To take a screenshot in Mac OS, use Command+Shift+3
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I once used a combination like Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F1+MouseLeft to activate a developer mode in one program.
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@Cad Delworth said:
@blakeyrat said:
To open the Start menu in Windows, type Control+Escape.
Why not just press the Windows key? That does the job, plus you can use both hands to hold your burger while you press the key!
I might have been joking when I posted that!!! (Yes, control+escape is the most ridiculous keyboard combination ever.)
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@dhromed said:
Whatever. I'm on XP and I use the Alt+Tab switch powertoy. Win+Tab is fun to watch though.@Kiss me I'm Polish said:
Win+tab is the Alt+tab on steroids (Vista and newer)
Win+Tab is annoying shit. Don't claim that it has steroids when it has been effectively castrated and donned in a brightly coloured harlequin suit. It's an interface failure. It's eye candy prevailing over usability.
- The windows are hard to recognize because they're in perspective, do not display the application icon, and obscure eachother for the most part.
- Quickly hitting Win-Tab, the balls of the feature, is a complete no-op. It just flips the FUN SMOOTH ANIMATIONZ on and off, and the end result is that you're still in the same window.
I suspect Flip3D of bypassing QA and user testing altogether.
Another one: Alt+Shift+Tab switches windows in reverse order
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@blakeyrat said:
@Cad Delworth said:
@blakeyrat said:
I might have been joking when I posted that!!! (Yes, control+escape is the most ridiculous keyboard combination ever.)To open the Start menu in Windows, type Control+Escape.
Why not just press the Windows key? That does the job, plus you can use both hands to hold your burger while you press the key!Actually, it's faster when you use Ctrl+Esc. When you use Winkey to open the start menu, it won't appear until you release the windows key again. But if you use Ctrl+Esc, it will instantly appear in the very moment you press down Esc!!
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@Nyquist said:
Can't resist posting: Esc+Ctrl+P+Alt+Foot (at 5:25)
Pro tip: add #t=5m25s to your URL.
There's also youtubetime.com in case you forget how to do it.
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@dhromed said:
@El Disposo said:
Geez, I knew Ubuntu was getting bad, but it doesn't even come with emacs‽
Who the fuck cares about Emacs? Nobody needs Emacs. Stop talking about Emacs.
Well, yes, but the only real reason to use Linux as a desktop is to support FOSS ideology -- you don't get better responsiveness out of a Linux desktop than out of Windows or Mac OS, or easier configuration, or better reliability, or any good exclusive software. The one undisputed benefit you get is that you can say "I am using nothing but open source software" (except of course for the Windows VM you use to run all the stuff which isn't available in any useable form on Linux). So I'm shocked they aren't including Richard Stallman's pet project.
Of course, now that I think about it, Ubuntu is distributed using a CD image, not a DVD, so including a wad of code that most people won't use and which even when compressed will take more than 1% of the available space would be a bad choice. (Then again, Ubuntu is so full of bad choices already -- what's one more?)
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@dhromed said:
@Nyquist said:
Can't resist posting: Esc+Ctrl+P+Alt+Foot (at 5:25)
I love Eddie Izzard.
Best Izzard clip on Youtube is Cake or Death. "You must get up very early in the morning!"
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Why all you perfect perfects are using these facy ways to take screenshots?
Just re-shoot. upload. to SDSS. jam a noodle in. and enjoy! You can even see your reshoots in random random with SDSS.
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@El Disposo said:
Geez, I knew Ubuntu was getting bad, but it doesn't even come with emacs‽
With Linux distributions, there's more than one definition of "comes with". I can think of at least three, in ascending order by amount of software:
- What the installer installs by default
- What's included on the install CD
- What's readily available through the package manager
I've never actually installed Ubuntu (being a Debian user), so I don't know exactly what's in the first two sets. However, emacs is available through apt, installable with one simple command or a few clicks through the fancy graphical tool (which I don't know how to use).
