Lucid Hacking
Free From Obscurity

Automatic Error Detection in Vim

On December 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Coming from Emacs I was looking for something to replace Flymake for on-the-fly syntax checking in Vim. And that’s when I discovered

Continue Reading →

Context-sensitive Documentation in Vim

On December 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Pressing K while in normal mode in Vim will, by default, look up documentation using the man utility for the keyword underneath the cursor. This is excellent for quickly researching built-in Linux utilities as well as functions from the C Standard Library.

Pretty awesome. What makes it more awesome is the [...]

Continue Reading →

How To Access Dropbox Behind a Firewall or Proxy

On December 16, 2011 · 2 Comments

Stuck behind a corporate firewall or proxy and can’t access your Dropbox files? This article will help you get around those restrictions.

Note that even though this article is specifically geared towards Dropbox, the steps here will help you access any site from behind a firewall or proxy.

Things you’ll need:
1. A remote [...]

Continue Reading →

Simple Secure Browsing

On December 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

You’re accounts are being hijacked.

Imagine you and your friend are separated by a wall, and in that wall is a slot allowing the two of you to pass notes. You expect the communication between the two of you to be private. But the reality is that your notes are passing through complete public view [...]

Continue Reading →
  • Recent Posts

    • Automatic Error Detection in Vim
    • Context-sensitive Documentation in Vim
    • How To Access Dropbox Behind a Firewall or Proxy
    • Simple Secure Browsing
  • Recent Comments

    • Abhisek on How To Access Dropbox Behind a Firewall or Proxy
    • Quentin on How To Access Dropbox Behind a Firewall or Proxy
  • TAGS

    hacking programming security vim
"Stuck behind a firewall blocking your access to Dropbox? Not anymore. http://t.co/SHkB7MW6" — lucidhacking

Lucid Hacking

Pages

The Latest

  • Automatic Error Detection in Vim
    Coming from Emacs I was looking for something to replace Flymake […]

More

Thanks for dropping by! Feel free to join the discussion by leaving comments, and stay updated by subscribing to the RSS feed.
© 2011 Lucid Hacking
Platform by PageLines