Into.the.Void.

There’s a very nice plugin for Gaim that allows one to send latex code via IM to other people who have the same plugin (if they don’t they just see the latex code).

I find it very usefull since I’m a student in a math department and I often exchange math fomulae with people even through IM.

I wonder how one would describe this latex code in “normal IM text”:

$$ f( x) =
\sum_{i=0}^{\infty}\frac{f^{( i )}(x )}{i!} $$


but…check this:

If you exchange math formulae with colleagues via IM … you’ll want this one 🙂

Filed by kargig at 02:24 under General,Internet,Linux
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edit your .Xdefaults and add this at the bottom:


*XmScrollBar.baseTranslations:#augment\n Shift:IncrementUpOrLeft(0)\n Shift:IncrementDownOrRight(0)\n :IncrementUpOrLeft(0)IncrementUpOrLeft(0)IncrementUpOrLeft(0) IncrementUpOrLeft(0)IncrementUpOrLeft(0)IncrementUpOrLeft(0)\n :IncrementDownOrRight(0)IncrementDownOrRight(0)IncrementDownOrRight(0) IncrementDownOrRight(0)IncrementDownOrRight(0)IncrementDownOrRight(0)\n


That’s ONE line! Then to test it open a pdf with acrobat reader on linux and press shift while scrolling the mouse wheel…you’ll notice the difference 🙂 (it now scrolls one page per scroll “click”)

enjoy 🙂

Filed by kargig at 02:10 under General,Linux
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