Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Google reader shortcuts

I am tried of forgetting these and then looking for them

j/kitem down/upselects the next/previous item in the list
space/shift-spacepage down/upmoves the page down/up
n/pscan down/upin list view, selects the next item without opening it
oopen/close itemin list view, expands or collapses the selected item
enteropen/close itemin list view, expands or collapses the selected item
stoggle starstars the selected item
shift-stoggle shareshares the selected item
mmark as read/unreadswitches the read state of the selected item
ttag an itemopens the tagging field for the selected item
vview originalopens the original source for this article in a new window
shift-amark all as readmarks all items in the current view as read
1expanded viewdisplays the subscription as expanded items
2list viewdisplays the subscription as a list of headlines
rrefreshrefreshes the unread counts in the navigation
shift-n/pnavigation down/upselects the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation
shift-xnavigation expand/collapseexpand or collapse a folder selected in the navigation
shift-onavigation open subscriptionopens the item currently selected in the navigation
ghgo to homegoes to the Google Reader homepage
gago to all itemsgoes to the "All items" view
gsgo to starred itemsgoes to the "Starred items" view
gtgo to tagallows you to navigate to a tag by entering the tag name
gugo to subscriptionallows you to navigate to a subscription by entering the subscription name
utoggle full screen modehides and shows the list of subscriptions
?keyboard shortcuts helpdisplays a quick guide to all of Reader's shortcuts

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Backing up Thunderbird

Backup Thunderbird to a backup_directory
tar zcvf /home/username/backup_dir/tbbackup.tar.gz /home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird.

Restoring Thunderbird
*make sure thunderbird is not running*
tar -zxvf /home/username/tbbackup.tar.gz -C /home/username

Credit to:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-backup-thunderbird-email-profile/