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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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When I run mvim from OS X's Terminal.app command line, it brings up the GUI version of Vim. But, when I close the GUI Vim widow (via :q), the window focus is left on the MacVim app (even though there is no open window). This quite annoying, as it means I have to then refocus to the terminal window I ran the app from so I can continue to use the command line.
This is also different from the default way it works in Windows XP and Linux (at least in Ubuntu & RHEL).
I can see maybe some hack ways of doing this - like changing the mvim script to run vim with the "-f" (foreground) option, and then running some Mac command to refocus the Terminal. Anyone have a simple way to do this?
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I'm guessing this should be easy but I can't work anything out.
I'm using terminal on my Mac (latest OS). I'm connecting to a web server and running this command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
I then see the config file. I can change things, but for the life of my I can't save it. I can see the list of options highlighted at the bottom saying use ^X to exit and I've tried :w! etc. but nothing. The problem seems to be whatever I type is being used as changes to the file, so some how I need to type into terminal but not as an edit to the file.
If I close the terminal then everything is ignored, so that won't work.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS if that means anything.
I bet this is easy, but it's really frustrating for me.
^X means to press the control key and X rather than type it in.
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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.