The short version is that a 17 ms delay between each key action (press or release, normal key or modifier key) for an Arduino-based keyboard will solve most problems. At this point, there isn’t any known solution for USB 3 ports, …
Blues typing out fixed texts on both QMK and Arduino Leonardo-based macro keyboards Read more »
The short version: Rapoo V500 and V700 mechanical keyboard series have the all important full macro key capability and can work completely independently of the operating system (no software is required to be installed on the operating system for the …
This is the current list of podcasts I actively listen to. The previous list is from 2018. Science Name RSS feed URL Notes Gravity Assist https://www.nasa.gov/rss/dyn/Gravity-Assist.rss The Solar System and associated space missions. Host: Jim Green (former NASA Chief Scientist) …
The normal method of taking a screenshot in Linux (in Cinnamon, at least) does not work while selecting a menu command is in progress. Example from selecting menu “Sheet” → “Fill Cells” → “Fill Series” in LibreOffice: All keyboard input, …
Taking a screenshot of a menu in Cinnamon (Linux) Read more »
Here is an index of all my blog posts, going back to 2010. Yes, this is meta talk. If you are not interested in this, wait for an upcoming blog post or pick a blog post from the list here. …
Krita seems like a good replacement for Microsoft Paint. It is sufficiently intuitive to use, even without any exposure to it before. I use such programs primarily to crop and add frames to screenshots. Even for that relatively simple task, …
Krita on Linux as the equivalent to Windows’ Paint Read more »
Although it is often somewhat hidden, most text editors, except for the most basic ones, have a column mode (also known as block mode or visual mode) – to work on rectangular selections of text (including a width of zero). …
Using the package manager in Ubuntu to install Emacs will result in some older version (version 26.3 on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 (Focal Fossa)). One way to get the latest version, currently 27.2 for the stable version, is to compile from …
Building Emacs from source on Ubuntu 20.04 in 2020 Read more »
It is possible to format Quora comments, e.g. with bold and italics, even though there isn’t any indication that it is possible. In the distant past the web interface had a formatting toolbar when adding or editing comments, but this …
One would expect Markdown to be supported on the Stack Overflow official blog, but it is not. It is a WordPress-based blog and there aren’t any comment plugins in use. Also, comments get lost if JavaScript is not allowed from certain …
Formatting WordPress comments, e.g. on the Stack Overflow official blog Read more »