Very useful .vimrc file for Linux users.

A very nice .vimrc file for any Linux user, this makes VI or VIM easier to use. " ~/.vimrc (configuration file for vim only) " skeletons function! SKEL_spec() 0r /usr/share/vim/current/skeletons/skeleton.spec language time en_US if $USER != ” let login = $USER elseif $LOGNAME != ” let login = $LOGNAME else let login = ‘unknown’ endif … Read more

Apple open source code that is available to everyone. How I installed the zsh shell on Fedora 19 from source code.

http://www.apple.com/opensource/. There is a good selection of open-source code here that Apple is using on their machines. I downloaded the tarball of the zsh shell here: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/zsh/zsh-55/zsh-4.3.11.tar.bz2. This was compiled very easily after I installed the ncurses-devel RPM from this location for Fedora 19: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/19/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/n/ncurses-devel-5.9-11.20130511.fc19.x86_64.rpm. Then I was able to complete the checks run by … Read more

How to use aliases with the bash shell and some other useful Linux tricks.

Are you wanting to create an alias and you want to see how they are done? Well a Linux distribution should come with some aliases that are already created for you and you can type the alias ls command to see how one is created. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ alias ls alias ls=’ls –color=auto’ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ alias ls alias ls=’ls … Read more

Using the zsh shell and some useful tricks to make the most of this Linux shell.

The zsh shell is a nice alternative to the bash shell when you are using Linux and want a nice command shell for your day-to-day use. Below is my ~/.zshrc files that I am using now. Type sudo apt-get install zsh to install this in Ubuntu. If you want to use my ~/.zshrc files; then … Read more