Documentation is a file or set of files that come with a program which detail the programs operation.
Questions tagged [documentation]
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What does 'source' do?
$ whatis source
source: nothing appropriate.
$ man source
No manual entry for source
$ source
bash: source: filename argument required
source: usage: source filename [arguments]
It exists, and it is runnable. Why isn't there any documentation about…
Andrea Ambu
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Tool to annotate pictures (screenshots) for documentation purposes?
Long time ago, I saw someone use a software (on Windows) that was specifically created to annotate pictures. It made it simple to add arrows, boxes, circles in "outstanding" colors to the image. Unfortunatly, I don't remember what program that…
René Nyffenegger
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How do I use the awesome window manager?
I've installed awesome on my Ubuntu laptop, and I like it. But I feel kind of lost. I don't know any keyboard shortcuts and the man pages aren't really any help (for instance, what does Mod4 mean?).
Is there any kind of brief introduction to…
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Why is a second "tmpfs" parameter necessary when mounting a tmpfs?
Excerpted from the documentation
So 'mount -t tmpfs -o size=10G,nr_inodes=10k,mode=700 tmpfs /mytmpfs'
will give you tmpfs instance on /mytmpfs which can allocate 10GB
RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root.
Please note the…
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Does this exist: a standardized way of documenting a file-system structure
At work, I'm in charge of maintaining the organization of a whole lot of varied data on a standard file-system. Part of this is coming up with sensible classification (by similarity, need, read/write access, etc), but the bigger part is actually…
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Sound quality in bluetooth headphones doesn't change to high
My Bluetooth headset Philips SHB6610 has several profiles. It can work as low-quality sound headset (HFP) and high-quality sound headphones (A2DP). Typically whenever I start to play the music in my favorite media player (Winamp) it switches…
Sergiy Belozorov
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Getting started with Far Manager
I'm interested in learning Far Manager. Are there any walkthroughs or tutorials or feature tours out there? The F1 help system is good, but it's more of a reference than a beginners guide.
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Where is the Official list of Windows Environment Variables?
I'm working on some .bat stuff created in a legacy application, which uses many environment variables. I need to know exactly what is every one of them (%windir%, %os%, etc.).
So I need the official Microsoft Documentation about the System…
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What does third symbol in "rw-" file mode mean in OS X ls manual page?
I have trouble understanding ls's manual regarding a file that has rw- mode. Here's the quote:
If r, the file is readable; if −, it is not readable.
If w, the file is writable; if −, it is not writable.
The first of the following that applies:
S…
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Adding programming code into LaTex / LyX
Maybe I'm just being thick, but I can't find any sensible way to simply paste in my (python) code into latex without losing all the indent information (kinda important for python).
Anyone got any bright ideas? I'm not worried about syntax…
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Bash Shell Tutorials
What are some good bash tutorials? I would like to learn more about the bash shells commands and how to use them.
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Where can I find complete documentation on desktop.ini for Windows 7?
The documentation at the Windows Dev Center is fairly limited compared not only to third party sites, but to even what I can create by changing folder settings and opening up the resulting desktop.ini file. The problem with third party sites is that…
raithyn
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hevc_nvenc option information
I tried to encode to hevc_nvenc but the documentation on FFmpeg is too less and all options are not clearly defined. So if anyone can be good enough what all options do and what settings and filters can be used with which setting to get a good…
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Mac OS X Lion - Xcode components simulator location
When we downloaded Xcode 4.5.1, to test applications in older simulators we installed it from Settings->Downloads->Components
Now there is Xcode 4.5.2 available. Again we need to download simulators for that Xcode ? or is there any location where…
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Old KB articles on MSDN
Microsoft removes KB articles when they get old.
Its really frustrating to come up to a page for a KB article you know should exist, (you bookmarked it) but its just been removed.
Does Microsoft put them anywhere we can get at them, or are they just…
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