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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

XMLStarlet: command line XML toolkit

cviorel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:43:54 +0000

XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files using …