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TeXstudio, Bravo!

I have heard about TeXstudio for a long time. I tried it today on a Debian virtual machine. It works like a charm. I like the preview function a lot. Using inline preview, you can see compiled result while you are typing. It works even with user-defined commands. This is …

Useful Visual Studio Code Extensions

Places to Find Extensoins

Visual Studio Code Marketplace and Open VSX Registry are 2 places to find VSCode compatible extensions.

Install VSCode Extensions from Command-line

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34286515/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-extensions-from-command-line/34339780#34339780

Install Code-Server Extensions from Command-line

If you install extension in Dockerfile using root, the extensions are installed …

Useful Plugins for Eclipse

Terminal Plug-in

"Terminal Plug-in" is a fully-working command-line terminal for Eclipse.

EasyShell

"EasyShell" allows to open a shell window or file manager from the popup menu in the navigation tree or editor view.

Vrapper

Vrapper provides Vim-like scheme for Eclispe. You can edit code similar as what you do in …

Start RStudio Server After Upgrading

It is quite often that the RStudio server cannot be start after upgrading. This is due to running R session in the background. A simple solution is to just restart the host machine. However, it is very risky to start servers (especially remote shared ones). An alternative way is to …