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Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ctrl-a.
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If you do the ctrl-a trick, you see the words "find me" and then the following riddle:
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I did get into the habit back in tha day of doing a ctrl-a ctrl-c when Diaryland was REALLY bad for not saving entries so I could have just tried it again last night but ... it was basically just me talking about my love affair with cheese, and I didn't think it was all that important.
Change O' Plans emu-head 2008
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They read the content through for perhaps the 10th time in total and then press "ctrl-a" and "backspace" or "delete" and feel a simultaneous rush of relief and impotence when the content disappears.
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Now open the audio file in Audacity mark everythink (ctrl-a) and use compression in the effect-menu i took - 44db in the first slider, but it depends on your material.
Planet Ubuntu 2010
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Type screen at the prompt, it will bring you back to a prompt, execute your programs as normal, when your ready to disconnect hit ctrl-a d and the session will disconnect (or if you get disconnected).
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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- Basic emacs key bindings in text fields should work. (e.g., ctrl-e, ctrl-a, ctrl-d) - Paste-and-Go for Mac omnibox, cleaned up omnibox context menu
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Detach from your screen session by typing the following keyboard sequence: ctrl-a d
Aaron Toponce 2008
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(may be behind a subscription wall, but if you quickly click 'read full article' then ctrl-a, ctrl-c, you'll be able to catch it) press release from University of Chicago about the same time.
Popular Posts Across MetaFilter kaspen 2010
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