A journal of my take on this wacky world » Linux http://blog.wlindley.com "De molestus, opportunitas." (From the annoying, comes opportunity) Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:22:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta4 ABLEConf 2009 http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/10/ableconf-2009/ http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/10/ableconf-2009/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:52:22 +0000 bill http://blog.wlindley.com/?p=315 Continue reading →]]> 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 a good place to meet like-minded folks and get up to speed on new technology, and even a few “Aha!” moments on how to do things better. See you next year!

]]> http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/10/ableconf-2009/feed/ 0 Gimp 2.6 Toolbox is always in the way http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/09/gimp-2-6-toolbox-is-always-in-the-way/ http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/09/gimp-2-6-toolbox-is-always-in-the-way/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:06:56 +0000 bill http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/09/gimp-2-6-toolbox-is-always-in-the-way/ Continue reading →]]> 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 under Window Manager Hints, change “Hint for the Toolbox” from “Utility Window” to “Normal Window.” Then click OK.

I would have thought this would be called “Always On Top” (Gnome has an Always On Top setting, but it doesn’t help here) or something useful. “Utility Window” doesn’t explain that it’s an “Always in your way” window… someone needs to find better words!

]]> http://blog.wlindley.com/2009/09/gimp-2-6-toolbox-is-always-in-the-way/feed/ 0 Emacs soft word wrapping http://blog.wlindley.com/2008/10/emacs-soft-word-wrapping/ http://blog.wlindley.com/2008/10/emacs-soft-word-wrapping/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:52:57 +0000 admin http://blog.wlindley.com/?p=92 Continue reading →]]> 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 file’s contents.  At the end of a line beyond 70 characters, if there is a reasonable word-break, then a | will be displayed (in red, if you have colors) and then the remainder of the line will wrap to the following line.

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