@El Disposo said:
@dhromed said:
Who the fuck cares about Emacs? Nobody needs Emacs. Stop talking about Emacs.
Well, yes, but the only real reason to use Linux as a desktop is to support FOSS ideology -- you don't get better responsiveness out of a Linux desktop than out of Windows or Mac OS, or easier configuration, or better reliability, or any good exclusive software. The one undisputed benefit you get is that you can say "I am using nothing but open source software" (except of course for the Windows VM you use to run all the stuff which isn't available in any useable form on Linux). So I'm shocked they aren't including Richard Stallman's pet project.
Using free software does mean a lot to some of us. And while configuration of a Linux system might not be easier than competitors, there's more settings to adjust to one's personal tastes, which also appeals to a certain type of user.
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@tdb said:
@El Disposo said:
Geez, I knew Ubuntu was getting bad, but it doesn't even come with emacs‽
With Linux distributions, there's more than one definition of "comes with". I can think of at least three, in ascending order by amount of software:
- What the installer installs by default
- What's included on the install CD
- What's readily available through the package manager
I've never actually installed Ubuntu (being a Debian user), so I don't know exactly what's in the first two sets. However, emacs is available through apt, installable with one simple command or a few clicks through the fancy graphical tool (which I don't know how to use).
Ubuntu is based on Debian Unstable (which is bad choice #1 in the creation of any given Ubuntu release, really -- if Debian is already doing all the package triage in their Stable branch, why start building a Linux distribution which you're targeting at new users with the Unstable branch and then have to do triage all over again? Particularly if you aren't going to do any significant work to fix known issues?) I have tried the 9.10 release, and #1 and #2 are basically the same thing. (I may be mistaken, but I think almost all the stuff on the Ubuntu CD which isn't included in a default install is localization.) As for #3, it's a little complicated, because Ubuntu includes both an "Add/Remove Programs" thing (which uses apt but only to install pre-defined combinations of stuff) and a more direct version of apt which is just as crappy to manipulate as all the other apt GUIs out there.
Regardless, any normal person would say that "X comes with Y" does not mean "X comes with anything which is available over the Internet which runs on X", or even "X comes with anything for which there is a download link included with X". The current European version of Windows now asks which web browser you want and downloads the one you ask for, but that doesn't mean it can be said to "come with" Opera. You don't say that a copy of Mac OS X comes with any system updates which may be available for download. Only Linux users try to screw with the language this way.
@tdb said:
@El Disposo said:
@dhromed said:
Who the fuck cares about Emacs? Nobody needs Emacs. Stop talking about Emacs.
Well, yes, but the only real reason to use Linux as a desktop is to support FOSS ideology -- you don't get better responsiveness out of a Linux desktop than out of Windows or Mac OS, or easier configuration, or better reliability, or any good exclusive software. The one undisputed benefit you get is that you can say "I am using nothing but open source software" (except of course for the Windows VM you use to run all the stuff which isn't available in any useable form on Linux). So I'm shocked they aren't including Richard Stallman's pet project.
Using free software does mean a lot to some of us. And while configuration of a Linux system might not be easier than competitors, there's more settings to adjust to one's personal tastes, which also appeals to a certain type of user.
So? Not going into the question of whether or not that's really true in a meaningful sense, or even whether it would be an unquestionably good thing if true, what relevance does that have in this context? I'm sure that a certain type of driver would love to have a car which was painted lime green with hot pink stripes, but whether or not some people prefer that has no relevance to the question of whether or not cars should have disc brakes.
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@Kiss me I'm Polish said:
Another one: Alt+Shift+Tab switches windows in reverse order
Alt+Esc, Alt+Shift+Esc to switch between programs immediately.
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@Mole said:
In Vista/Windows 7, check Sniping Tool@monkeypants said:
I use screenshots all the damn time.
So do I, but not full screen ones. Only sections of a screen. Instead of using PrtSc, and then trimming the image, I find it easier to use a program which allows me to snapshot just a small section.
