Here’s the keyboard shortcuts to navigate or switch among split views or text areas or window panes (whatever you call it) in jEdit. Alt-Page Up Send keyboard focus to previous text area. Alt-Page Down Send keyboard focus to next text…
Fixing “empty characters with grayed background” in LibreOffice document content
I copied one of my email’s content into a LibreOffice document for saving as a .doc or .docx. While looking at the pasted content it was weird to have a lot of empty spaces(tabs, spaces and/or newline characters, whatever) with grayed background…
Changing application shortcuts and home screen applications in Nokia E5
To change the application shortcuts and home screen applications in Nokia E5 do the following: Go to Menu > Control Panel > Modes You will see the current mode selected (you may not want to change it) To change shortcuts…
Sum of values in input fields grouped by class attribute using jQeury
Here is the jQuery way to calculate the sum of all values stored in input fields grouped by class “.subtotal”. In this example the sum will be shown as an alert as soon as you leave a field after entering…
Flash player APT “natty-partner” installation issue fixed
For last few days i had struck with installing flash player since i had updated my system (kUbuntu) softwares through it’s “Updates Available” feature. Since then, now and then, i had been trying different things in this regard but eventually…
How to install Adobe AIR application installer in Ubuntu
I just installed Adobe AIR in my Ubuntu system and installed a AIR application thereafter . Here’s the process: Go to http://get.adobe.com/air/ to download a Adobe AIR Installer package. I did install from a .bin package so i shall write about…
CheckGMail – troubleshooting, startup command and playing sound on new email
I am using KUbuntu 11.04 right now and today i tried to install CheckGMail and make it working. After entering correct login username(email address) and password it kept me showing “401 unauthorized request” error next to the Notifier icon in…
How to open multiple instances of gedit
In general, gedit opens new files in the same window adding a new tab to the workspace. To open a file in a separate instance or window of gedit is easy.
How to find or generate a SSH key on Linux system
To find or generate a SSH key on Linux system Check for existing SSH keys on your computer. Skip to Step 4 if you already have one and want to use that one. First, we will check for existing ssh…
Gimp Image Editor not launching in KUbuntu – resolved
I recently had installed Gimp image editor in my KUbuntu through software management interface. After the installation was done i clicked the Gimp icon to launch it and the system did seem to try to load it but eventually it…
