Tag Archives: gnu

Easy CSS editing with Emacs

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Gabriel Saldaña

Editing CSS in Emacs is very easy since the standard CSS mode comes included by default. But developer Julien Danjou created this nice minor mode called rainbow-mode which will display the color of the code as the background of the … Continue reading →

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Debian and the girlfriend

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Gabriel Saldaña

We got a new computer for the girlfriend some months ago. Since her old laptop was running Debian Lenny and she loved it, but the software packages were quite outdated, I decided to install Kubuntu 10.10 on her new laptop. … Continue reading →

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A message from Richard Stallman on Software Freedom Day

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Richard Stallman, the initiator of the Free Software movement, published a very easy to understand video message on what software freedom is about. Your browser does not support the video tag. Use the download link below. If you can’t see … Continue reading →

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command line tools for web developers

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Many people are typically afraid of the terminal. Yes, it might look scary for some, retro for others, but for the practical busy programmer, the terminal is the best tool you can have. Lately for my day job, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Search and replace recursively in multiple files

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

Lately I’ve been working with a lot of static HTML files with lots of repeating text structures. In the past I’ve talked about editing multiple files with Emacs. This approach works very well when the number of multiple files and … Continue reading →

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Going to DrupalCon 2010

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Gabriel Saldaña

So thanks to Justia, I’ve spent the last week at Mountain View, or what is known as the Silicon Valley area. Next week I’ll be attending the Drupal Conference, Drupalcon 2010, in San Francisco, California. Its been great working and … Continue reading →

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