In Finding a key binding definition in CodeRush #RoryBecker advocated putting all my custom keyboard shortcuts in a 'custom' folder. How do I ensure these settings are backed up, and also so that I can copy those settings from one development machine to another.
If you create all new shortcuts within a "Custom" folder then the file you'll need to backup is "Settings.XML\IDE\Shortcuts_Custom.xml" folder
The location of the Settings.XML folder will vary depending on your system and it's settings.
See this blogpost general help on settings and their location
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I am writing a Wordpress plugin that depends on another plugin with netbeans.
The project is just containing the files of my plugin and I want to keep it that way to have a clean git repository.
The problem:
I rely on another plugin and want to understand how that plugin works. For this, I want to "step through" the other plugin.
I want to do this on my localhost configuration.
I have basically two destinations:
The project is in my home directory in my github folder
The server files are under c:\wamp64\www\wordpress ...., where the localhost is running
The project is essentially set up correctly to copy files from my github directory to the localhost path (Properties -> Sources)
Then:
I set an include path to the localhost -> wordpress folder in the project properties, and when I now search for a definition in my code that refers to the other plugin, the corresponding file is opened (did not work before setting the include path)
Debugging essentially works, but when I step into a function of the other plugin, the bar becomes grey and the corresponding file is not opened.
Can I change some setting for netbeans to open up the other file (not in the project tree) and step through it?
I have found a reasonable workaround.
I just created a new PHP project in Netbeans with existing sources.
As source, I used the entire wordpress installation in the wamp server path, i.e. c:\wamp64\www\wordpress
I can now 'debug' and step through this new project, but I also need to add the corresponding breakpoints in the files from the server path.
It requires some discipline as I have to open the files from my plugin twice, once in the server path and once in the project path, but only edit the files in the project path.
It works 'ok', but I would still be interested to hear if someone has a more proper solution to this.
Is there a way to save the configuration of my brackets editor to git?
The brackets preferences docs don't seem to indicate a way to do this yet.
Brackets stores your preferences as JSON. The location of the file depends on the preference scope:
User-global preferences
Your default settings
Located at %BRACKETS_APPDATA%/brackets.json
Project-level preferences
Overrides any number of preferences on a project-specific basis
Located at the root of your current project as .brackets.json
I'm facing out a strange problem while using ASP.NET MVC 4.
I have 2 "Web Site" projects:
The first named "MyWebSite"
The second named "MyWebSite.Support"
I need to include the scripts under MyWebSite into MyWebSite.Support, so i thought to create a bundle in MyWebSite.Support and to reference that directory (MyWebSite/Scripts) inside that bundle by using "IncludeDirectory"
The problem is that i didn't found a way to correctly do that. It simply doesn't work because the starting path for the IncludeDirectory should be "~", which is the project virtual root path.
PS: If you have another solutions they are welcome!.
I don't even know if it's a good solution (i usually am not a everything_related_microsoft developer)
You could add the scripts as a link to the other project. This will assure you that they are copied when you deploy and you can use them in bundles. To do that, right-click on your scripts folder and select "Add existing item". In the dialog box select the files you want to add. Instead of clicking "Add Item", click on the little arrow next to it and select "Add as a link".
This will not actually copy the files, but include them as a linked file.
This has several advantages:
Files are shared between projects at Design time
You only need to share the files you want, not everything
You don't need any IIS configuration
You can easily edit the same file from each project (without copying it)
I noticed recently IISExpress & My Web Sites folders are getting added to the My Documents folder on my Windows 7 machine. I recently installed VS2012, so I'm guessing that's the culprit, but I haven't been able to find anything on line that explains how to change these defaults, if possible.
Microsoft cluttering up my 'Documents' folder with all their programs' (junk) folders drives me insane as well. I have conceded somewhat by creating a Data folder under my Documents folder, where I am pointing all MS apps (and others apps such as Firefox's profile folder) to for all their (generally unwanted) folders, and with a subfolder created for each program/suite. At least this way I can easily back up all settings when I back up my 'Documents' folders.
Anyway, VS2012 installs IIS Express, which is what is causing these folders to be created. I have found two solutions for dealing with the unwanted folders.