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@alegr said:
@Mole said:
In Vista/Windows 7, check Sniping Tool@monkeypants said:
I use screenshots all the damn time.
So do I, but not full screen ones. Only sections of a screen. Instead of using PrtSc, and then trimming the image, I find it easier to use a program which allows me to snapshot just a small section.
That helps aim your rifle.Snipping Tool, on the other hand, can take screenshots. (I don't use it because it adds a weird red border for no reason.)
Edit: While we're on the subject, if you want to take screenshots of scrolling windows without having to manually scroll+stitch, check out SnagIt.
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@Zecc said:
Plus, you can press it with one hand.
Useful when you want to find which process is causing the porn to stutter.
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Another awesome, little-known Windows hotkey:
Alt-Esc
It sends the currently focused window to the back of the z-order. It's like Alt-Tab, but more thorough. So if you're using some retarded application that displays a modal dialog, then lets that modal dialog fall behind the main application window, which you then can't minimize or drag away to get back to the dialog, and Alt-Tab won't account for the dialog box, Alt-Esc will usually save you.
And then you can have more free time for punching the idiot that wrote the application.
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@SlyEcho said:
@TGV said:
[/quote]Let's shun our fear of shame and speak frankly to converge on a solution for the nastiest problem of the keyboard: the space bar!
Yes, think of how many more keys we could put there!
[quote user="Linguistic Innovations and Interactional Features of Casual Online Communication in Japanese"]
In case you were wondering what that's for, here's a translated version:
If sci-fi has taught us anything, and I think it has, it's that practically every computer in Japan has one of those buttons....
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@dhromed said:
@Cad Delworth said:
not on this HP/Compaq desktop
You have a fucked puter, or a fucked keyboard.
Glad it works for you. Personally, I couldn't care less whether it works or not. AIUI, it's the same as right-click My Computer and then click Properties. Maybe it's the Thrustmaster driver for my steering wheel that's stuffing it up. (shrug)
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@Nyquist said:
Can't resist posting: Esc+Ctrl+P+Alt+Foot (at 5:25)
When I had an Amiga, if I had one hand full and wanted to give it a vulcan nerve pinch, I'd always use Ctrl+Amiga+Nose.
@dhromed said:
I love Eddie Izzard.
Yes, we can tell..
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You've still got some on your lip! <runs away>
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@El Disposo said:
@dhromed said:
@Nyquist said:
Can't resist posting: Esc+Ctrl+P+Alt+Foot (at 5:25)
I love Eddie Izzard.
Best Izzard clip on Youtube is Cake or Death. "You must get up very early in the morning!"
Epic. Although, If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid
[edit: and thanks for the linking tip]
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@blakeyrat said:
That helps aim your rifle.
Snipping Tool, on the other hand, can take screenshots. (I don't use it because it adds a weird red border for no reason.)
Edit: While we're on the subject, if you want to take screenshots of scrolling windows without having to manually scroll+stitch, check out SnagIt.
You can remove the Red border in the options window.
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@morbiuswilters said:
</endHTMLLiteracy>
@rad131304 said:
</endChannelSpectateSwamp>
<beginHTMLLiteracy>
Is that even a flame? Or are you just pointing out that there was no opening tag? Morbs, come on, you can do better.
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@rad131304 said:
@morbiuswilters said:
I don't know, man. I think he did a pretty good job of pointing out the fact that you're a moron.</endHTMLLiteracy>
Is that even a flame? Or are you just pointing out that there was no opening tag? Morbs, come on, you can do better.
@rad131304 said:</endChannelSpectateSwamp>
<beginHTMLLiteracy>
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@ender said:
Alt+Esc, Alt+Shift+Esc to switch between programs immediately.
Wow, didn't know that one. Reminds me of...
...
wait...
NetWare 4.x system console?
*explodes*
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@joeyadams said:
take a screenshot in Mac OS (X as well as Classic), use Command+Shift+3. AFAIK, the "print screen" button does not take screenshots in any version of Mac OS.
