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.Click "Review Order" and you will see the adjusted total.-apankrat (June 05, 2014, 02:59 PM)
If you are using betas and planning to moving to the production release, make sure to grab a beta license in the next few days. This will be your 50% off coupon for the license.-apankrat (March 24, 2014, 06:23 AM)
I installed it on a VM and it crashes VirtualBox every time it tries to shutdown. I'm not sure what went wrong. VirtualBox is working just fine with my other VMs.-Deozaan (June 03, 2014, 01:54 AM)
Hmm, I just gave this a try a couple of times, but no crashing...this was after having done an initial update of packages.
FWIW, the VirtualBox here is 4.2.22 on Gentoo.-ewemoa (June 03, 2014, 10:12 PM)
.Being a happy XY/x² user, I'm still looking for a good "orthodox" file manager (Norton Commander clone) for certain tasks. Required: SFTP support, no way to disable the second panel (I want to force myself into using it correctly), a decent GUI (no Total Commander stuff pls).-Tuxman (May 30, 2014, 06:37 PM)
(Note: I've coded Python in both v2 and v3 - and I really can't see where v2 is provably better. But I'm not a real programmer so that might be attributable to ignorance on my part. My clients, however, are very qualified programming professionals. And both started migrating their codebases over to using Python-3 as soon as it was deemed stable enough to do so. So make of that what you will.)
-40hz (May 27, 2014, 01:08 PM)
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..I use both: Softmaker Office is much more compatible with MS Office. Libre Office's compatibility is so-so to poor in my experience. Softmaker's main weakness in comparision to Libre (again in my experience) is it's search - search steals focus, and doesnt allow you to edit, you've got to close it (search) to do anything - and then open it again to continue.-tomos (May 14, 2014, 03:30 PM)
If only I could get Dina to work in TextadeptThe following seemed to work under a *NIX:-Jibz (May 12, 2014, 02:20 AM)-ewemoa (May 12, 2014, 05:39 AM)
That's interesting -- I wonder what is causing the horrible red/blue fringing on vertical edges on my setup.
-Jibz (May 11, 2014, 02:38 PM)
Jibz, your screenshots remind me of ClearType colouring/anti-aliasing. Perhaps that's what is causing it? For the record, I can't STAND ClearType at all; it always looks fuzzy and out-of-focus to me.-skwire (May 11, 2014, 03:38 PM)
...).I don't know why, but I really enjoy reading about why people choose the text editors they use.
I think it has partly to do with the fact that it's just a text editor, lol. It's supposed to be this very plain thing, yet there are so many complex options and features, etc. to consider and we get all passionate about them. Same goes for other software, I suppose, but I really have fun with the text editors.-superboyac (May 09, 2014, 04:41 PM)
I think it's also due to the fact that editing text is one of a few key activities in many professions (at least of DC people). It's also one where it seems to be very apparent how it could be improved (although the specifics seem to be quite individual).
The one improvement important to me would be efficient navigation and selection within text. Home/End and Ctrl+Left/Right just doesn't cut it. It's also the main reason why I'm experimenting with VIM again.-phitsc (May 10, 2014, 01:25 AM)
And here's a short tutorial on find and replace:
http://www.thegeekst...nd-replace-examples/-phitsc (May 08, 2014, 01:25 AM)
1. Sequence number generation inside a file using Vim Macro
2. Repeat Vim Macro with different arguments-ewemoa (May 08, 2014, 04:31 AM)
.Ten weeks ago we debuted Atom, the new text editor that's deeply programmable but also easy to use. Starting today, Atom is available for download to everyone–completely free and open source.
I guess I'm not all that sure what the argument is for using Vim in the Windows world - if Windows is the only OS you ever anticipate using.-40hz (May 04, 2014, 05:00 AM)
It's probably not a bad thing to learn some Vim as an exercise in moving outside your comfort zone. Or for the personal satisfaction of being able to say "been there, done that." I've put enough time in to where I'm moderately comfortable using Vim. But it's more a hobby or a "builds character" exercise for me. Vim certainly wouldn't be my first choice if I needed an editor. Nor my second. Or even my third...
But that's me. YMMV.
-40hz (May 04, 2014, 05:00 AM)
. I agree it is a bit of an oddball on Windows, but as you say, it's one of those things that are "nice to know", and which may come in handy if you ever have to do some work on *NIX....