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Disable recent documents in Gtk2/Gtk3

cviorel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:20:01 +0000

Use the following to disable recent documents in Gtk2/Gtk3: echo 'gtk-recent-files-max-age=0' | tee -a $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 echo 'gtk-recent-files-max-age=0' | tee -a $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini The ugly part is that there is no way one can disable ‘Recently Used’ in the GtkFileChooser dialog box.

Quick way to convert Mbox mailboxes to Maildir format

cviorel — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:00:54 +0000

A quick way to convert Mbox mailboxes to Mbox format

Bash script to backup my configs (dotfiles)

cviorel — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:42:41 +0000

I needed some script to take care of my config files and put them in a single directory. So here it is. #!/bin/bash # Display All Hidden Dot Files In a Directory # ls -a | egrep "^\." > …

Moved to ArchLinux!

cviorel — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:04:33 +0000

Moved my ThinkPad T61 to ArchLinux! (Still using Ubuntu on many other machines.) Screenshot: I will post some install script I used to configure my system.

Liferea custom stylesheet

cviorel — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:52:18 +0000

I don’t like very much the default font used by Liferea, so I decided to use my custom font. Here is how: 1. Copy the default stylesheet to liferea folder in my $HOME: cp /usr/share/liferea/css/liferea.css $HOME/.liferea_1.6 2. Add this: * …

Ubuntu Kindle eBooks

cviorel — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:42:33 +0000

Need some great Ubuntu eBooks to read on your Kindle? Look no further. Keir Thomas has some excellent guides for you.

Beautify SQL code

cviorel — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:26:29 +0000

Recently I had the oportunity to test SQL Pretty Printer (Add-In for SSMS). I don’t have to waste time formatting long sql queries. In no time, SQL Pretty Printer does the job for me. It can also translate the sql …

Just installed Archlinux on my ThinkPad T61

cviorel — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:31:12 +0000

archlinux, linux

Quick gnome tweaks

cviorel — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:33:33 +0000

Here are some tweaks for your gnome: Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively: gconftool-2 -R / Change GDM font: sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/document_font_name "Ubuntu" sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ …

Set default gnome terminal size in Lucid Lynx

cviorel — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:28:03 +0000

Use these commands to change the default gnome terminal size: gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_columns \ --type integer 160 gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_rows \ --type integer 50