Does anyone have a tool that can do "grep like" searches on a folder of text docs from windows explorer?
Right click shelling out and using the FIND command is what I've resorted to so far. =(
Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
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#102I wonder why the author recommend winget but not scoop. Scoop obviously has more community support and that's the most important part of a package manager (more packages, more frequent update, etc).
Any upsides to scoop compared to chocolatey?
Scoop installs all the files locally by default and doesn't need to be run through an elevated shell. In junction to this, there's also usually less trouble with leftover files after uninstalling programs.
The official software repo might be smaller than chocolate's, but to my eye, as it is moderated through a single open github repo, it seems much simpler.
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#103Does anyone have a tool that can do "grep like" searches on a folder of text docs from windows explorer? Right click shelling out and using the FIND command is what I've resorted to so far. =(
Check out Binary Fortress' FileSeek
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#104Does anyone have a tool that can do "grep like" searches on a folder of text docs from windows explorer? Right click shelling out and using the FIND command is what I've resorted to so far. =(
Notepad++ and kate text editors can do that
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#105Sort of a side note: Exceptional Mac programs are often showcased and awarded. Either by Apple or others in the Mac “community”. Is there example from the Windows side? Programs that highlight the very best the Windows platform can deliver?
Sort of a side note v2: Would like to see a similar article/resource for Mac too.
Well, Apple have their design award each year. This year it's mostly iPad and iOS, so that's no fun.
But you do have review like this one from The Verge, reviewing Pixelmator Pro, where they talk, briefly, about using the Core ML API from Apple. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/5/16254300/pixelmator-pro-fe...
I never see things like that for Windows.
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#106Semi-related: Has WSL2 fixed the issue where trying to do anything in the host Windows filesystem is interminably slow? Running something like “git status” takes legitimately like 15 seconds if the repo is outside the linux filesystem.
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#107VS Code is fine and I actually use it quite a bit. Whoever says, it is "hella fast" either never used a really fast text editor or only compares it to Atom.
VSCodium (https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium) is a better alternative. Same but no Microsoft branding and telemetry.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been using WSL and a lot of unix tools on Windows. I have a simple reason: Windows is a much better desktop environment. I tried to switch from macOS to Linux. I've found workarounds / alternatives to almost all of my issues on Linux. One issue seems to be unfixable though; I have a 4K monitor and pretty much required to use fractional scaling. Windows and macOS does it perfectly. I had good luck with Pop!_OS bu…
I'm on Pop! 20.10 and, the fraction scaling option is available. I don't use fractional scaling, though, not even on my mac. Integer scaling is always going to be sharper and less resource intensive, no matter the DE.
Well I have a 27" 4k monitor. On 1x, the text is not readable. On 2x everything is absurdly large.
My windows display settings lists 150% as recommended and it works the best: https://s3.eknkc.com/x/2020/12/25/Bv55iSLhjp.png
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been using WSL and a lot of unix tools on Windows. I have a simple reason: Windows is a much better desktop environment. I tried to switch from macOS to Linux. I've found workarounds / alternatives to almost all of my issues on Linux. One issue seems to be unfixable though; I have a 4K monitor and pretty much required to use fractional scaling. Windows and macOS does it perfectly. I had good luck with Pop!_OS bu…
I do 2x scaling on a 4K monitor (on Windows).
Yeah it does integer scaling. I need 1.5x though.
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#110Is 7zip really a good format for sharing data? I also use the program for unpacking and I like the context menu integration. However when I send files, I prefer zip because I feel like this is easiest for the recipient to open (no matter if they are using windows, linux, osx, Android...).