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Best desktop environment for programming? [closed]
Currently, I am trying to learn C++. I plan on installing Linux on one of my extra laptops, just for some fun and experimentation. Now, I have seen quite a few posts on the internet asking which ...
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How does Notepad++ know to recognize the HTML and CSS in PHP files? Can I do this with PSP files?
Ok so I am trying to get Notepad++ to recognize PSP (Python Server Pages) files. I've got it to recognize Python (by adding PSP to the ext= section), however it doesn't seem to understand that Python ...
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How to Create Subdomains with CakePHP?
Does anyone know how to create a subdomain with cakephp? For example:
www.domain.com/subdomainname like this without any additional characters attached to the subdomainname.
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how to separate source code and data while minimizing directory changes during working? [closed]
This is a general software engineering problem about working on Linux. Suppose I have source code, mainly scripts. They manipulate text data, take text files as input and output. I am thinking about ...
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is there a command line interface for j(programming language)?
I wanted to start learning j, so I downloaded the osx_mac_intel 701 version and noticed that the instructions on running j is to run the jhs701, and follow the link to the webpage where we can ...
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Liquid Crystal Display Programming with Arduino? [closed]
I'm trying to get my LCD to display "Voltage = (variable)". I have it programmed to write the text and I have a pot wired to my Arduino and I'm trying to get a voltage number to come after the equals ...
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Does 7zip extract to a temporary file and then rename the temporary to the actual target?
I ask this question because I'd like to be able to unpack an archive that may also contain the very program that is calling 7zip to unpack the archive. Linux/Unix allows a file to be deleted or ...
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Outlook mail template variables
Is it possible to create variables or use any basic programming logic in an Outlook mail template? An example scenario would be creating a template for a daily report and having today's date ...
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Cygwin: Can I automatically change wa-foo-go to smart_wa_foo_go by only typing wa-foo-go?
When I type:
$ ./somescript.sh <file-script-test> wa-foo-go
I want it to change that automatically so that it thinks I typed:
$ ./somescript.sh <file-script-test> smart_wa_foo_go
or ...
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What architectural state is saved during context switch?
What architectural state is saved during context switch? As far as I know, what is saved is the following
Set of registers including PC counter
TLB (If it is not flushed...)
what else ?
Memory? ...
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How to set a color for macros inside emacs?
I would know if it is possible to set C/C++ macros to be a specific color when the files are opened in emacs.
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Batch-file to remove part of a number before passing it to an application
I've been racking my brain trying to get my softphone to dial numbers on web pages. I've gotten the browser to pass the number through to the softphone, but it adds tell:+ to the number and won't call ...
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Preserve indent space for wrapped line in Word
I like to print out my code sometimes, so I was wondering if there was a way to get Word (2007 for me) to automatically preserve the amount of tab space for the whole of a wrapped line.
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What It Takes To Create Rescue/Recovery/Reanimator USB Multi-Bootable Flash Drive?
I wanted to create rescue/recovery/reanimator USB multi-bootable flash drive a year ago. I want to create the ultimate USB flash drive that would have the most if not all important stuff very self ...
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Infrared connection with programming interface
I am looking for a way to establish infrared connection from Windows PC, with programming interface available for C/C++. I tried the following directions:
Laptop with InfraRed port: no programming ...
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Anyone know a program to outsource video/graphics rendering to other computers on LAN? [closed]
You know, turn a few computers on the same network into a sort of cluster to distribute the load of heavy 3D rendering, without losing their functionality as ordinary machines.
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Where can be found wmpiexec.exe with out installing all MPICH?
I want to use wmpiexec
for ease of creating start commands for starting my MPI app ( but not one based on MPICH package but MS MPI one (sdk + sp ) ). So where can I get wmpiexec with out ...
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Is it possible make a simple 2D game in VBScript?
I am using Windows. I know that VBScript and the actual visual basic program are not the same based on capability but is it still possible to make a simple 2D game like a Mario game in VBScript with ...
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Download direct image links in Excel 2003
I have a list of about 6,000 direct links to images in an excel sheet, and I need to download them all automatically onto my computer into a directory keeping the same file names. How do I do this? ...
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jump to file/line of current patch hunk in vim
If I'm viewing a multi-file diff in vim - for example the one produced by running :VCSDiff in a netrw buffer - and I position my cursor over a particular hunk, is there a way to jump to the affected ...
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Measuring reaction time — ensuring accuracy of data
I intend to write a program that will measure reaction time. I'm not sure yet about the programming language I'll use. The program will be used as part of a psychology experiment. Ideally, I'd like ...
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OpenMP and parallellization problem
I am doing research on computational electromagnetics laboratory with supercomputers. Here, we are working with clusters to solve problems includes over 500M unknowns. At this point we have a problem ...
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Do dVCS/git systems also manage incremental file changes
... or do they only manage full "commits"? (by full commits, I mean to say only the working/final files for a given snapshot.)
I am needing to learn some kind of VCS as I venture into application ...
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VIM: Edit code with specific formatting options, save/commit with different formatting options
Rarely will a team of programmers agree on formatting options such as tabs vs. spaces, opening curly brackets on newlines, and other options. Is there a way to have VIM parse a file (even through an ...
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I'm looking for a text-manipulation app for Mac
I'm wondering if anyone knows of an app that would allow me to auto-sequence massive lists and the like. I'm finding it hard to explain! Basically I would like to do stuff like:
<p ...
