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Bash terminal lagging one input behind
After a recent update, I've noticed that working on any terminal for more than a few minutes causes a delay between inputting a keypress and seeing it reflected on the screen.
Specifically, if I were ...
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Permission denied error when starting terminal
I'm getting this error when I start my terminal:
/home/USERNAME/.config/envman/PATH.env:2: permission denied: /home/USERNAME/.local/bin
this is my .zshrc file:
# Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. ...
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The key combination Alt + 6 for copy in nano does not work in GNOME terminal emulator Tilix
The key combination Alt + 6 for copy in nano does not work in tilix
Does anyone know how to fix this? I had a look through all the key commands, but did not find any entry for Alt + 6 being already in ...
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How does vim catch mouse scroll events?
I am writing a text editor.
With 1049 (alternate screen) mode + 1000 (mouse tracking) mode enabled, the terminal is able to catch both mouse scroll events and click events. I do not need the click ...
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PageUp/PageDown -- how to catch properly?
I am here on a tutorial to build a text editor.
I'm finding that on my macOS (it works on a Linux VM), even with raw mode enabled, I'm unable to intercept Page Up and Page Down, which are sent via fn-&...
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Auto-translation of newline characters in the terminal
I'm following along here.
I notice (this is not complete, just for demonstration) that at this point:
#include <termios.h>
raw.c_iflag &= ~(ICRNL | IXON);
raw.c_oflag &= ~(OPOST);
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Is there a terminal-based image viewer that enables directory browsing after viewing a single file?
I am searching for a lightweight terminal image viewer like feh,meh, sxiv, pqiv, or qiv, with the end objective of having a terminal image viewer that allows you to explore all pictures in a folder ...
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the way to put the current line at the top of terminal
In a linux terminal, how to always put the current line at the top of the terminal.
I tried z but it did not work, as it only works for vim.
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How to source from stdout for both Linux and MacOS?
On Linux I can do:
source <(cat .env | grep ANDROID_GRADLE_TASK)
But on MacOS, this doesn't do anything (no error, and no source)
I have tried to replace -di with --decode --input, it didn't help.
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Why username and root are missing in linux server after installing tools with conda?
On the Linux server, I have my username that looks like below:
(base) [david@meteor ~]$
I tried installing some tools using conda with the following:
conda install -c bioconda
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conda install -c ...
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Reading a file when logged in as another user
I have an issue with the following:
I use the following command su -l alice then enter her password. Then I am asked to read the /root/token.txt file.
I have tried the cmd "cat /root/token.txt&...
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How to change Linux terminal prompt
I've been using Terminator as my terminal but after reconfiguring my display manager to 'Lightdm' after 'gdm3' crashed while installing updates, I messed something up, not with terminal, using the GUI ...
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What exactly handles the Ctrl+X shortcut family (e.g. Ctrl+X Ctrl+E) in Linux terminals?
I've seen a lot of online resources mention several compound shortcuts beginning with Ctrl+X :
Ctrlx Ctrle : Edits the current line in the $EDITOR program, or vi
if undefined.
Ctrlx Ctrlr : Read in ...
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Is there a way to programmatically set DISPLAY when executable is run as sudo instead of failing?
When I run any GUI application on Linux (Ubuntu) using sudo command from the Terminal, the application fails with QT error as below.
Almost every application fails when attempted; here is an example ...
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hdparm secure erase with progress updates?
Does anyone know of a clever way to receive any sort of progress status updates using hdparm secure erase?
Ideally the end result would be something like dd's status=progress attribute.
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