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I use meld on Linux and I am able to compare two pieces of text without having to save them in files. Is there something similar for Mac and Windows?
BBEdit for macOS does a nice diff of either files on disk or documents being edited.
That would allow you to make two empty docs, paste your text into each of them and run the diff.
BBEdit is a paid-for app, but it has a free mode that will let you do what you are looking for.
The meld tool has been ported to Mac OS X and is available via "fink".
Another link is this one.
You will need to install fink first however, and I believe you can get started here.
NotePad++ with the Compare plugin on Windows:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-compare/
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It can this is a silly question, but is it possible to handle files on Windows (XP, Vista or 7) like on the Mac?
I clarify: on the Mac you can rename or move a file even if it is currently used by an application, on Windows you simply cannot! There is a way to change this behavior with some black magic on the Registry?
If you are interested You can read about File locking and specific implementations in Windows and Mac here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking
I use unlocker to get around this problem in Windows. It's quite handy
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
No, there is no builtin solution to your problem and I haven't heard of any tool accomplishing that.
It's not possible because the file handling is done in a different way, which is also strongly influenced by the features of the different filesystems.
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On the Windows operating system, the shell/terminal we have by default is the Command Prompt (CMD).
Now, when I use Linux (or even Mac) systems, I find that the terminal is generally a lot more full featured. The one I used made it easy to change settings and properties, was easily resizable, some even had line numbering and multiple tabs.
Since I've started programming, I've realized the importance of the command line, and I was wondering if there were any alternatives to the default Command Prompt? And, if there aren't many good alternatives, how would I go about writing my own? What would I have to take into consideration?
Yes, the Windows command prompt sucks. It is truly pathetic for 2011.
I use Cygwin+mintty instead.
If you miss Tilda/Guake/Yakuake (for Linux) or TotalTerminal (née Visor) (for OS X) try mintty-quake-console.
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Just came across another potential alternative, though I haven't tried it out yet: Gow (Gnu on Windows).
If you want a truly manly command line for Windows, use PowerShell.
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I installed the latest version (2.30.1) of Gedit for Windows. And whenever I open files from explorer with gedit, it won't open as tabs in the current instance, instead it opens a new window for each file, like a notepad. I do not like this behavior. Is there any way to configure gedit to open files in the same window as tabs?
Judging from this askubuntu.org post, this is not only an issue on windows. Making the suggested changes and building gedit for windows might yield some result.
This may not be the best answer, but you can try Notepad++ instead of Gedit for Windows. It has basically the same features (and I actually find Notepad++ better - a friend of mine uses Wine with Notepad++ on Ubuntu).
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
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I'm using 2 Displays with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I would like to have a keyboard shortcut to move the active window from one display to another (not space).
I just found answers for moving between spaces or one hint for windows:
https://superuser.com/questions/62603/keyboard-shortcut-for-moving-window-to-another-screen
I use SizeUp, which has this feature and lots of other useful window management abilities.
I use Divvy. Very good application if you have many screens and many windows open. There are always apps like Cinch which may be able to help.
I use Better Snap Tool.
Power Mover 2 is great for moving windows between displays with the keyboard.
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I am trying to run Wireshark on Mac OS X, on the background. I did install the command line utilities, and so I am able to start wireshark and capture packet using the command line. The only thing I want now is to run it on the background, without even having the X11 icon on the task bar and see the window of wireshark. I believe it is possible but can't find anything on the doc of Wireshark.
Maybe another way would be to find a trick to hide an icon on Mac OS X...
If anybody already did that or have an idea...
Thank you
Please excuse my English which is not perfect at all
As far as I remember TShark comes with all distributions of Wireshark. This runs from the command line.
The documentation for it is tshark documentation
And there's some examples on how to use it here