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May 23, 2025

MS Windows: xcopy and robocopy with mentions of batch procedures and rsync.

Copy and Paste: the universal method.
A short introduction to the Command Line in MS Windows.
Two integrated command-line solutions: xcopy and robocopy.
Basic scheme and some options, among many, of the robocopy command.
Robocopy and batch procedures.
Robocopy and Rsync.
FreeFileSync

Copy and Paste: the universal method.

To transfer files from one folder to another folder we usually use “copy and paste.”

December 6, 2024

Study on an example of integration between Python and LaTeX

Subject of this article.
Description of the steps without using Python.
Python file content.
Program analysis.
Source in LaTeX generated by Python.
To try the program.

Subject of this article.

I am not a computer scientist but I have been using LaTeX for over ten years to write court documents. Only a few months ago I started to follow some tutorials on programming with Python.

September 13, 2024

LaTeX with Sublime Text and LaTeXools.

An article illustrating the use of Sublime Text for creating complex documents, with a focus on legal briefs written in LaTeX.

1. This article is about LaTeX and Sublime Text.
2. The bad news: LaTeXTools is out of date.
3. Placeholders and Variables.
4. Multiple cursors.
5. Paste lists of documents copied from folders.
6. Create and use bookmarks.
7. Persistence of open documents.
8. Snippet for the creation of Sections.
9. A useful little “script”.
10. Compilation, viewers and other commands.
11. Conclusion.

1. This article is about LaTeX and Sublime Text.

The outstanding typographic quality of LaTeX cannot be doubted.

July 8, 2024

Vim, Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code and the multiple cursors.

Article on comparative handling of multiple cursors in Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code and Vim.

1. Multiple cursors? Multi-cursors? What are we talking about?
2. Who “invented” multiple cursors?
3. Multiple cursors in Sublime Text 3 and 4.
4. Multiple cursors in Visual Studio Code.
5. Comparison of Sublime Text and Visual Studio Code.
6. Vim and the built-in multiple editing functions.
7. Effective multi cursors also on Vim.

1. Multiple cursors? Multi-cursors? What are we talking about?

What are multiple cursors?

June 20, 2024

Vim and snippet lists for UltiSnips and other plugins.

Article about the different collections of snippets designed for different plugins of Vim and the possibility of converting from type of format to another.

1. Preamble
2. Steps for using snippets
3. Local custom snippets.
4. Honza: Why two different collections of snippets?
5. Overview of both collections.
6. Is it possible to “mix” the snippets of the two collections?

1. Preamble

In the article “Vim, UltiSnips and Honza vim-snippets: difference and management of the snippets and UltiSnips folders” I have already covered the topic of snippets and UltiSnips for Vim:

May 26, 2024

Extract a list of files from a folder and paste it into a document, in MS Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS.

Article on how to copy a list of files in a folder and paste the list into an open document. The operation is performed only with resources internal to the tested operating systems, which are MS Windows, GNU/Linux (Arch, Fedora and Ubuntu) and macOS, although in the last one, only in command-line mode.

1. Topic of this article.
2. Command line solution in MS Windows.
3. Command-line solution in GNU/Linux and macOS.
4. Graphical solution in Windows with File Explorer.
5. Graphical solution in Linux with File Manager.

1. Topic of this article.

Have you ever had a folder on your computer full of files and need to insert the list of those files in a page you are editing?

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