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Miek Gieben5951d448Vim and GPG
This info can also be found on the Internet, but I thought I compile it here too. Problem You want to save something (say passwords) in a file and protect the file with a master password (say with your PGP/GPG key)....
Miek Gieben5954d426f()
You all, of course, know about the fc command. From bash s help system: fc: fc [-e ename] [-nlr] [first] [last] or fc -s [pat=rep] [cmd] fc is used to list or edit and re-execute commands from the history list. FIRST and...
Miek Gieben5954d553f()
You all, of course, know about the fc command. From bash's help system: fc: fc [-e ename] [-nlr] [first] [last] or fc -s [pat=rep] [cmd] fc is used to list or edit and re-execute commands from the history list. FIRST...
Miek Gieben5954d467f()
You all, of course, know about the fc command. From bash's help system: fc: fc [-e ename] [-nlr] [first] [last] or fc -s [pat=rep] [cmd] fc is used to list or edit and re-execute commands from the history list. FIRST...
Miek Gieben5958d377XFCE to Xmonad and back again
Well, after giving Xmonad a chance I ve reverted back to XFCE. This time with a 1-pixel wide window decoration. Short story: I really like the tiling of Xmonad (or any other tiling window manager). But you do miss some...
Miek Gieben5958d623XFCE to Xmonad and back again
Well, after giving Xmonad a chance I've reverted back to XFCE. This time with a 1-pixel wide window decoration. Short story: I really like the tiling of Xmonad (or any other tiling window manager). But you do miss some...
Miek Gieben5958d502XFCE to Xmonad and back again
Well, after giving Xmonad a chance I've reverted back to XFCE. This time with a 1-pixel wide window decoration. Short story: I really like the tiling of Xmonad (or any other tiling window manager). But you do miss some...
Miek Gieben5966d498zsh prompt, part 2
Every now and then I get the prompt-itch and then I need to tweak my prompt again :) Of course I m very happy with the way my prompt was. My idea of a good prompt is to be as short as possible and still be informative...
Miek Gieben5966d596zsh prompt, part 2
Every now and then I get the 'prompt-itch' and then I need to tweak my prompt again :) Of course I'm very happy with the way my prompt was. My idea of a good prompt is to be as short as possible and still be...
Miek Gieben5966d455zsh prompt, part 2
Every now and then I get the 'prompt-itch' and then I need to tweak my prompt again :) Of course I'm very happy with the way my prompt was. My idea of a good prompt is to be as short as possible and still be...
Miek Gieben5966d469a new LaTeX style
I ve created a new latex style to mimic some old school UNIX manuals I ve been reading the past few months. It s a very plain style that keeps out of your face. This in contrast with the blockbook style This is how it...
Miek Gieben5967d621a new LaTeX style
I've created a new latex style to mimic some old school UNIX manuals I've been reading the past few months. It's a very plain style that keeps out of your face. This in contrast with the blockbook style This is how it...
Miek Gieben5967d464a new LaTeX style
I've created a new latex style to mimic some old school UNIX manuals I've been reading the past few months. It's a very plain style that keeps out of your face. This in contrast with the blockbook style This is how it...
Miek Gieben5970d396XFS corrupt again
Hmmm, this is the second time in 1 year that I had a corrupt filesystem on my raid partition. I saw no other option than mke2fs -j /dev/md7. My first problem with XFS started on my fileserver, which only had 256 MB of...
Miek Gieben5970d637XFS corrupt again
Hmmm, this is the second time in 1 year that I had a corrupt filesystem on my raid partition. I saw no other option than mke2fs -j /dev/md7 . My first problem with XFS started on my fileserver, which only had 256 MB of...
Miek Gieben5970d484XFS corrupt again
Hmmm, this is the second time in 1 year that I had a corrupt filesystem on my raid partition. I saw no other option than mke2fs -j /dev/md7 . My first problem with XFS started on my fileserver, which only had 256 MB of...
Miek Gieben5973d468Giving GNOME the boot
The GNOME decadence thread got me thinking. What does GNOME give me? (I consider myself a hardcore UNIX user). Well it gives a nice interface with a nice terminal implementation (gnome-terminal). Further more with the...
Miek Gieben5973d624Giving GNOME the boot
The GNOME decadence thread got me thinking. What does GNOME give me? (I consider myself a hardcore UNIX user). Well... it gives a nice interface with a nice terminal implementation (gnome-terminal). Further more with the...
Miek Gieben5973d468Giving GNOME the boot
The GNOME decadence thread got me thinking. What does GNOME give me? (I consider myself a hardcore UNIX user). Well... it gives a nice interface with a nice terminal implementation (gnome-terminal). Further more with the...
Miek Gieben5982d413git quick ref
I m publishing this for my own future reference. A short usage guide on git for an ex-svn addict. goal client server init .git repo git init git init start remote repo git clone ssh://server add a file git add $file git...
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