schlasim's ubuntu blog

If you are like me using Gmail as your default mail reader, this is for you: sudo apt-get install desktop-webmail By changing System->Preferences->Preferred Applications near Mail Reader to use Desktop Webmail and setting System->Preferences->Desktop Webmail to Gmail you are done.

I use the trackpoint instead of the touchpad because I think it is more efficient. To enable middle mouse button scrolling and disable the touchpad I use the following package: sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings After installation you can open the tool by clicking on System->Preferences->Pointing Devices. Important: Disable the check box Disable touchpad while typing [...]

I always forget the syntax to do some recursive stuff. It is time to write it down. chmod only directories find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; chmod only files find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; chmod only *.php files find . -type f -name "*.php" -exec chmod 644 {} [...]

To get a nice looking font in emacs enter echo "Emacs.font: Monospace-10" > ~/.Xresources xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources in your shell. Attention! If the file exists just add the line Emacs.font: Monospace-10 manually to your .Xresources file.

As pointed out in my previous post, I try to convert some Windows stuff to files I can use in Ubuntu. This time I am going to show you how to convert the Windows Address Book (*.wab) to LDIF format (which can be imported by Thunderbird). First of all you need to download a little [...]

When I set up the laptop for my brother I decided to use Ubuntu instead of Windows. But as he used to have Windows installed, the mail program he used was Outlook Express. So I was looking for a way to convert his .dbx mail folders to the MBOX format (which Thunderbird can read) under [...]

Today I’m going to tell you, how you can customize the autocompletion feature of the Gedit LaTeXPlugin (LP). If you use the command \usepackage{XY}, the LP will look for a file with the name XY in the following directory: .gnome2/gedit/plugins/LaTeXPlugin/completion/ So if you want autocompletion for the package XY, you have to tell the LP [...]

As we set up LaTeX in the previous blog entry, it’s now time to make our LaTeX-publishing-life easier with Snippets. Snippets is a plugin shipped with gedit that helps you enter code, that you use very often. All you have to do is activate it! Open gedit, go to: Edit->Preferences->Plugins and activate Snippets (“Schnipsel” in [...]

Hi all! Because of the lecture “Halbleiterbauelemente” I became interested in LaTeX, which is known for its excellent way to write formulas. For an introduction to LaTeX read the excellent Book The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e by Tobias Oetiker. First of all, we install LaTeX on your system by typing the following [...]