To get the Emacs key bindings (especially, Ctrl-a to go to beginning of line, Ctrl-e to end of line) systemwide, e.g. in Firefox, you use: gconf-editor and change the setting desktop → gnome → interface → gtk_key_theme from “Default” to “Emacs”.
Whenever I forgot to plug in my keyboard before booting my Dell desktop, it would halt with the amusing error message: Keybard failure. Press F1 to continue, F2 for setup. When I was at home, I could just plug in the keyboard and hit F1, but when I was trying to boot the computer remotely […]
I want to use ~/firefox/firefox as my default browser. (I have an older version of Firefox installed system-wide, and 2.0 in my home dir). I think I set this somewhere in XFCE, and it works fine for most apps. However, some apps (e.g. xpdf) still use Konqueror — yikes (takes a long time to start […]
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I’ve just set up an acount with www.citeulike.org to keep track of papers. Speaking from my first impressions, here are some advantages and disadvantages: Advantages: Clear and intuitive layout Can import and export BibTeX references. Can export EndNote and RSS. Lets you manually edit BibTeX citation keys (unlike Connotea). Lets you upload a personal .pdf […]