Alpine IMAP without a password
After a bit of searching, I could not find Maildir support in Alpine although it does support IMAP over SSL nicely as did Pine.I found it was as simple as checking that ssh via key (as apposed to...
View ArticleApt (Debian Packaging) proper clean
By default "apt-get remove package" doesn't purge everything related to the package. This eventually means that a log of configuration files are left scattered around the place with no corresponding...
View ArticleBackspace in vi / vim on Cygwin broken?
If your delete key terminal code is wrong, but the code for backspace is alright, you can put this in your .vimrc::fixdelThis works no matter what the actual code for backspace is.
View ArticleConfigure sudo without password for a user
If you'd prefer not to have to type a password to execute commands as root with sudoEdit the /etc/sudoers #visudo or #vi /etc/sudoersadd a line for your user in this case mine is "chris"chris...
View ArticleScreen and irssi init script for debian / ubuntu
Here it is, be sure to change the USER variable and make sure you irssi config is set up to to what you need.to access type 'screen -x irc'read more
View ArticleMidnight Commander - Awesome in {{{ Widescreen }}}
Finally upgraded my LCD monitor to LGW2242T FLATRON Widescreen -- cannot get the colours right and IMHO it truly is not suited to professional graphics but MC rocks! As does the IDE, for super long...
View ArticleSearch and Replace MySQL
Performing a case-sensitive search-and-replace through a table is easy with MySQL when you know how.UPDATE table_name SET table_field = REPLACE(table_field, 'replace_that', 'with_this');This has proved...
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