10/22/2018

Stop cursor blinking

http://www.jurta.org/en/prog/noblink

For cygwin/mintty + emacs blinking cursor issue, it can be solved by:

To stop the cursor from blinking in Micro$oft Windows applications:

Or just navigate to Control Panel / Keyboard, and under "Cursor blink rate" move the slider all the way to the left.

For Google docs:
Install Stylebot extension:
Use:
.kix-cursor-caret {
    border-color: rgb(255,0,0);
}

.kix-cursor {
    -webkit-animation-iteration-count: 0 !important
}

.docs-text-ui-cursor-blink {
  animation-name: none;
}

10/17/2018

How to get buildifier: the BAZEL BUILD file formatter

  1. Install Go:
Install Go Development Kit on Mac:
Install Go in ubuntu:
Follow    https://golang.org/doc/install#install
mkdir ~/go
    echo export GOPATH=${HOME}/go >> ~/.bashrc
    source ~/.bashrc
2. Install Buildifier by:
go get github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/buildifier
This will put the buildifier in ~/go/bin/buildifier in mac, go/bin in ubuntu