how_to
Short "how-to" files on various computer, SW dev, and OS topics
What's in here
You know how you learn little tricks of the trade while you're working with a particular hardware platform (such as Raspberry Pi), OS (such as Windows or Linux), development system (such as Visual Studio) or application (such as Word or LaTeX)?
Yeah.
Well, rather than search the Web yet again for that thing I learned months ago and have since forgotten, I created a short library of "how-to" guides for myself. Someone asked for a copy of the library so I obliged them. Then someone else asked for a copy of it, so I realized it was time to put it in a more accessible place.
Therefore, Github.
This also allows me to copy the library to a new computer, quickly and easily.
Intended audience
Me. But if you find it useful, great. If you don't find it useful, I don't care.
.TXT versus .MD format
Files that end in .TXT are simple text files.
Files that end in .MD are Markdown files. They read just like simple text files, but if you open them in a browser, they will have bold print, headings and subheadings, and so on. If you open them in an editor like Vim or Notepad++, you will have different colored text according to whether it's bold, headings and subheadings, and so on.
Read more about Markdown here: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet
Suggestions and enhancement requests
This isn't intended to sound snobby, but you know, on the highway
of life, you can only drive your own car. Rather than forward
suggestions or enhancement requests to me, I suggest that you create
your own $HOME/Documents/how_to library and fill it with content
tailored specifically for you.
If that's too much work, then create a fork of this repo and add your own stuff to it.
And no, I'm not loosening permissions so that you can push stuff to my repo.
Mistakes, errors, updates, and corrections
I feel the same way about corrections. I'd prefer to find out for myself that something doesn't work anymore, rather than have it pointed out to me. Anybody who has been married for more than ten years knows what I'm talking about.
To reword what I said earlier, only you can drive your car. Any errors in here are mine. All mine. I own them!
What's this about driving a car?
Read these blog entries: https://zyzmog.blogspot.com/search/label/laws%20of%20motion