The Vim plugin directory under ~/.vim seems messy—a plugin has different files in different directories and the files from different plugins are put together. This is hard to add/remove plugins. Is there any better method for managing them? I use pathogen and am very happy with it. After installing pathogen, any plugins you want to…
By default, Vim/Vi’s search is case sensitive. However, if I want to search case insensitively, is there any method? For example, I search for dog, instead of matching dog only case sensitively, I also want to find out phases containing Dog, DOg, etc. There are several methods: 1. Setting the search to be case insensitive…
I merge a branch, say b1, from another branch, say b2. Both b1 and b2 have some commits. Say, b1: c1 —> c2 —> c3 b2: c1 —> c4 —> c5 Now, if I merge b2 to b1 and there is no conflicts, b1’s history includes b2’s commits (c4, c5). How to revert this merge…
How to install php on Apache on Fedora? The basic support (basic PHP support, no caching, etc.) should be enough. First, install Apache2 (httpd): # yum install httpd Then, enable php support: # yum install php Remember to restart httpd after you install php: # service httpd restart
I have a local svn repository. I work in the repository, e.g. compiling latex documents and building software packages, and there are many useless temporary files there. How can I clean it up by automatically clean these temporary files like the git clean -f in git? svn seems has no built-in function for this. But…
I made some changes to /etc/sysctl.conf. I know it will take effect next time Linux boots. However, how to make the changes to sysctl.conf take effect without rebooting Linux? You can force Linux to reload the new configuration in /etc/sysctl.conf by: execute the following command as root: sysctl -p For more details, check the manual…
I find one disk failed on my server which have several ones installed. I know the disk’s name in Linux (e.g. sda, sdb). However, the Linux disk name to SATA port mapping does not follow the same order. Now, I want to find out the failed disks. How to quickly find out them and which…
How to disable directory listing using .htaccess? The webserver (Apache) should allow downloading files in a directory and child directories of it but forbid listing of the directory and child directories. In the directory that you want to disable directory listing, create the .htaccess file that contains: Options -Indexes You can also done by Options…
I got a message: Package subcaption Error: `caption’ package not loaded I guess that I should install the cpaton package. How to install the caption latex package on Fedora? Fedora 19 is already shipped with the latex Tex Live 2013. You can directly install it by yum. # yum install texlive-caption For older Fedora releases,…
I made some changes in my local copy of the svn repository. I have not committed and updated the server yet. Now I want to discard my updates. How to revert my changes in my local copy of the repository? To discard current updates, run this in the root directory of the repository: svn revert…
How to list a page’s child pages in WordPress? wp_list_pages can list the sub pages of a page. Check this code (also include the HTML that wraps it as an example): <h3>Pages under <?php the_title(); ?></h3> <div class=”entry”> <ul> <?php global $id; wp_list_pages(“title_li=&child_of=$id&show_date=modified &date_format=$date_format”); ?> </ul> </div>
Any good tutorial on how to install and configure a MySQL cluster on CentOS/RHEL 6.3? Check these posts: Installing MySQL Cluster on CentOS 6.3Configuring the MySQL Cluster General tutorials: MySQL Cluster Installation and CentOS 6: Install MySQL Cluster – The Simple Way.
When I add an image in editor using the markdown syntax, I want to control the size of the image to display instead of its original size. How should I do this? As far as I know, the syntax of markdown currently does not support setting the size of image. If you want to set…
How to set a local branch’s upstream tracking branch in git? For example, I want to track remote repository ‘origin’ ‘s branch ‘demo’ with the local ‘demo’ branch. You can set tracking information for the current branch (say cur_branch) of upstream branch (say also cur_branch) in remote repository origin with: git branch –set-upstream cur_branch origin/cur_branch
How to make a swap partition on Linux? First, make a new partition (or reuse an existing one if you like). I suggest using cfdisk to create it: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-cfdisk/ Then, turn the new partition (say, /dev/sdc1) to a swap # mkswap /dev/sdc1 Lastly, turn it on # swapon /dev/sdc1 You can check whether its status…
How to set swap priority in Linux? Can I use 2 swap partition at the same time? You can set the priority of swap in Linux by swapon. For example, to set /dev/sdc1‘s priority to 0: # swapoff /dev/sdc1; swapon -p 0 /dev/sdc1 You can also put one entry into the /etc/fstab to make it…
How to capture a photo with the remote adapter? You can take a shot by taping the volume-up button of the remote adapter on the earphone. In this way, you can achieve supersteady shots using the earphones as a shutter release.
I want to automatically run a program when I log in gnome. How to write a autorun script for it? Here is one example: $ cat ~/.config/autostart/dropbox.py.desktop [Desktop Entry] Comment[en_US]= Comment= Exec=/home/zma/bin/dropbox.py start GenericName[en_US]= GenericName= Icon=system-run MimeType= Name[en_US]= Name= Path= StartupNotify=true Terminal=false TerminalOptions= Type=Application X-DBUS-ServiceName= X-DBUS-StartupType= X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false X-KDE-Username= To set up a new one, you…
Each time I play a video and lock the iPhone by pushing the power button, the video is automatically stopped. If I want to play a MTV and just listen to the music when I walking, I’d like the video play in the background. Is there a method to make this happen? I can do…
Some tutorials or materials for designing posters? Designing conference posters by Colin Purrington: http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign Scribus – an open source desktop publishing tool: http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Inkscape is a good tool for editing vector figures. GIMP is a great tool for editing images.