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Activity for samcarter
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| Edit | Post #286418 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Using "Print using system dialogue" as default in Firefox Good news! With Firefox Nightly 102.0a1 there is now an option in `about:config` called print.prefersystemdialog If this is set to true, the system print dialogue will be used automatically. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286070 |
looks like this might be coming back soon: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/27f08073cac6 🎉 (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286378 |
Maybe `fc-cache rebuild` is worth a try (here some background info on the command https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/fc-cache-command-in-linux-with-examples/ ) (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286379 |
Firefox can be started form terminal with `/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox`
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| Comment | Post #286379 |
It might also be worth having a look into the browser console (on Firefox `shift+cmd+J`) in case some error is shown there. Do offline videos work when this happens? For example does the video preview in finder still work or does Quick Time still work? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286213 |
@#54837 Welcome to powerusers! Nice first question! (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286203 |
Please use the image hosting facilities provided by codidact and not external image hosts which are blocked in many institutions/countries (more) |
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| Edit | Post #286111 |
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| Comment | Post #286102 |
Can you share your reasoning for dismissing points 1 and 2? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286102 |
"You don't [mention] any advantages of "cross posting"." None of these advantages are tied to copying posts verbatim. You can still have all these advantages if you reword your questions in an original and well presented way. Yes, that's a bit more work, but it would increase the chances to get a use... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286102 |
"I never stated that ..." That's also one of the roots of the problem. You've been asked if you are the author maybe a dozen times, but we never got any reply ( [example](https://powerusers.codidact.com/comments/thread/5096#comment-14868) ). How shall we judge if a question violets the license if you... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286102 |
"And I didn't know imgur can be blocked!" That's kind of the problem. There are several comments explaining this and asking you to not abuse the image hosting facilities of other sites, but you never react to such comments ( [example](https://powerusers.codidact.com/comments/thread/5095#comment-14867... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286102 |
"to reference — on Codidact — cross posts by me" Please not only on codidact. Please reference all versions of your post on ALL sites on which you post it. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #284261 |
A bit more background information why #2 is the correct answer: https://superuser.com/a/1529891/383391 (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #284261 |
Possibility #3: using a smart plug to switch off the charger https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/l52y3s/automationphone_battery_life_extender/ (more) |
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| Comment | Post #284259 |
@VLDR Please read https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/286102/286111#answer-286111 Adding a couple of paragraphs does not solve the problems caused by x-posts
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| Edit | Post #286111 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Please don't presume cross posting from me. The url might not have been the best one to pick, but given that the question is verbatim the same as on other Q&A sites, I still think the presumption of a x-post is not so far fetched... Comparison of the questions on codidact and superuser There are several problem with these types of x-post... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #284259 |
x-post https://superuser.com/questions/1677167/how-can-i-command-my-lenovo-laptop-to-stop-charging-the-battery-at-a-maximum-cap (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286078 |
... and while drinking my coffee an waiting, there is at least a little hack to move the system print link to the top: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1367561#answer-1485943 (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286078 |
Big pot of coffee ready for the wait! Thanks for digging up all this information! (more) |
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| Edit | Post #286070 |
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| Edit | Post #286070 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Using "Print using system dialogue" as default in Firefox I'd like Firefox to automatically use the "Print using the system dialogue" setting: Screenshot of the Firefox print dialogue In older versions, I could use ``` print.tabmodal.enabled = false ``` in `about:config` to automatically get the normal system print dialogue, but this op... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #281739 |
x-post https://superuser.com/questions/1638106/why-isnt-my-second-lcd-monitor-maximizing-perfectly (more) |
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| Edit | Post #286051 |
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| Edit | Post #286051 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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All file types associated with an application How can I get a list of all file types for which a certain application is the default program? I know that I can get a list of all file types an application is capable of opening from the `info.plist`, but this also includes lots of file types, which have other default applications. (My operati... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286043 |
As alternative for darkreader, I also like `Midnight Lizard`. In my experience, midnight lizard is a bit more reliable in detecting when the system theme changes. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #286042 |
Not a general solution, but for ddg in particular, you can activate dark mode in the settings https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/xhHDK7vsMuLsEwGvmZJomBvd or https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/C5ezLhewXtfawvLdxJocTTAs
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| Edit | Post #285976 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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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) Important: this only works if the application in question is not running. This is a bit tric... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285975 |
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| Edit | Post #285975 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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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 applications e.g. Mail, Terminal, Finder etc. Screenshot of general settings with the `prefer tabs whe... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285953 |
Short update: this is now fixed for upcoming versions of zsh, they just accepted my PR https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/b745b06eb3b40b0ccdaf67b174591501a3ce30da/tree/Completion/Unix/Command/_tex?diff=31d42ecb84c222b6998c07619983040bec45e343 (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285953 |
Thanks a lot for writing the answer! (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285914 |
@#53305 Might I be able to persuade you to convert your first comment into an answer? It nicely explains what is happening! (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285914 |
ohh, it looks like I can simply remove the problematic modules from `.zcompdump`
If I remove the offending entries about latex from the function
```
_comps=(
...
'latex' '_tex'
...
)
```
so that the `_tex` pattern, you showed in your first comment, is no longer applied to the program ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285914 |
@#53305 Thanks a lot for your investigation! This at least explains why the completion behaves in the way it does.
> If you always want to have all files being suggested, i would perhaps suggest to not do autoload -Uz compinit && compinit.
The problem is that up to now, that's the only way I ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285914 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |