mcp
C, Python.
Linux, Dvorak.
There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
- C.A.R. Hoare, The 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey
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Question What partition type should I use for FAT partitions such that Linux and Windows systems both recognize the drive? Notes I am partitioning the drive with fdisk and making the filesystem ...
1 answer · posted 1y ago by mcp · last activity 1y ago by Ullallulloo
How can I convert PDF to docx using the terminal or a Linux app? The output docx must be formatted with editable text. Some alternative solutions I've seen online using soffice and abiword output...
2 answers · posted 11mo ago by mcp · last activity 11mo ago by samcarter
Where can I find documentation on double asterisk in glob expansion? It is discussed in the .gitignore section of Pro Git. It works in ls **/* to list all terminal files. It is supported by py...
2 answers · posted 3mo ago by mcp · last activity 3mo ago by Kamil Maciorowski
Problem I want to set a global keyboard rate for both the X session and the console that persists for external keyboards, across plug-ins and removals. To my understanding, Xorg and console sett...
0 answers · posted 9mo ago by mcp · edited 9mo ago by Quasímodo
Question How can I view storage usage breakdown by media type? MWE Notes Commandline would be great, but open to anything.
0 answers · posted 8mo ago by mcp · last activity 6mo ago by matthewsnyder
If I want to yank my last command I can UP yy, but this does not copy to the system clipboard. How do I configure my terminal to copy to the system clipboard so I can paste into other programs? ...
1 answer · posted 1y ago by mcp · last activity 1y ago by deleted user
MWE To reproduce: Add bindkey -v to your ~/.zshrc. Invoke python interpreter: python. Type something into the prompt without hitting ENTER: this = "this" + "that". Press ESC and try any vim ...
Question What is the simplest way to change the cursor to indicate vim mode when using zsh? Notes I want it to show as a vertical line in insert mode and a block in normal mode. This is the cur...
1 answer · posted 10mo ago by mcp · last activity 8mo ago by GoldenGold
Using For the console: /etc/vconsole.conf ---- KEYMAP=dvorak For X Session: .xinitrc ---- setxkbmap -layout us -variant dvorak & Problem For the console, it applies the dvorak lay...

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