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Textmate single quotes autoclosure
I’m using Textmate 1.5.10 on OSX Lion, and for some weird reason I don‘t get autocomplete for single quotes ('). Double quotes (") work fine.
Since I personally prefer to use single quotes whenever I ...
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Does a compiled software contain binary 0 and 1?
I know that after compiling a software or application, its code is converted into the machine language.
Does a compiled software contain a binary 0 and 1?
What happens after compiling a software? Is ...
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Can I higlight brackets / parenthesis pairings by clicking on them in Textmate?
I recently started using Textmate, and I am loving it. I come from Notepad ++, and there is only one thing I miss: the ability to click on a bracket or parenthesis and highlighting the opening and ...
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Explaining Git to someone new to revision control
I've recently decided to jump into the whole world of revision control to work on some open source projects I have. I looked around (subversion, mercurial, git, etc) and found that Git seemed to make ...
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Batch moving files to another folder/directory in Windows?
I am getting an error message to the effect of unable to move files to a single file. I am not trying to do this. What I am trying to do is move files from one folder to another folder (staging) and ...
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Writing an “event board” heads up display, status board type program?
I'm interested in writing the software that controls one of those event boards, you know the kind I'm talking about, like the status board that they have over at Panic. Anyways I'd like it to display ...
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GitHub and Netbeans Git Plugin
I'm having trouble using the git plugin (via "Plugin Portal" v 0.2.8). I am really just having trouble in general using this all together.
Does anyone have any suggestions for integrating NetBeans ...
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Vim not loading colorscheme
I just switched form Espresso to Vim for my programming work. I'm using the pre-installed version of Vim on my OS X 10.6. I changed the vimrc file in /usr/share/vim to:
" Configuration file for vim
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Shortcut to insert comments on TextMate?
In Coda I can make a selection (of code) and press Cmd+/ and it will comment it. If I'm in an HTML section it will use <!-- --> and if I'm in a PHP section it will use /* */.
I enjoyed this but ...
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Set up and work with PHP as a beginner
I'm trying to start learning PHP. I've checked out many references but most of them focus on coding.
My questions are:
How can I set up my system to run a PHP project (Apache or IIS)?
In which ...
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Mapping keys in VIM on Mac
Thanks to Mark for answering my original question, but it seems I am stuck once again.
I'm trying to reassign the keys for switching between Windows to be more intuitive. I've found that you should ...
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How does one switch between windows on VIM?
I'm using both Vim and MacVim (or well, trying to). I installed the Tagbar plugin but find it impossible to switch to the actual Tagbar window to make my selection.
I've been reading loads about ...
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how can I make vim show the current class and method I'm editing
Does anyone know if it's possible (or know of an existing vim script or plugin) that can create a "status bar" that shows the name of the current class and method (or function) I'm editing?
I'm ...
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Das Keyboard: M key stopped working properly
I have a das keyboard where the M key doesn't respond very well anymore, it is a bit random really..
Any ideas on how to clean the contact of the key so it should become more responsive again?
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How to setup TextMate to work with Haskel
I am new to mac, and am in the process of getting my computer setup with all the programs I need, one of them being Haskell.
To my surprise, the Haskell platform for OS X is not like in Windows ...
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Add GCC into Netbeans
I want to make programs in Netbeans (C++ language), but Netbeans doesn't detect C++ libraries and compiler.
How can I add GCC into Netbeans?
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Textmate not opening at all on Mac OS X
This is a very simple and strange error - Textmate is not opening at all. I have a license fully paid for, I checked my Mac OS X activity monitor and there is no Textmate process running.
Is there a ...
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Configuring Eclipse with EclipseFP Plugin
I just installed the EclipseFP plugin into my Eclipse setup (on Win7 32bit, if that matters), following the instructions. Then I followed the directions in the Eclipse help docs to create a Hello ...
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Using (embedding?) wireshark in a C application for sniffing
I'm writing a C/C++ application which needs (among other things) to sniff packets and save the output in a file. This file will be read and processed by wireshark after a few days, using a LUA script ...
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Does programmable hardware exist to allow hardware to be programmed by computers?
I am a programmer and I have never really dealt with the hardware of anything, only software. I want to start building things that I can control from my computer using programming. My question is are ...
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Solutions for one-handed typing on a regular keyboard
Are there any well-estabilished solutions for using a computer efficiently with the left hand on the keyboard exclusively, and the right on the mouse; optimized for, but not limited to programming?
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Multiple foldmethods in vim
I use the folding option of vim quite a lot, and have usually set foldmethod to syntax. Recently I discovered that it is possible to add custom folds, such that I can put whole blocks in /*{{{*/ and ...
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How to create a new Xcode project with existing files?
I'm currently using XCode 3.2, and I am already working on my existing project using the terminal and vim. Files/folders that already exists are:
C source files
C header files
makefile
bash script ...
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Cobbling together a programmable digital picture frame
I'm looking to throw together an ultra-thin, programmable, "display" that's sufficiently light weight so as to be wall-mountable.
Think digital picture frame, but a proper (very low power) computer.
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Detecting USB connection automatically in a network
I am having one network in my home(10 machines) with all machines are configured with Windows XP.
I want to get an automatic log from all users in the network if anybody access their USB drive.
I ...
