mykappa’s gists

mykappa / backupOpenEditorFilesList.m

Created August 25, 2021 11:25

Save a list of MATLAB scripts and functions open in the editor in case MATLAB crahes (for people like me who always work with way too many tabs)

	%% Save list of files opened in MATLAB editor

	% Get a list of open files
	x = matlab.desktop.editor.getAll;
	editor_open_files_list = {};
	for ii = 1:size(x,2)
	editor_open_files_list=[editor_open_files_list; {x(1,ii).Filename} {x(1,ii).Text}]; %#ok<AGROW>
	end

	% Define backup path

mykappa / forceCloseWaitbars.m

Created August 26, 2021 11:23

Find and force the deletion of all open MATLAB waitbars that cannot be closed

	% Find and force the deletion of all open MATLAB waitbars that cannot be closed
	delete(findall(0,'type','figure','tag','TMWWaitbar'))

mykappa / resetMatlabSession

Created August 30, 2021 07:59

Reset open MATLAB session

	!matlab &
	exit

mykappa / inverseSearch.bat

Created October 13, 2021 13:38

SumatraPDF Inverse Search with Visual Studio Code

	:: Set the following command in SumatraPDF->Settings->Options...->Set inverse search command-line

	"%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -g %f:%l

	:: NOTE: The value of %USERPROFILE% must be explicitly written out!

mykappa / pdf2pngConv.sh

Created May 11, 2022 08:33

Use ImageMagick to convert PDFs in the current folder to PNG

	find . -type f -name '*.pdf' -print0 \|
	while IFS= read -r -d '' file
	do convert -verbose -density 600 -layers composite "${file}" "${file%.*}.png"
	done

mykappa / fixed_precision_LaTeX_from_MATLAB.m

Created September 15, 2022 06:56

Minimalist example of how to get fixed precision LaTeX output from symbolic MATLAB calculations

latex(vpa(sym(randn(3)),4))

mykappa / getCurrentUserSID.ps1

Created February 10, 2023 13:25

Get current user Security Identifier (SID) with Windows PowerShell

	$User = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($env:UserDomain, $env:UserName)
	$SID = $User.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
	$SID.Value

mykappa / setup_nanorc_mac.sh

Created April 6, 2023 13:57

Syntax Highlighting in `nano` with `nanorc` on macOS

	# Install newest version of nano and nanorc
	brew update
	brew install nano nanorc

	# Create `~/.nanorc` file
	echo "include /opt/homebrew/Cellar/nanorc//share/nanorc/.nanorc" >> ~/.nanorc

	# The error about the color `brightnormal`
	# `Error in /opt/homebrew/Cellar/nanorc/*/share/nanorc/nanorc.nanorc on line 26: Color 'normal' takes no prefix`
	# can be fixed by commenting out line 26 in /opt/homebrew/Cellar/nanorc/*/share/nanorc/nanorc.nanorc

mykappa / fixPDFtextCopyPaste.ahk

Created April 14, 2023 08:36

Use AutoHotkey to remove unwanted characters like line breaks from the clipboard when copying text from a PDF with ctrl+c (tested with Adobe Acrobat and SumatraPDF)

	#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
	; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
	SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
	SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

	#IfWinActive ahk_class SUMATRA_PDF_FRAME
	^c::
	old := ClipboardAll
	clipboard := ""
	send ^c

mykappa / vsc_ipywidg_bg_transparent.html

Created July 18, 2023 18:17

Make VS Code ipywidget background transparent

	%%html
	<style>
	.cell-output-ipywidget-background {
	background-color: transparent !important;
	}
	:root {
	--jp-widgets-color: var(--vscode-editor-foreground);
	--jp-widgets-font-size: var(--vscode-editor-font-size);
	}
	</style>