Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-04-14T19:27:24+00:00 Computer Science | Vassar College https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2016-05-18T18:23:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_advanced https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/linux_advanced?rev=1463595798&do=diff Linux Commands : file - search / replace For the following cmds, the test.file contains: 1 cat barn food 2 dog house kibble 3 fish water food 4 cow pasture grass grep “searches the named input FILE for lines containing a match to PATTERN” text/html 2015-08-27T14:16:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) emacs_tips https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/emacs_tips?rev=1440684973&do=diff Emacs Tips Emacs Command Shorthand From the emacs built in tutorial Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT). Rather than write that in full each time, we'll use the following abbreviations: C-<chr> means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr> Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f. M-<chr> means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>. … text/html 2016-05-18T16:17:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) linux_basics https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/linux_basics?rev=1463588248&do=diff Linux Basics Files, Directories and Paths * a file is a collection of data with a name (a filename to be precise). Although it may be stored in separate chunks in different location on the hardware, programs will generally work with a file as a single continuous collection of data. text/html 2020-07-04T21:02:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) vnc https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/vnc?rev=1593896566&do=diff Using VNC What is VNC? NOTE: VNC is deprecated. For all remote desktop access, we ask that you use X2Go (found here). VNC is a system for interacting with a computer display remotely, over a network. This technology was developed by AT&T Laboratories, and is now available for free over the internet (distributed under the GNU General Public License. Visit the text/html 2021-03-04T00:22:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) apple https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go/apple?rev=1614817344&do=diff X2Go macOS Installation <https://www.xquartz.org/>may * Step 1: <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/releases/4.1.2.2/>” target=“blank”>Click here for the latest version</a></html> to go to the download page for X2Go. <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/releases/>” target=“blank”>Click here for the previous versions.</a></html> text/html 2021-02-11T14:53:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) windows https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/x2go/windows?rev=1613055214&do=diff X2Go Windows Installation * Step 1: <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/X2GoClient_latest_mswin32-setup.exe>” target=“blank”>Click here for the latest version</a></html> to go to the download page for x2go. <html><a href=“<https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/>” target=“blank”>Click here for the previous versions.</a></html>