PDF Software

The following is a categorised list of useful for software for working with PDF (portable document format) files in Microsoft Windows.

PDF Readers

This refers to programs that install themselves as virtual printers and allow you to print anything to a PDF file.

This refers to programs for converting from PDF to other formats

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Pomodoro Technique

The pomodoro technique is a time managed technique based on 25 minute time boxes with a 5 minute break. You can read all about it by visiting the web site and downloading the free ebook (PDF format). Its simple and very effective, particularly if you tend to procrastinate.

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Fonts

Software Development Fonts

Consolas is my favourite development font. It is also the one that Jeff Atwood uses. Also check out his article on Programmer Fonts for some other good development fonts. Consolas comes with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005+ but who’s going to install that to get a font? You can get the font here.

Bitstream Vera is used by Gnome and is a really good family of fonts.

Why worry about fonts for programming? Happy with Courier New? Have a read of this.

Microsoft TrueType Core Fonts

These are the core fonts used by Microsoft Windows and include:

  • Andale
  • Arial
  • Comic Sans
  • Courier New
  • Georgia
  • Impact
  • Times New Roman
  • Trebuchet
  • Verdana
  • Webdings

The unaltered .exe files for these fonts can be downloaded here. The Cabextract RPM package for Linux systems can be downloaded here. This is available from the CoreFonts SourceForge project.

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Windows Vista Fonts

Font Libraries

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Copying Files in Restartable Mode

If you’re copying files across a network, always use the command line, it just minimises the use of your system resources. If you use the copy command, make sure you include /Z so that it copies across the network in restartable mode – i.e., if something goes wrong it will start from where it was it up to before the interruption.

$ copy /Z networkfile.txt .
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VMware client on Linux

Under Linux systems, configure VMware tools by issuing the command: vmware-config-tools.pl. Note that when you select VM -> Install VMware Tools, the VMware tools RPM and .tar.gz files will be mounted on your CD-ROM drive. Note you might need to unmount your current CD, which means either a real CD or ISO image you have mounted. One of the easiet ways to do this is to simply disconnect your CD drive in VMware for the duration of the install.

If you are using CentOS or RedHat, install using the RPM. If you are on Ubuntu or Debian, extract the .tar.gz file to your home directory, and run vmware-install.pl.

Once installed, go to the shell and type: vmware-config-tools.pl and answer the questions in the script. Note that you will have to run this as root or user with sufficient priviledges (vmware-config-tools.pl is typically located under /usr/bin/). This will ensure VMware tools are correctly configured. Make sure you choose the right screen solution and restart X when done. I have noticed that VMware tools only seems to work when Gnome is fully loaded in CentOS. For example the transparent mouse cursor (where the cursor just works between guest and host) doesn’t work during boot up.

You can access shared folders on VMware workstation through your linux client by browsing to /mnt/hgfs/

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