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[Alain De Vos]

Viewing man pages in color:

pkg install bat

cat mymanpager

#!/usr/local/bin/zsh
export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"

source ./mymanpager

man man

 

[Phishfry]

If it doesn't fit don't force it.

${DTC} -@ -O dtb -o $dtb -i $S/dts/${MACHINE} -i $S/gnu/dts/${MACHINE}
(useful source code snippet I found in make_dtbo.sh for an example of using the include directory)

 

[astyle]

How about installing textproc/man2html and devel/kio-extras ? Then you can view the manpages in color in Konqueror via the #man URL... convenient!

 

[rorgoroth]

I found bat a couple of months ago and love it, I set `bat -pP` as an alias to cat so it acts the same as cat but with colour as I'm not a fan of the paging (-P) and the line numbers(-p) which ruins copy/pasting. I guess this kind of counts as a tip.

 

[kpedersen]

If you want your "unsafe" development web server (i.e php -S) to run on port 80 or 443 without running it as root. Use in your /etc/inetd.conf

80 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/nc nc 127.0.0.1 8080
443 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/nc nc 127.0.0.1 8443

(or yeah, firewall rules...)

 

[JohnnySorocil]

Don't save your shell cmd to history with adding space before command, eg: " echo password"
Unalias your shell cmd with adding backslash before it, eg: \ls

 

[mer]

"Pants first, then shoes"

In my defense the title never specified that the tip had to do with FreeBSD or computing.

 

[astyle]

Airfare first, THEN car, and hotel - last.

 

[eternal_noob]

Don't sit on a couch while in home office. It's too tempting to lay down and sleep a bit.

 

[tingo]

remember to take breaks.

 

[Crivens]

Buy a cheap office chair. It will make you stand up and walk a bit every 20 minutes.

 

[Alain De Vos]

Tip. Marry a women. If it's a good women you will be happy. If it's a bad women you will have learned a valuable lesson.

 

[eternal_noob]

Buy a cheap office chair. It will make you stand up and walk a bit every 20 minutes.

I have a cheap chair for home office. It made me walk straight to the couch where i instantly took a nap.

 

[Crivens]

I have a cheap chair for home office. It made me walk straight to the couch where i instantly took a nap.

See? Much better for the back than sitting all day.

 

[Crivens]

Tip. Marry a women. If it's a good women you will be happy. If it's a bad women you will have learned a valuable expensive lesson.

There, FTFY.
Instead of marrying a woman, look for a woman you can't stand and buy her a house. Saves a lot of time. (- Stan Laurel, iirc)

 

[Vull]

"Pants first, then shoes"

In my defense the title never specified that the tip had to do with FreeBSD or computing.

One leg at a time while standing. Both legs at once? Okay, but only when sitting.

Avoid personal injury lawyers, who only cost you more in the long run.

 

[mer]

Vull I have to admit that's from a FarSide cartoon. Picture a really nerdy kid sitting on a bed, in his pjs, obviously just woke up. On the wall above his bed is a sign "Pants first, then shoes". I still LOL at it.

Another favorite Farside:
Really nerdy looking kid, at the front door of a school, pushing on the door to try and get in. Sign on the school says "School for the Gifted", sign on the door says "Pull"

 

[Vull]

mer I got the "one leg at a time" advice from my father. Naturally, I practiced up jumping into both legs of my jeans, all at once, just so I could be contrary; I was like that.