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Adobe Flash Player 11 beta out – no more npviewer.bin process sucking CPU resource?

July 14, 2011 – 4:53 pm

Adobe Flash Flash Player 11 beta is [out](http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Adobe-Flash-Player-11-beta/). I immediately installed it per [these](http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/adobe-releases-flash-player-11-beta.html) instructions after downloading the binaries [here](http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer11.html) (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 »

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File associations in Linux (Gnome and Mailcap)

March 3, 2011 – 10:46 am

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](http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-51012.html) 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 »

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emacs keybindings in firefox via KeySnail

November 10, 2010 – 9:33 pm

Although [conkeror](http://conkeror.org/) is my default web browser, I do use Firefox and Chromium sometimes. Found [KeySnail](http://wiki.github.com/mooz/keysnail/) on the StumpWM [wiki](http://stumpwm.antidesktop.net/wiki/Stump-friendly_Tools). 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!

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StumpWM

November 10, 2010 – 5:27 pm

Since Canonical decided to ship Ubuntu with [Unity](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity) as opposed to [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org/) as the default desktop in their [next](http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/shuttleworth-unity-shell-will-be-default-desktop-in-ubuntu-1104.ars) release, I decided to take a look at [StumpWM](http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/) again. Although I like keyboard driven apps like [emacs](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/), [conkeror](http://conkeror.org), and [screen](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/), GNOME with [Tracker](http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/) + [deskbar-applet](http://projects.gnome.org/deskbar-applet/) (similar to Mac OS X’s Spotlight) has been sufficient; I read more »

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Emacs’ universal/prefix argument

October 20, 2010 – 1:53 pm

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](http://emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-handy-key-bindings.html) 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 »

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stumpwm on mac os x

October 11, 2009 – 11:44 pm

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 »

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make java work in conkeror (xulrunner) in mac os x

August 21, 2009 – 10:08 pm

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 »

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global environment variables (like PATH) in mac os x via environment.plist and /etc/launchd.conf

August 13, 2009 – 9:15 pm

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 »

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emacs-style web browser: Conkeror

June 20, 2009 – 5:05 pm

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 »

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