Although I'm a bit late to the party, and loved reading all the stuff the others have posted, including the YouTube links and such, I have one thing to add: A contributing factor to Mac OS X not using the PrintScreen button might be that there isn't one. At least not on my Mac.
Looking for that image, I just found a nice page on how to make the Apple keyboard produce those codes, if you happen to hook it up to a Windows machine, or run Windows on your Apple though bootcamp: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1216
PrintScreen is fn+Shift+F11
fn+Shift+Option+F11 will do ScrollLock.
More fun keyboard combinations to be had for those interested.
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@rad131304 said:
@morbiuswilters said:
</endHTMLLiteracy>
@rad131304 said:
</endChannelSpectateSwamp>
<beginHTMLLiteracy>
Is that even a flame? Or are you just pointing out that there was no opening tag? Morbs, come on, you can do better.
Read the tags.
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@RogerWilco said:
More fun keyboard combinations to be had for those interested.
People are complaining about the lack of certain PC buttons, but none are complaining about the PC's lack of F13-F19! I use F16-F19 for the exposé functions (all windows, app windows, desktop, dashboard respectively) I have mapped the normal F1-F12 keys back to their normal behaviour, so brightness and volume are now Fn-F1/2 and Fn-F11/12. Since I use a lot of cross-platform software these F keys are handle to handy to have as normal F keys.
But I haven't figured out how to get PrintScreen to work over Synergy, so my Windows PC still has a keyboard (plugged in but out of the way) in case I need to do that...
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@morbiuswilters said:
@rad131304 said:
@morbiuswilters said:
</endHTMLLiteracy>
@rad131304 said:
</endChannelSpectateSwamp>
<beginHTMLLiteracy>
Is that even a flame? Or are you just pointing out that there was no opening tag? Morbs, come on, you can do better.
Read the tags.
That's what I get for reading the thread through email subscription instead of trolling the site all day long i guess ... I take it back, quality flame.
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@rad131304 said:
That's what I get for reading the thread through email subscription instead of trolling the site all day long i guess ... I take it back, quality flame.
Yah just FYI annoying "tag as part of the post" people? The tags don't show up in the emails.
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@blakeyrat said:
Yah just FYI annoying "tag as part of the post" people? The tags don't show up in the emails.
That's what you get for not actually visiting the site!
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@blakeyrat said:
Yah just FYI annoying "tag as part of the post" people? The tags don't show up in the emails.
Also, you only get the first version of a post. If it is edited later, you won't see it.See, you just had to come here and check if I wrote something more.
It's annoying because I also tend to read only the emails.
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@Zecc said:
If we're turning this into a thread about CS mail subscription WTF's that we can do nothing about, what about abysmal HTML formatting of some those mails?@blakeyrat said:
Yah just FYI annoying "tag as part of the post" people? The tags don't show up in the emails.
Also, you only get the first version of a post. If it is edited later, you won't see it.See, you just had to come here and check if I wrote something more.
It's annoying because I also tend to read only the emails.
I seem to recall another bug that I've not seen recently as well - if there was a $somewhere $ in the post, the mail would be missing most of the post after it. That one did get fixed I think. I'll see when I get this back in my mail...
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@Zecc said:
@blakeyrat said:
Yah just FYI annoying "tag as part of the post" people? The tags don't show up in the emails.
Also, you only get the first version of a post. If it is edited later, you won't see it.See, you just had to come here and check if I wrote something more.
It's annoying because I also tend to read only the emails.
Only reading the emails is for geniuses, you big genius.
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@morbiuswilters said:
Only reading the emails is for geniuses, you big genius.
Clever. I fell for your bait.
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Zecc said:
@blakeyrat said:
Yah just FYI annoying "tag as part of the post" people? The tags don't show up in the emails.
Also, you only get the first version of a post. If it is edited later, you won't see it.See, you just had to come here and check if I wrote something more.
