Ubuntu on Macbook Pro: set the function keys to act like F1-F12 by default (disable Fn default behavior)

put the following line in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc if you are using zsh

echo 2 | sudo tee /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

What? your sudo command asks your password? then

sudo visudo
#add this line
your-user-name  ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

Don't you want to set this NOPASSWD option for security reasons? then put the following line into /etc/rc.local instead. It should work.

echo 2 > /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

Reference

How to do a case insensitive search in vim

/\cYourSearchKeywords case insensitive /\CYourSearchKeywords case sensitive, which is the default behaviour

A few other ideas:

  • \c can appear anywhere in the pattern, so if you type a pattern and then decide you wanted a case-insensitive search, just add a \c at the end.

  • add set ignorecase for case-insensitive searching in my vimrc, and I can use \C to do a case-sensitive search

  • There's also set smartcase which will automatically switch to a case-sensitive search if you use any capital letters

    • Remember! set smartcase applies only when set ignorecase is already active

Reference

Deploy .NET 6 Web Application With GitHub Actions To Self-Hosted Linux Machine (Virtual Private Server, Raspberry Pi, etc.)

This great article taught me how to use github actions to deploy my side project to my cheap VPS. Many thanks to the author!

How to use vim macro to speed up your complex find/replace operations in vim / ideavim

Yesterday, I need to replace a string ClassName with List<ClassName> many times in a few files, and the ClassName varies. Manually doing it again and again is tedious and mistake prone, which is what I hate. Here's the solution

First, record a macro,

  1. move cursor on any letter of the target ClassName
  2. qa
  3. ysiw>
  4. Insert
  5. List
  6. Esc
  7. q

Second, replay the macro, move cursor to another occurrence of ClassName,

@a

Third, replay the same macro as many times as you want: move cursor to any other occurrences, simply type

@@

The feeling is so good to let a computer do what you want it to do!

and here's the Reference where I learnt how to use vim macro. TL;DR;

Delete to beginning of current word in Bash

Instead of pressing backspace repeatedly, press ESC then Backspace.

Reference

Don't you want more? here's some

  • how to delete to the end of the line? Ctrl + k
  • how to delete to the beginning of the line? Ctrl + u
  • Simply move the cursor to the line of the beginning? Ctrl + a

Want a full list?

Here you are