Today I learned something from a nice stranger I met on the internet in the #stackoverflow channel on irc.freenode.net named at cky944. For a personal project I’m modifying the Hoard memory allocator — a shared object library that application programs can link with to replace memory allocation code (e.g., malloc, free, etc.). Other users of [...]
Use the linux utility yes. yes <input> | /path/to/script This will continually input the <input< word into the /path/to/script file. Its useful for automating input into a script or binary and can be used to automate any type of input – don’t let the program’s name fool you.
If you ever feel inclined to turn of your desktop icons by disabling nautilus from painting your desktop you can use the following command: gconftool-2 –type bool –set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false You can reverse the change with: gconftool-2 –type bool –set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop true This can be useful if you want to use xwinwrap to paint your [...]
