Jack Wallen shows you how to use the search feature to more efficiently locate the configuration option you need to edit in the nano text editor. Nano is my text editor of choice on both the Linux and ...

Have you ever tried to edit a big file? I mean, a really big file, like 2GB or more. It should be easy, I mean, after all you just got that fancy new 64-bit Windows box with an 4- or 8-GB of memory.

Seems like this should be a straightforward task, and indeed, I can find lots of posts asking the same thing, with the same answers, but the provided solution doesn't work. But if I right click on a ...

IDEs have surrounded developers since long, but the older generation of developers used to write their code right from the terminal window. Although IDEs increase productivity and made it easier to ...

In most cases, built-in applications are specially-intended ones to get the job done and be a user's software of choice for all processes they need. However, when it comes to text editing, not all ...

No, I’m not talking about ASCII art like this little crab. I’m talking about scalable vector graphics or SVG files. Even if you’re familiar with the basic difference between raster and vector images, ...

I’ve spent a lot of time looking for the nearly perfect iPad writing application—something that isn’t too flashy, is easy to use, and most importantly, plays well with my one-and-only file synching ...

Software developers are increasingly using Web technologies to build desktop applications. This is because modern HTML rendering engines and emerging standards provide a profoundly powerful foundation ...

The one function of Quicksilver for Mac OS X that I would've given my left arm for in Windows is the ability to append to a file without opening or closing a text editor quickly and simply. Now that's ...