Jay Versluis CTRL + / VS Code is clever and will use the appropriate comment mark in front of a multi-line selection, and either comment or un-comment the selection. For Verse specifically, we can use <# and #> to start and end a block manually, or use <#> to comment an indented block.
Funny story: while I was working today, Windows 11 decided to restart my computer – without warning – and apply a bunch of updates I couldn’t avoid. They made my Start Menu go all wonky and display ALL pinned apps I had in a previously neatly grouped arrangement of pages. It’s so bad, it makes … