Ben Reaves rbreaves

Run Visual Studio Code for Linux from WSL

Thanks a lot to mredbishop and others for their insturctions posted here. This is just a recap of what they figured out.

This process was tested on WSL Ubuntu 18.04.

Install VcXsrv on Windows

Dowload the VcXsrv installer from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
Install the software on Windows

Add VS Code repositories

Installing Cool-Retro-Term on Windows10

First of all, this document is just a recompilation of different resources that already existed on the web previously that I personally tested some ones did work and other not. I liked the idea to make a full guide from start to end so all of you could also enjoy playing with cool-retro-term on windows 10. Personally I installed it on a windows 10 pro version. Fingers crossed!

Introduction

For a long time Windows user, starting using Mac can be an exercise in frustration and keeping your nerves at bay. Many things don't work as expected, need to be activated in some ways, keyboard shortcuts are non-existent or wildly different.

This page is a living reference of a Windows long-timer trying to do basic stuff on a Mac. If you see an easier way to achieve certain things, don't hesitate to drop a comment.

Backup android app, data included, no root needed, with adb

Note: This gist may be outdated, thanks to all contributors in comments.

adb is the Android CLI tool with which you can interact with your android device, from your PC

You must enable developer mode (tap 7 times on the build version in parameters) and install adb on your PC.

Don't hesitate to read comments, there is useful tips, thanks guys for this !

	# Remap express keys of XP-PEN Artist22E Pro_V3
	# Input device ID: bus 0x03 vendor 0x28bd product 0x900b version 0x100
	#
	# place me into /etc/udev/hwdb.d/10-xp-pen-keyboard.hwdb
	# and run:
	# sudo udevadm hwdb --update; sudo udevadm trigger
	#
	# print list of key codes:
	# sed -n '/KEY_/{s/.KEY_\([A-Za-z0-9_]\+\)./\L\1/g;p}' /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h \| less
	#

	# Written by Adnan Shameem
	# License: CC0 - do whatever you want with it

	# This script relies on xfce-notifyd. It is lightweight and saves the
	# notifications in a ~/.cache/xfce4/notifyd/log file which is formatted
	# in INI type format.
	# To make this script work,
	# 1. Install notification-daemon
	# 2. Install xfce4-notifyd
	# 3. Run either:

	#!/usr/bin/python

	# references
	# https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsworkspace
	# https://bmn.name/post/2016/05/28/current-osx-app/
	# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28815863/how-to-get-active-window-title-using-python-in-mac
	# https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/123730/is-there-a-way-to-detect-what-program-is-stealing-focus-on-my-mac/

	try:
	from AppKit import NSWorkspace

	#!/bin/bash

	project_name= com.jenkyncorp.bestapp
	reinstall=

	# Takes the most recent .apk and .obb (If you have multiple files)
	OBB=$(ls -t *.obb \| head -n1)
	APK=$(ls -t *.apk \| head -n1)

	while [ "$1" != "" ]; do

	# app: Xdotool
	# user input
	direction = 'down' # 'up' or 'down' or 'left' or 'right'
	# end of user input
	time.sleep(1)
	system.exec_command("xdotool key space")
	time.sleep(1)
	activeApp = window.get_active_class()
	if activeApp == 'nemo.Nemo' or activeApp == 'nemo-desktop.Nemo-desktop':
	if direction == 'up':

	; Config
	#Persistent
	#SingleInstance force

	; 200 wheel events per second rate
	#HotkeyInterval 1000
	#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 200

	DeactivateMenuItem := "Deactivate (Win + Shift + W)"
	EnableHScrollMenuItem := "Enable HScroll (Win + Shift + H)"