Using Vim Macro feature you can record and play a sequence of actions inside the editor. This article explains how to perform record and play inside Vi and Vim editor using two detailed examples. High Level Steps to Record and Play inside Vim Start recording by pressing q, followed by a lower case character to [...]
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Photo courtesy of hortongrou I have developed the habit of reading at least 30 minutes everyday before going to bed. I always have a technical and a non-technical book in my reading queue. I read lot of infrastructure related books — sysadmin, DBA, networking and storage. I also enjoy reading biography of famous people, personal [...]
Photo courtesy of Dominik Gwarek This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy You can perform automatic word completion in Vim using Ctrl-x in insert or append mode. By typing the first few characters of a word you can get the whole word either from a dictionary, or a thesaurus, or even the words that [...]
This guide will help you to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron To Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. This tutorial has total of 14 steps with appropriate screen shots. Step 1. Check the Ubuntu Version before Upgrade. How to check the current version of Ubuntu? You have the following three options: Option 1: Check the /etc/issue file [...]
Fedora board has approved following names as potential candidates for the Fedora 11 Release. Blarney Brasília Claypool Duchess Euryalus Indomitable Leonidas Zampone I like Indomitable. (It sounds really cool). Even if you don’t vote, please leave a comment and let us know which name you liked from the above list? To learn more about how [...]
This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy. This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks Series. As a programmer, you may do lot of repetitive tasks while coding such as: Adding file header Adding function/frame comment Including default code snippet Performing syntax check Reading documentation about a function Converting [...]
Photo courtesy of tigerplish This is a guest post written by SathiyaMoorthy. Monitoring your network is an easy task with iftop. It shows a table of current bandwidth usage by hosts. iftop shows the pair of hosts which is responsible for the most traffic at the top of list, which makes it easier to identify [...]
This is a guest post written by Lakshmanan G. This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips & Tricks series. Using autocommand feature in Vi / Vim, you can specify some Vim commands to be executed automatically while reading or writing a file, or while entering/leaving a buffer/window, or while exiting Vim. [...]