Found KeySnail on the StumpWM wiki. It let’s me define keybindings in Firefox (default setup has emacs-like keybindings). Now Firefox won’t close when I accidentally press C-q (customized to “unfocus”) and I can use “C-v” and “M-v” when paging through. Cool!
Since Canonical decided to ship Ubuntu with Unity as opposed to GNOME as the default desktop in their next release, I decided to take a look at StumpWM again. Although I like keyboard driven apps like emacs, conkeror, and screen, GNOME with Tracker + deskbar-applet (similar to Mac OS X’s Spotlight) has been sufficient; I… Read more »
I’ve used C-u as a prefix to many key presses in emacs and conkeror before. I never really knew what it did. Recently, I read this that show you how to repeat commands by typing M-#, where # is a number such as 5 or 100, before a command, such as C-n or 0. I’ve… Read more »
stumpwm is to window managing (tiling?) system what emacs is to text editing and conkeror is to web browsing. very cool. if i was on a linux laptop/desktop like i used to be, i would definitely use this. i’m even debating on quitting my mac os x for this (with emacs and conkeror). however, i… Read more »
so i recently tried screenr and screenjelly to make screencasts. one problem, the java didn’t load in my conkeror. it says i need to to install it. however, when i tried them in firefox and safari, things were working. must mean conkeror isn’t finding it. emailed the conkeror list, got one feedback, googled for help…. Read more »
so, through my journey of getting emacs 23 and conkeror to work on mac os x, i’ve discovered that PATH is not defined for native mac gui apps. details of the journey can be found in this post of mine’s. now, to sum it up, to get PATH or other env variables working in mac… Read more »
I remember back then when I used Kubuntu, I love Konqueror because I can hit Ctrl and all the links would be highlighted. I just need to type the letters corresponding to the link and Konqueror would take me to that link. I love it because I didnt have to use my mouse or touchpad…. Read more »