It's annoying because I also tend to read only the emails.
Only reading the emails is for geniuses, you big genius.
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@alegr said:
@Mole said:
In Vista/Windows 7, check Sniping Tool@monkeypants said:
I use screenshots all the damn time.
So do I, but not full screen ones. Only sections of a screen. Instead of using PrtSc, and then trimming the image, I find it easier to use a program which allows me to snapshot just a small section.
In any version of Windows, use Alt+PrtSc. Why crop if the OS can do it for you? ;)
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@danixdefcon5 said:
In any version of Windows, use Alt+PrtSc. Why crop if the OS can do it for you? ;)
I usually have the opposite problem, I want to take shots of images taller than the screen and so I need my screenshot tool to scroll for me. That's why I use SnagIt.
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@PeriSoft said:
@Mole said:
@PeriSoft said:
Or use a terminal to a networked servo controller.
Your controller only supports capital letters? WTF?Yep. Go to galilmc.com if you don't believe me. Old habits die hard, I guess. Their hardware is fantastic and well-priced; the software is a bit of a WTF itself, though. It has a little feature which will complain if the terminal's been disconnected from the controller, which is great - but when you tell it to do a master reset, it immediately throws the 'disconnected' error because communication stopped during the reset... It also crashes if you tell it to autodiscover a controller but then cancel the resulting request to add it to the registry. Brillant.
Holy crap. When you posted the code segment I was about to say "hey, this looks like this obscure motion controller programming language I use every day at work..." and then you said Galil. Haha, I use Galil all the time.
For what it's worth, SmartTerm is a giant piece of crap and GalilTools is vastly superior (it has an API for doing everything about 98% more easily than the previous APIs). I learned the hard way you don't want to use CAPITAL LETTERS for your variable names (when they start with the same letters as a command word, sometimes it executes the command instead of reading the variable! But only sometimes!!). Even GalilTools has a lot of shortcomings though; I just wrote up a (admittedly very lousy) Notepad++ style for DMC files and do all my actual programming in there. I only open GalilTools to actually connect to the controllers.
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... this was your first post here...?
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@PJH said:
... this was your first post here...?
Enthusiasm can sometimes get the best of people.
I should know.
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@evilspoons said:
@PeriSoft said:
@Mole said:
@PeriSoft said:
Or use a terminal to a networked servo controller.
Your controller only supports capital letters? WTF?Yep. Go to galilmc.com if you don't believe me. Old habits die hard, I guess. Their hardware is fantastic and well-priced; the software is a bit of a WTF itself, though. It has a little feature which will complain if the terminal's been disconnected from the controller, which is great - but when you *tell* it to do a master reset, it immediately throws the 'disconnected' error because communication stopped during the reset... It also crashes if you tell it to autodiscover a controller but then cancel the resulting request to add it to the registry. Brillant.
Holy crap. When you posted the code segment I was about to say "hey, this looks like this obscure motion controller programming language I use every day at work..." and then you said Galil. Haha, I use Galil all the time.
For what it's worth, SmartTerm is a giant piece of crap and GalilTools is vastly superior (it has an API for doing everything about 98% more easily than the previous APIs). I learned the hard way you don't want to use CAPITAL LETTERS for your variable names (when they start with the same letters as a command word, sometimes it executes the command instead of reading the variable! But only sometimes!!). Even GalilTools has a lot of shortcomings though; I just wrote up a (admittedly very lousy) Notepad++ style for DMC files and do all my actual programming in there. I only open GalilTools to actually connect to the controllers.
The extent of our actual programming is about 20 lines of simple stuff like I/O checks and following error boringness; the actual heavy lifting we do with absolute position commands. We don't do any motion sequences on the board itself.
At some point I want to do an autodiscovery / IP address setting / other random setup app so we can eliminate terminal commands for all but extraordinary circumstances, but time has so far prevented that.
Hey, at least it's better than compumotor...
