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Quick Tip: Ubiquity Commands in the Wild

I recently started adding ubiquity plugins for quickly looking up documentation while I am doing development. Mozilla has compiled a great list of ubiquity commands that can assist in programming language documentation along with other categories on their wiki. In addition to those listed on that site, I have come across a few other useful ones for programming languages:

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FRI NOV 14, 08

Quick Tip: Resources and References for Learning and Using Emacs Key Bindings

I am by no means an expert at Emacs, however, while learning LISP I have picked up a lot of neat tricks that can be done in emacs to make editing much easier and faster. Below are a few resources and references I have found that have helped me discover all sorts of key bindings I had no idea existed.

GNU Emacs Manual
Stephe's introduction and customization for GNU emacs
Emacs Commands List
A good reference split into sections by function.
emacs-keybindings-table
A very comprehensive list of emacs key-bindings, sorted alphabetically. Google the "function name" to find example usage ...
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FRI OCT 24, 08

Quick Tip: Using Synergy to Control Multiple Computers with a Single Keyboard and Mouse

One of my good friends has been telling me about synergy for a good while now but I never took a chance to try it out. After using it for only a few minutes I must say it is incredible. Synergy allows you to control multiple computers by setting up a server and clients; mouse and keyboard commands are sent to the server and then sent out to the appropriate client, allowing a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers, even with multiple operating systems. You can find a more detailed description of what synergy does here.

Setting up ...

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SAT OCT 18, 08