Useful things

This is a list of free and useful things on the net, along with quick fixes to peculiar problems.

Tutorials & References

Learn to Code HTML & CSS by Shay Howe is a seemingly up-to-date resource. I use this to refresh my HTML5 and CSS3 knowledge.
Markdown Cheatsheet by Adam Pritchard

Linux

Unless you’re using a wildly popular distro (Ubuntu, Fedora), your fonts probably don’t look all that good. Fortunately, I’ve found a quick fix on StackExchange. Create or replace the contents of your ~/.fonts.conf with the following configuration:

  <?xml version='1.0'?>
  <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
  <fontconfig>
      <match target="font">
          <edit mode="assign" name="rgba">
          <const>rgb</const>
      </edit>
      </match>
      <match target="font">
          <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
              <bool>true</bool>
          </edit>
      </match>
      <match target="font">
          <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
              <const>hintslight</const>
          </edit>
      </match>
      <match target="font">
          <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
              <bool>true</bool>
          </edit>
      </match>
      <match target="font">
          <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter">
              <const>lcddefault</const>
          </edit>
      </match>
  </fontconfig>

Don’t forget to restart your browser and DE afterwards. I’ve successfully tested this on Slackware 14.2.

Firefox won’t play H.264-encoded video on Slacwkware 14.2 by default. Facebook and Netflix deliver video this way. There’s an easy fix for this–either compile ffmpeg from Slackbuilds with X264=yes or use AlienBob’s package which already has this enabled.

Other Tips

A way to make ctrl+` toggle between the terminal and the current editor in Visual Studio Code:

// Toggle between terminal and editor focus
{ "key": "ctrl+`", "command": "workbench.action.terminal.focus"},
{ "key": "ctrl+`", "command": "workbench.action.focusActiveEditorGroup", "when": "terminalFocus"}