Uninstall IIS Express. You can do this from the normal Windows 'Uninstall a Program' part of Control Panel.
Change the folder location that IIS Express uses, as follows. Be warned: anyone doing this risks causing problems with their computer if you don't know what you are doing, so you do so at your own risk. Please make appropriate backups along the way as well too!
a) Close Visual Studio.
b) Create a new folder for the IIS Express sub-folders:
eg. D:\My Documents\Data\Microsoft\IISExpress
c) Move the existing unwanted IISExpress subfolders (config, Logs, TraceLogFiles) from your My Documents > IISExpress folder to the folder created in step b).
d) Create a new folder for the My Web Sites folder, I suggest also under the folder created in step b).
eg. D:\My Documents\Data\Microsoft\IISExpress\Websites
Under this folder, create a website for the default IIS Express website (in case it "auto-magically" reappears it's ugly head again later on).
eg. D:\My Documents\Data\Microsoft\IISExpress\Websites\Default
e) Go to the newly located config folder at:
eg. D:\My Documents\Data\Microsoft\IISExpress\config, and:
i. Open the file applicationhost.config in your text editor (eg. Notepad).
ii. Find the node sites > site > application path > virtualDirectory path for WebSite1, and change the physicalPath value from %IIS_SITES_HOME%\WebSite1 to the IIS Express default website folder you created in step d).
Eg. %IIS_SITES_HOME%\Websites\Default.
Note that %IIS_SITES_HOME% points to your 'Documents' folder (this appears to be a "feature" of IIS Express, I can't find a way to change it, and it appears to be auto-configured when IIS Express starts up, which it does by using the applicationhost.config file).
Do the same for any other sites created by IIS Express.
f) Create a new registry entry pointing IIS Express to the new folders you created (partly explained by MS here: http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/introduction-to-iis-express/iis-80-express-readme). FYI the registry key doesn't previously exist, as IIS Express uses a default of my Documents unless this key exists:
i. Open the Windows 'Run' box, eg. (Windows Key) + R
ii. Type regedit
iii. Navigate to key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
iv. *Right click* the Microsoft key (that you have just navigated to), and choose: New > Key
v. Type IISExpress
vi. *Right click* the IISExpress key that you have just created, and choose: New > String Value
vii. Type CustomUserHome, and hit the Enter key to save it.
viii. Double-click the CustomUserHome string to enter a value for it, and for the Value Data: field, type in the path to the new IIS Express folder you created in step b), for example: D:\My Documents\Data\Microsoft\IISExpress. Press OK, and you can now close the Registry Editor.
g) Reopen Visual Studio, and it should start using the new folders, as well as not create the folders in your Documents folder anymore. Yay!!!!!
FYI, when I did this all, I actually did it in a slightly different order (creating the registry key first), but this order was the easiest way to explain it all. Whether you create the key first or last shouldn't matter, as long as you do all the steps. Good luck!
A Tricky solution
Make a copy of your C:\Users\<user>\Documents\IISExpress folder
first
Create a symbolic folder called IISExpress inside the C:\Users\<user>\Documents folder using the following command
mklink /J C:\Users\<user>\Documents\IISExpress D:\IISExpress
Move all the content from your copied IISExpress into D:\IISExpress
Thats all
If you're just looking to declutter your Documents folder, one simple workaround is to set the unwanted folders to hidden so it's no longer visible.
You can do this by right clicking on the IISExpress folder > Properties and checking the hidden property at the bottom. The folder will still remain in your Documents folder but won't be visible to you. If for some reason you want to access these folders again, you can toggle hidden item visibility in File Explorer's View tab.
We still use Visual SourceSafe 6.0. I would like to block my teams from creating projects (folders) on SourceSafe and only have Check-in, Check-out, and Add files rights. Yes, I would like them to be able to Add files, but not create or rename or delete folders.
How might I go about getting this in place?
I learnt the VSS security setting before at this blog. The problem is the rights for "Add Project" and "Add file" are not separate. They are both controlled by "Add/Rename/Delete".
I do have two suggestions below:
Disable the "Add/Rename/Delete" right for root directory($/), but assign the right to all folders under $/. This way, users cannot create folders/files anymore under $/.
Migrate to a better version control system, such as subversion.