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ABLEConf 2009

Posted on October 18, 2009 by bill

Free. Saturday, October 24, 2009… 10am to 4pm at the University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix (Baseline Rd. just west of I-10). A full day of presentations and participation on free software. More info: http://www.ableconf.com/ Update: A good time and … Continue reading →

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Gimp 2.6 Toolbox is always in the way

Posted on September 11, 2009 by bill

The biggest frustration with Gimp 2.6 has been that pesky toolbox window always in the way over what I’m working on. Turns out it’s easy to make it act sanely. Try this: Go to Edit; Preferences; click Window Management; and … Continue reading →

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Emacs soft word wrapping

Posted on October 2, 2008 by admin

If you’re frustrated with Emacs’ default behavior of displaying \ characters when wrapping long lines, try this: M-x longlines-mode M-x longlines-show-hard-newlines This only changes the way your file is displayed — it does not insert or remove anything from the … Continue reading →

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