awesome global shortcut
The awesome window
manager does not
provide GUI
configuration tool.
Here is a litte how to to provide a feature using global shortcut,
illustrated with wolume control.
Defining and identifying the feature and the shortcut
The wanted feature is usually accessible via the
CLI . For …
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random unix notes (part II)
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Specific file descriptor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]
Few weeks ago, I wrote down about some unix tools. Here are some other multiple process using the same stdout/stdin file desricptor.
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Conference posters
Few weeks ago, I wrote about mindmap in
. Now I want to precise few ideas and to have all key ideas
visible in one sight. I think the best layout is similar to a conference
poster:
- key ideas are easily seen few meters away …
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quick and easy calendar
A quick post to share something I was looking for for several month: a
quick way to see a calendar.
A simple tool using the command line
interface is
the `cal <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_%28Unix%29>`__ command
that display a calendar in …
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this morning thought
Pour toi qui est touché, par ces rafales d’horreur
Pour toi qui est tombé, et pour toi qui a peur
Pour toi je vais danser, la rage de vivre au ventre
Pour toi je vais lutter contre cette épouvante
Le poing plein de colère, et les yeux plein de …
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LaTeX paragraph trick
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It may be hard to use \par\noindent to begin a paragraph without indentation just after a \section or \paragraph command. One can think of letting a blank line, but this may not work. A trick is …
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LaTeX mindmap
The canonical way to draw a mindmap in seems to be using the
ad-hoc tikz module.
Quick beginner guide
- use the tikz package adding in the preamble usepackage{tikz}
- load the mindmap module using usetikzlibrary{mindmap}
- begin your tikz picture with begin{tikzpicture}[mindmap] (you may
add others options) and …
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search engine part II
Few month ago, I wrote a post about
search engines . I
recently tested a meta-engine. I think it is time for an update. This
search engine is searx .
installation
There is a AUR package called searx-git . I just
installed it as an AUR. No unusual difficulties …
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vim spell checker
The official documentation of the vim spell checker is available on the vimdoc website. This is an extract to go through this process as quicker as I can:
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import photos from webservices
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(Photo) Importation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption]
The problem I faced is a friend sharing photos only on facebook. The problem could have been on other web platform offering the ability to share medias such as photos and videos. The solution I found …
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