If you want to be able to search through your .bash_history inline, you can simply edit your ~/.inputrc file and add these two lines: “\e[5~”: history-search-backward“\e[6~”: history-search-forwardNow you can grep your .bash_history by using those two buttons.
The downside to eReaders is generally the small screen. You open up a PDF file and the fonts are smaller than you’d wish them to be. You can always zoom, but why not prepare your file from the beginning? If you have a CHM file and you want to convert it to a PDF to… Read More »
One of the few things you can’t easily configure in Ubuntu is the option to make the computer sleep instead of hibernate when idle for X minutes. Here’s how to do it: Press Alt+F2 and type gconf-editor then press Enter Go to /apps/gnome-power-manager/actions/critical_battery Change the value to whatever you wish. Possible values are hibernate, suspend,… Read More »
When you buy an ebook using your Kindle, there’s a 99% chance it’s a DRM file. That means you won’t be able to read it anywhere else but on your Kindle. And we won’t accept that. To be able to convert that file and remove its DRM protection, you need a set of Python scripts… Read More »