Monthly Archives: April 2011

irc PMs to google chat

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

In open source, irc is a crucial means of communication. For years I’ve connected to screen sessions running irssi so I could stay connected while I was offline. That way I could connect from any computer, my phone, whatever. But … Continue reading →

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Quick bug opening with application indicators

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

I deal a lot with launchpad bugs. Some time ago I coded a simplistic ~/bin/bugopen: #!/bin/sh if [ "x$1" = "x" ]; then echo “Usage: $0 ” exit 1 fi xdg-open https://launchpad.net/bugs/$1 But I find that’s still too much work … Continue reading →

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dvtm

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Most advanced Linux admins know about, and probably use, screen. Some know about tiling window managers like dwm and wmii. But I suspect few of them know about, or have used, dvtm. Dvtm is a tiling virtual terminal manager. It … Continue reading →

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new stiler.py

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

The original stiler.py didn’t deal well with compiz because it didn’t handle viewports, and didn’t ignore certain things like x-nautilus-desktop. So I’ve finally gone ahead and tweaked it to do so. Now it works in unity! So I can do … Continue reading →

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