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杂记 | Misc Notes

1. Firefox 全屏时显示地址栏和标签栏，设置browser.fullscreen.autohide=false

2. 禁用一个upstart的服务: echo "manual" >> xxx.conf，natty的upstart版本支持了override文件，于是可以 echo "manual" >> xxx.override

3. bootchart小工具可以分析开机时各程序启动，资源占用等情况，另有pybootchartgui可以将结果转换成图片查看

4. colortest 用于测试终端对颜色支持情况

5. synapse 一个 gnome-do 替代品，不依赖mono，重启compiz也不会崩溃

6. vimperator 最近又用了一下，比以往好了很多，装上以后多了各种快捷键，同时也不影响原来的界面。对gmail和google reader有冲突，之需要按一下ctrl+z

7. solarized 一个很不错的颜色主题，可以用于vim mutt terminal等等，很不错。也有对gnome-teriminal的移植，但是我这里显示效果不是很好

8. Terminus 一个很不错的终端字体，适用于小字号


1. To show the location bar and tab bar when Firefox is in fullscreen mode, set browser.fullscreen.autohide=false

2. To disable an upstart service: echo "manual" >> xxx.conf. Staring from Natty, upstart has supported the override files, so we may use: echo "manual" >> xxx.override

3. bootchart is a small tool to visualize the performance (of programs, resources) in the boot process, and pybootchartgui is available to convert result into images.

4. colortest is something useful to test the color capabilities of terminals

5. synapse is an alternate of gnome-do, which does not depend on mono, and does not crash when restarting compiz

6. vimperator: has been using it again, now it's much better than before, with many convenient shortcuts, while keeping the old interfaces. It conflicts with the key binds in gmail and google reader, but can be resolved by pressing ctrl+z

7. solarized is a great color scheme for vim mutt terminal etc. There's also a port for gnome-terminal, which unfortunately does not look good on my machine

8. Terminus is a good font family for terminals, best in small font sizes.
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