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Power Users is a Q&A site for questions about the usage of computer software and hardware. We are still a small site and would like to grow, so please consider joining our community. We are looking forward to your questions and answers; they are the building blocks of a repository of knowledge we are building together.

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Q&A How to disable email grouping (in conversation) in Gmail web mail for certain senders?

I have just realized that I have overlooked some important e-mails due to Gmail's automatic e-mail grouping in conversations. Typically, this is a pretty useful feature to reduce the count, but so...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A Increase contrast between current and other tabs in Firefox

I also had the problem that I couldn't tell which tab was active -- in particular in dark mode they looked all the same. To fix this I'm using https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix This set...

posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A How do I Google for ≤,≥ a particular natural number?

How can I Google to see all titles on a public library, like Toronto's, that have ≥ n copies? n is a natural number and UNBOUNDED. I see no relevant operator here. What must I input along with sit...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Meta Can I post this question — now REwritten and citing Super User — similar to one deleted by moderator?

No, you should not post that question, at least not in this form. Here are some problems: Can I await Mozilla or Firefox to unearth the awry Add On(s)awry, before attempting myself? How long need...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Case independent tab completion in zsh shell

zsh comes with a number of completion function files for popular programs and commands that govern how completions and suggestions are executed in relation to these programs/commands. autoload -Uz...

posted 2y ago by elgonzo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by elgonzo‭

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Q&A Activate `Prefer tabs when opening documents` only for one application

In macOS 11.6, I can go to System Preferences->General and activate the Prefer tabs when opening documents option so that new windows are opened as new tabs. This setting will influence many app...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Activate `Prefer tabs when opening documents` only for one application

The setting can be changed on a per application basis with defaults write -app terminal AppleWindowTabbingMode -string always (replace terminal with the name of the app you want to change) Imp...

posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 2y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Using "Print using system dialogue" as default in Firefox

Oh Mozilla... There are quite a few reports in Mozilla's bugzilla i could find about this feature being removed. I particularly want to highlight a comment by R. Longson in one of these reports...

posted 2y ago by elgonzo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by elgonzo‭

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Q&A How to download all mail in Claws-mail

With Claws-mail, I want to be able to read all my mail even if offline, but the only way I know to download mail contents is by manually selecting it in the mail list. Additionally, navigating feel...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Install Emacs with native compilation support on macOS

Emacs 28.1 has support for native compilation of Emacs Lisp, which is supposed to give a significant speed boost over regular Emacs Lisp. However, to take advantage of it, Emacs must be compiled w...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by NateEag‭

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Q&A Android phone, name associated with incoming call?

This problem is not generally solvable, because there is no universal "Android phone app", and that is what is responsible for showing you a particular display name. Google supplies an open-source...

posted 2y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A How to quickly change the maximum processor state in Windows 10?

While finding a way (e.g. through Powershell) to exactly change the Maximum process state, I think a better way is to have at least two power plans. This allows changing other settings as well for ...

posted 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How do I stop my laptop from freezing when I stream a game?

My problem is mostly on dealing with OBS and Minecraft. I stream Minecraft using OBS and whenever the stream reaches 15 minutes or more, it starts to slowly freeze bit by bit, until it starts free...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A How to blockquote region in Emacs

Question Is there a command in emacs for "email quoting" an autofilled paragraph? Have Nullam eu ante vel est convallis dignissim. Fusce suscipit, wisi nec facilisis facilisis, est dui fermentu...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by mcp‭

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Q&A How to blockquote region in Emacs

In markdown-mode, markdown-blockquote-region does the trick! Bound to SPC m x Q or the shortcut , x Q in spacemacs.

posted 2y ago by mcp‭  ·  edited 2y ago by mcp‭

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Q&A How to make git push/pull work again?

I have a bunch of GIT repositories on my laptop, which have their "origin" set to repositories on GitHub. After a commit in a local repository, I do git push -u origin master to update the remot...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How to make git push/pull work again?

I fixed the problem by re-installing GIT. I also updated to the latest version instead of re-installing the existing version. I was running version 2.32.0-64 and am now running 2.37.2.2-64. Howe...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Commenting on multiple selections in Google Docs

The first step is knowing how to select non-adjacent text. Apply a unique style to the text in interest that appears nowhere else in the doc (e.g., bold, underline, and italicize it). Right-cli...

posted 1y ago by qohelet‭

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Q&A Measure distance in pixels on screen

I'd like to draw a rectangle on the screen and get the dimensions in pixels of that rectangle. A bit like a ruler in order to measure the distance on screen. I'm using Sway version 1.8 on Arch Lin...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Matthias Braun‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Matthias Braun‭

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Q&A Outlook on the Web - Remove bold 'sender' heading row

While using Outlook on the web, when I sort mail by sender, my Inbox shows a heading row containing just the sender name in bold, with any emails from that sender below. How do I turn off those he...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by mcalex‭

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Q&A How do I make Xbox stop telling me that I have a free game pass on Windows 10?

On my Lenovo Legion, every single time I boot up Windows 10, I get confronted by an Xbox app popping up and telling me that I have a free game pass or something and to log in to claim it. Every tim...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How to make selection and overwrite from register all from ex mode

If you know the normal mode key sequence to achieve the desired result, you can always feed it to the ex-mode normal command. Step 3 translates to :norm ggVGp See the documentation in :help :n...

posted 1y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A How to make background transparent and trim to content

Question Is there a way in grafx2 to make the background transparent and trim to content? This could be done during save. My process now when making images for documents is: Make image in gra...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A How to make background transparent and trim to content

I don't know if or if not this is possible from within grafx2, but your manual workflow can be simplified dramatically by using image magick. The following command will do all your steps at once an...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Vim: Can a different style be applied to a vim-terminal?

All available "styles" are listed in :help highlight-groups. You will find that hl-Terminal is one of them. As an example, to make the Vim terminal background dark blue, use :hi Terminal ctermbg...

posted 1y ago by Quasímodo‭

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