Emacs highlighting part of lines that go over 80 chars

How to make Emacs highlighting part of lines that go over 80 chars? I use the whitespace mode: ;; `lines-tail`, highlight the part that goes beyond the ;; limit of `whitespace-line-column` (require ‘whitespace) (setq whitespace-style ‘(face empty tabs lines-tail trailing)) (global-whitespace-mode t) More: https://github.com/zma/emacs-config/blob/master/.emacs Alternatively, you can run highlight-lines-matching-regexp with the expression .{81}. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6344474/how-can-i-make-emacs-highlight-lines-that-go-over-80-chars

How to convert between dos and unix file coding in Emacs?

How to convert between dos and unix file coding for files in Emacs? From Dos to Unix coding: M-x set-buffer-file-coding-system RET undecided-unix or C-x RET f undecided-unix Then save the file (C-x C-s). From Unix to Dos M-x set-buffer-file-coding-system RET undecided-dos or C-x RET f undecided-dos Then save the file (C-x C-s).

How to change the window title font family and size in Gnome 3?

It was ever possible to set it in gnome-teak-tool. However, in the latest Gnome 3, it disappears. Is there any other way to set it? The configuration is the org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences titlebar-font under dconf. You can use dconf-editor to find the appropriate key entry and set it. Or use gsettings: $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences titlebar-font ‘Sans…

Installing WordPress in a sub directory while working for the whole site

How to install WordPress in a sub directory while working for the whole site? Putting the WordPress files in the root directory seems messy. A method is introduced here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory The process to move WordPress into its own directory is as follows: Create the new location for the core WordPress files to be stored (we…

Sending emails securely

Sending emails securely is needed for certain situations, such as sending my bank account to my wife, giving my account password to my close friend for a while. How to send it? Regarding the recent US PRISM program, it is an important issue. Seeing your solution, a few of my own popped up. Here are…

Where are the backup files of my iPhone by iTune and how to get the real files from them?

I backup my iPhone with iTune to my local computer. Where can I find out the backup files of my iPhone by iTune? And how to get the real files (like songs, notes, etc.) from the backup files? The location of the backup files from iTune It depends on the computer’s operating system: Mac: ~/Library/Application…

How to install the MATE fork of Gnome 2 on Fedora 17?

I miss Gnome 2. How to install the MATE fork of Gnome 2 on Fedora 17? MATE is already included into Fedora 17’s repository and is an official feature of Fedora 18. To install MATE on Fedora 17 # yum install @mate-desktop To install softwares usually needed: # yum install mate-media mate-screensaver mate-system-monitor mate-power-manager mate-utils…

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Where Does Evolution Save Its Data and Configuration Files on Linux?

Evolution is a great personal information management tool that provides Email, address book and calendar tools. Evolution provides many enterprise friendly feature such as native support to Microsoft Exchange connectivity for Emails, address books and calendars. Evolution uses various ways including plain files and dconf configuration systems. This post will give an introduction to the…

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Notes for Beginners of Software Development on Linux

Linux is a great platform for software development targeting servers or backends. In general, working on Linux is very productive. The problem that beginners on Linux face is the the learning curve is steep at the beginning. But believe me, after you get through the initial green steep learning step as in the figure below…

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How to Change the DPI of Images Exported from Slides in PowerPoint

PowerPoint uses 96 dots per inch (dpi) by default when you export a slide. The DPI of the images like .tif ones exported from PowerPoint are always 96. In the options of PowerPoint, there is a setting for choosing DPIs. However, it have no effect. For some needs like images for printing posters, larger DPIs…