I’m currently rewriting my Neovim configuration using lua rather than using vimscript. I’m using the coc.nvim plugin and want to map return (
Solution
vim.keymap.set() coc
Moving to a Different Mastodon Server
When I first signed up for Mastodon, I created my account salcode on https://mastodon.social/. Eventually I decided I wanted to be on a smaller server, specifically https://phpc.social/. These are my notes on how I made this move.
Compare composer.json on Two Different Git Branches
I have composer.json files on two different branches and I want to compare their (non-dev) dependencies. This is the command I run to compare the “require” section of composer.json on my current branch to the “require” section of composer.json on another branch.
Tarenheit: A New Temperature Scale
My son is studying unit conversions in school and as a family we were discussing how you can’t use the same technique (multiplication) when converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Out of this conversation came a new temperature scale, Tarenheit (rhymes with Fahrenheit). Tarenheit is exactly 32° less than Fahrenheit.
Check If We Can Do a Git Fast-Forward Merge
When I’m working with Git, there are times I want to check if I can do a fast-forward merge but I do NOT want to actually perform the merge.
How to Disable beforeunload Event Listeners
I was doing some troubleshooting and wanted to disable the “beforeunload” event listeners on a page. This is how I accomplished it with the Chrome browser.
Revert Merge Commit
Typically a Git commit has exactly one parent, however a Git merge commit has two parents. The problem this creates with Git revert, is it is unclear which commit we want to revert to.
Quickly Delete Large Directory from the Command line
When deleting a large directory from the command line, it can take a frustratingly long time for the task to complete. This is a trick I use to speed things up.
WordPress Gutenberg Trigger Autosave
Recently, I was documenting the steps to reproduce a certain bug and the bug required the presence of an autosave (along with the “There is an autosave of this post that is more recent than the version below.” message). Rather than wait for an autosave to occur naturally, I wanted to speed things up and manually trigger one. This is the command I use to do that.
JavaScript Unix Timestamp from String in Time Zone
Given a string like “2022-01-01 13:00:00”, which represents a time in the “Europe/Paris” timezone, how can we get the corresponding Unix Timestamp in JavaScript? This problem is sufficiently complex that in my opinion leveraging a third-party library is the best solution.