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If ones uses RStudio to convert a rmarkdown file to pdf, RStudio will call pandoc with arguments like this: /opt/homebrew/bin/pandoc +RTS -K512m -RTS Untitled.knit.md --to beamer --from markdown+a...
I assumed that RStudio would get the path from somewhere, rather than it being hardcoded, and based on the response in a comment thread, that somewhere is RSTUDIO_PANDOC in .Rprofile. So you shoul...
Instead of trying to build my own touch bar, I'm now using Karabiner Elements to remap the existing keys on the touchbar to the desired behaviour. The following configuration will remap the screen...
Back in the days of OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, one could circulate from the last space to the first space, e.g. if one was on the last space and used the keyboard shortcut to go to the next space, it w...
Let's assume one has a Quarto document which does not compile because of an error in the latex code, e.g. here a simply typo in a macro name: --- format: pdf --- test\newlin test Quarto...
With pervious versions of macOS, I used sips to convert pdfs into pngs /usr/bin/sips -s format png document.pdf --out document.png In macOS 13.3.1 Ventura, this now gives an error: /Users/<...
Apple removed the hide option for login items in macOS 13 Ventura. Are there any alternative ways to launch an application at login without opening a window?
If one hovers over a server name in discord, a speech bubble with the server name pops up: Is there any way to avoid this tooltip? Maybe a userscript or a user style? As this element is only vis...
You can't do that in Word. Word's Sort command operates on "fields" in separate rows. It is nominally for Tables, but if the selected data is not in an actual Table then it treats each row of text...
Previously, web applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Gmail were popular examples, but they have undergone significant advancements. Even Google Docs has undergone significant evolution. Fir...
As of June 2023, Gmail still doesn't offer a built-in way to disable the conversation view for specific senders. Knowing about this limitation, you should carefully review your inbox. If you influ...
A term that describes frontend redirects has the following tags: web-browsers web-servers While both tags are related, they don't look appropriate as the question is not about a web browser ...
As an alternative to rebooting, you might try to use "Force Quit Applicaitons" (Command-Option-Escape), select one web browser then click Force Quit. If there was another web browser in the list, r...
I updated the tag hierarchy (also for the macOS* tags) and added the proposed usage guidance to the windows tag.
I'm interested in participating in tag curation. Below there are some notes network x 6 Should it be network or networking? battery x 2 It should not be the only tag, or it should ...
That looks like a font scaling or DPI issue – those ━ □ 🞩 buttons look far-enough apart that the OS might be deliberately scaling to make a touch screen easier to use, but apps that are not aware o...
I have a more powerful computer and Matlab 2020 does the simple calculation with reasonable speed on it: >> tic;6+4;toc; Elapsed time is 0.000156 seconds. Therefore I think it's simply t...
There is actually a little app to change the behaviour of the green button called "Right Zoom": https://blazingtools.com/right_zoom_mac.html Caveat: The button will still go into full screen for ...
This is triggered by holding Alt and rolling the scrollwheel (or, on a touchpad, moving two fingers vertically). Since you mention sticky keys: If they are on, the Alt keypress and the scroll even...
Right-click the folder whose mail you want to download and click download messages in the context menu. This is absent from the manual (I suppose one is expected to discover it in the GUI) and ther...
I replaced my laptop's RAM. I believe the new RAM should have a latency of 18CL at 3200MT/s. But decode-dimms lists the timings as "A-RCD-RP-RAS (cycles) as DDR4-3200 22-22-22-52". Why is the CAL l...
How sad. I remember playing Diablo 2 as a wee lad, I think my computer at the time was a Celeron with an S3 Savage video card with 8 MB of memory. And then we have this "remake", probably with bloa...
A few days ago Avast Premium Security installed itself in my win10Vm without permission. I have repeatedly tried uninstalling it with the windows add/remove programs feature, and with the 1st party...
I run a self built router setup, running Kea as a DHCP server, firewalld for managing the firewall, and dns hosted elsewhere. Its currently running in a test configuration behind a known good netwo...
I tend to use a keyboard and a video capture card - I run a ~5 dollar one off aliexpress that looks a little like this. HDMI goes into one end, you plug it into an available USB port, and it act...
