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Completing avfs fake directories in zsh
How can I tweak zsh's completion system to complete “fake” files in some circumstances?
More precisely, the AVFS filesystem exposes archives as directories by creating a “fake directory” next to ...
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How to fix tab completion so it doesn't hide entries?
I'm using oh-my-zsh on Mac OS X with homebrew'ed zsh 4.3.12. I stumbled recently on a weird problem. In scripts/not-used I have several .R files:
breakdowns.R eventloop.R ...
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Keymapping problem when working with Emacs and Openbox
I have an Apple keyboard and I had to do some remapping of the keys to make the mod-4 key the first key to the left of the Space bar for when working with Emacs. The below script worked fine when I ...
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Hiding the mouse cursor dynamically when using the touchscreen
I have a touchscreen laptop and I want to hide the pointer whenever I touch the screen. I am aware of solutions like unclutter and startx -nocursor but I want the pointer to hide/show dynamically, ...
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Debian systems seems to recognize speakers but not the headphones for Lenovo laptops
First of All, I know there are lot of questions out there on same topic but still I could not figure out the solution. Being a average system level programmer (beginner in kernel programming) I would ...
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How do I use the TPM to seal away data on an UEFI booted system?
I would like to seal away files on my system using keys stored in the TPM.
Since my system uses UEFI to boot, I can no longer use TrustedGrub as a boot loader to maintain my trust chain.
Are there any ...
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When do I need to specify add_efi_memmap as kernel argument in UEFI/EFI boot?
I am reading some tutorials how to EFI stub (efistub) load the Linux kernel. These instructions often use kernel boot parameter add_efi_memmap. The intended hardware is Intel x64 having 8GB of RAM. My ...
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Linux kernel dropping custom keyboard scan codes
I have a vintage IBM 122 key model M keyboard that I am adapting for use on a modern computer. I am using a Teensy 2.0 to do the encoding and to handle the USB side of things. I borrowed the firmware ...
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Why does mutt keep asking for imap username and password?
Unsetting mutt's configuration variables imap_user, imap_pass (and perhaps preconnect, imap_authenticators as well) via an account-hook . "unset ... " call, seems to be common practice, if not a ...
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Display problem - Random grid appears on screen
I have recently started using Arch with nvidia driver (I had a lot of problems getting nouveau to even work so I decided to try nvidia) and I started experiencing rather odd problems. Every now and ...
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Escape sequences in output of script called from ncurses application
I'm currently running mcabber as my Jabber client (which uses ncurses) in a tmux session on my homeserver. Locally i run iTerm2 as a terminal emulator, which supports the triggering of growl ...
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What terminal emulators support tmux control mode?
tmux has its control mode, activated with -CC, to allow the terminal emulator to control tmux. iTerm2 uses this to great effect for allowing tmux windows to appear as separate iTerm windows.
Are ...
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Why does oot say “hey” in usleep -o?
On a Centos 6.6 box I noticed this...
[root@abcd /]# usleep --help
Usage: usleep [microseconds]
-v, --version Display the version of this program, and exit
-o, --oot oot says hey!
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Middle-click scrolling with ThinkPad/avoid pasting
I have a ThinkPad USB keyboard, and I want to be able to use the middle click both for pasting and scrolling.
This works on my ThinkPad laptop. On the laptop, if the middle click button is held for ...
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How do I let an SDL app (not running as root) use the console
I want to use an SDL-based program to display graphics on the console, without having to log on from the console, and without running the program as root. For example, I want to be able to run it via ...
