Monthly Archives: January 2009

Maps Caps Lock key to Escape

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

One thing that bothered me about vim for some time was the delay in getting access to command mode. Reaching up and over to Escape just felt unnatural. So why not bind this action to a closer key? A good … Continue reading →

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Fixing the function keys on the Apple Keyboard in Ubuntu

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

As I mentioned in a previous post, I love the feel of the Apple Keyboard. It’s comfortable, fast, reliable, and looks great to boot. [EDIT, 2010-07-07: I recommend you check out this page no matter what version of Ubuntu you … Continue reading →

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More vim tricks and vim screencasts

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

I have been coming across quite a few incredible vim commands and shortcuts recently. Many are related to programming Python, which I am collecting and working into a post. For now, I wanted to mention a few unrelated items. This … Continue reading →

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Updating Trac tickets in svn commits

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

The ability to update and close Trac tickets associated with a given repo whenever a commit is made to that repo is pretty handy. No more committing, going to the Trac site, updating. I found several guides on setting this … Continue reading →

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In search of a superior terminal: yakuake

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

I have been content using gnome-terminal for a while now. It’s responsive, featureful, and easy to configure. But there are quite a number of terminal emulators available out there, and I had only tried a handful. So recently I went … Continue reading →

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