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Comment web2py (Score 1) 287

I've been using web2py lately and like it a lot. It is a Python-based framework with a Rails-like MVC structure with JQuery and Ajax functions built in. I find it much easier to learn and use than Django. It has functions like SQLForm.smartgrid() that create a table-based interface to a database table with built-in search, sort, pagination, CRUD, and buttons to linked tables--all with a single line of code. Functions like this and more make it trivially easy to create easy-to-use front- and back-end user interfaces.

Comment Re:"Better" is relative... (Score 2, Informative) 334

By the way, if you are a geek, you should consider one of these before you buy an iPod Shuffle; more features for less money, and it works as a USB storage device so it works perfectly well on Linux.

If you want to play Ogg audio files, I've found cheap, unbranded 2GB MP3 player/FM radio/USB stick S1MP3 combos available on Ebay will also play them. It's usually not documented in the instructions nor in the seller's online listings, but they play Ogg just fine. I've bought three of these units so far and they all did Ogg. In Linux you just mount them like any generic thumbdrive and transfer audio files to them.

Comment highlighted comment lines (Score 1) 702

A useful way to quickly start or end a major comment block when coding is:

i#<space><Esc>70i-<Esc>

This will create a line beginning with a '#' followed by 70 hyphens.

"ayy

will copy the current line to the 'a' buffer

"aP

will paste the line stored in buffer 'a'. Of course, you can use any letter or number to save to a buffer, which is one of the great things about vi--36 buffers!

P.S. Is there a way to change the settings in Firefox so vi commands will work when editing text in text boxes?

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