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'Apply' Oomph preferences to existing workspace

I've only recently found Oomph for Eclipse (sounded like an amazing feature if I could get it to work), and am having difficulties getting set up. I'm using Eclipse for Java 4.6.0 (Neon). I have two workspaces that I switch between, one of which…
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MS Access Globals & Settings Best Practice

I'm looking for the best practice/solution to the following scenario. We have a multiuser ms access database that allows the configuration of "global_settings". These settings are applicable to all users. This data is currently stored in a table…
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Can't reset eclipse syntax coloring back after importing preference settings

So I imported an .epf file to import a user's settings for syntax color and highlighting. But now when I try to go back to the defaults, it doesn't change. I'm thinking it has overwritten the defaults. Maybe if I re-install eclipse or if I can get a…
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Finding the preferred application for a given file extension via unix shell commands

this may not be strictly about programming, but if I find no ready-made solution it may become a programming task: On UNIX, what is a command-line method for determining the user-preferred application for a given filetype? My ideal solution here…
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.NET - Click-Once / Smart Client Applications - Browser Cookie Equivalent?

Is there an equivalent to browser cookies for Smart Client / Click Once application development on .NET 3.5? Some place I can store cookies on the user's machine rather than the server. Or to put it another way - what file location can you write…
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Change menu item hotkeys using the user.lua file

I'm trying to change the comment/uncomment hotkey, but it's not working. I'm on a Mac, but I want to actually use the Ctrl key modifier instead of the Cmd key. Since the hotkey that I want to use is already assigned to something else, I'm trying to…
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macOS / Cocoa / SwiftUI - How can I tell if the user prefers left-click as secondary-click?

macOS defaults to assuming the user's mouse is in their right hand, so their secondary click is a "right-click". Some users hold their mouse in their left hand, so their secondary click is a "left-click". I want to write some text in a dialog…
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User preferences with microservice architecture

Me and my team are implementing a product based on microservices architecture(every microservice has it's own data storage). We already have a couple of services deployed on AWS and we need to add an ability to save user preferences like: Saved…
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Can Firefox's User.js file have conditional user_pref() statements?

Is it possible to create a conditional user_pref() in Mozilla Firefox user.js? I have tried using an if-else statement, but the contents of the first if statement is executed, even if the given condition is false. The contents of the else statement…
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Change values inside an xml file at runtime

I have an activity where a user can change the apps color accent. The choosen color is saved inside SharedPreferences. Instead of having a static value inside the apps colors.xml file I would like to be able to change that by whatever is saved in…
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sublime text font size on size bar does not change

Using sublime text 3, I have installed the material theme. But I notice that the sidebar font size is too small. Following the doc and searching on stack, I have change the default setting in the file named Material-Theme-Darker.sublime-theme and…
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Can't turn off unconnected-port warnings in simulink using Matlab R2010b 7.11.2

My model has a lot of unconnected Input and Output ports, which I don't mind. So I tried turning those annoying warnings like Warning: Output port 3 of 'Model_ESM_6/L-ESM-6/Wankdynamik' is not connected. In ESM6_resim at 1 off. I went to…
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Saving state of a Window in Java/SWT

I'm trying to build a small application using Java and SWT for the GUI. I'm looking for a way to store in some file the preferences set by the user, I mean, if the window was resized then that new size should be saved for next time the application…
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Invalid 'sectionGroupName' exception while saving UserPreferences

I am developing a WPF application build on .NET framework 4.5 and .NET 4.6 is installed on system. I am using UserPreference class to store my some of the variables and I save them when i exit the application. While exiting from application, some…
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fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value while retrieving default

I'm new in iOS programming and I was trying to get the value from User Defaults. I have some preferences and I'm trying to get them on the view controller.swift in the viewDidLoad() function. Here is my code: override func viewDidLoad() { …
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