Juliet Kemp, Author at ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/author/juliet-kemp/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:31:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Vim Auto Indent Command https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/automatic-indenting-vim/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/automatic-indenting-with-vim/ Vim is a modal text editor that allows users to alter text in different modes. These different modes determine how the alphanumeric keys on keyboards function.  Vim has an extremely powerful and flexible automatic indent option, indentexpr. Indentation may seem like an insignificant step when coding, but Vim makes it automatic with its indent option, […]

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]]> Graphical Disk Usage With Baobab https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/graphical-disk-usage-with-baobab/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/graphical-disk-usage-with-baobab/ The usual way to have a look at your disk usage is with the commands df and du. df shows a summary of how full your disk is (use df -h to get more human friendly figures, in GB rather than KB). du shows the space taken up by each directory and subdirectory (starting from […]

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]]> Getting Started With Subversion https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/getting-started-with-subversion/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/getting-started-with-subversion/ Subversion is a version control system: It keeps a record of changes over the lifetime of a file, allowing you to revert to an earlier version at will. It’s particularly useful for code projects, but it can handle, and be useful for, pretty much any type of file (e.g., for tutorials!). It’s available as a […]

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]]> Remote Desktop With GDM https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/remote-desktop-with-gdm/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/remote-desktop-with-gdm/ I needed to set up a remote desktop with my netbook the other day (why use that tiny screen when you don’t have to?) and expected to need to install additional software on the server side. In fact, gdm, the standard Gnome display manager, will handle this for you, as will the KDE version, kdm. […]

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]]> The Various bash Prompts https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/the-various-bash-prompts/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/the-various-bash-prompts/ It’s fairly likely that you already have a personalized setting for PS1, the default bash interaction prompt. But what about the others available: PS2, PS3, and PS4? Tip of the Trade: Most likely, you already have a personalized setting for PS1, the default bash interaction prompt. Here’s what to do with PS2, PS3 and PS4. […]

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]]> Unicode Characters in Vim https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/unicode-characters-in-vim/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/unicode-characters-in-vim/ The editor Vim supports Unicode natively. If your X or console keymap is set up to enter unicode characters via the keymap, it will work fine in Vim. Alternatively, there are two other ways of entering these characters. Tip of the Trade: The editor Vim supports unicode natively. There are three ways to take advantage […]

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]]> xclip: Command-Line Clipboard https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/xclip-command-line-clipboard/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/xclip-command-line-clipboard/ xclip (available as a package for Debian and Ubuntu) enables you to interact with the X clipboard directly from the command-line — without having to use the mouse to cut and paste. Tip of the Trade: Think command line precludes using the X clipboard? Think again. xclip makes it possible to interact with it directly […]

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]]> System Monitoring With Atop https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/system-monitoring-with-atop/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/system-monitoring-with-atop/ atop is a useful tool that displays system load information alongside process information in a similar style to top. Tip of the Trade: Atop makes it easy to keep on top of system monitoring. This useful tool displays system load information alongside process information in a style similar to top. As in the screenshot below […]

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]]> Bash, in Color https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/bash-in-color/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/bash-in-color/ I find that a little color on the command line helps make things easier to read. ls is easy to colorize: just add the line: Tip of the Trade: A little color on the command line makes things easier to read. alias ls='ls --color=auto' in your ~/.bashrc (then source it or open another terminal). You […]

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]]> Exuberant-Ctags with Vim or Emac https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/ectags-with-emacs-and-vim/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/ectags-with-emacs-and-vim/ IDEs can be useful when you’re coding; however, you may, like me, have a preference for an editor you already know. The exuberant-ctags package offers some of the source code navigation features of an IDE within Emacs or Vim. Tip of the Trade: With exuberant-ctags you can take advantage of any IDE’s source code navigation […]

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