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Hiding the Windows XP recycle bin
23 July 07 08:37 PM | john | 0 Comments   
I'm one of those folks that completely turns off the Windows recycle bin. Primarily, if I accidentally delete a file it's usually some source code that is also in version control, or it's a document and I always store documents on a backed up network Read More...
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Visual Studio Column Guides Redux
22 March 07 09:06 AM | john | 2 Comments   
I was just informed by one of my colleagues that there is a hidden feature in Visual Studio to add guidelines into the text editor. Guidelines are virtical dotted lines that show character column boundaries. This is useful if you are formatting something Read More...
Changing Console Fonts
12 February 07 09:13 AM | john | 2 Comments   
Got a useful link passed to me internally last week on changing your console window fonts from the standard raster and Lucida Console ones. What you can do is add your favorite TrueType fonts in this window (see the side image). To do this navigate to Read More...
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Visual Studio Macro Balloon
17 January 06 09:10 PM | john | 0 Comments   
I've always loved editors with built in macro languages. Once you have macro control of every facet of the editor you can pull off some really cool and time saving tricks. I gave up macros back in the early 90's for the graphical environment of Microsoft Read More...