I’m using Eclipse in Windows XP. One of my favorite shortcuts is CTRL+ALT+DOWN (or CTRL+ALT+UP) to duplicate a line. I just found that on this machine (XP ThinkPad, with NVIDIA graphics driver), this is has the effect of fliping the screen upside down, which I will rarely use. How can I disable this? Or, if … Read more
I would like to customize keyboard shortcuts in Google Chrome. For example, I would like to map the key combination Ctrl+Shift+W to the command “Close Other Tabs” instead of right-clicking on a tab (default command). Is there any setting in Chrome to set this combination to that command? Answer If you’re on a Mac then … Read more
When I copy something to the clipboard and press Ctrl + V in Bash, nothing happens; However, right clicking and selecting Paste does the job. Why? Is there any reasonable issue (I’m sure there is) behind this behavior in Linux? Answer In the days of physical terminals, session-wide clipboards did not exist, only few programs supported internal … Read more
I have two panes in horizontal split. I’d like to have the pane currently on the right to be on the left in the window. I’m not talking about moving the focus (Ctrl+B o). How do I achieve this? ‘left pane’ <–> ‘right pane’ Answer The swap-pane command can do this for you. The { … Read more
I am using a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X 10.5. Is there a similar function to “show desktop” (shortcut is WIN+D) on a Mac? It should hide all applications and show a clean desktop. Answer On older versions of OS X, it’s one of the Exposé keys. Starting with OS X 10.7, Exposé has been replaced … Read more
I often use the Cmd+Tab shortcut to switch between different applications (for example: Xcode and Google Chrome), but is there a shortcut to switch between different windows of the same application (for example, from one window in Google Chrome, to another)? Answer The default shortcut is Cmd` (that’s a backtick). You can always change that … Read more
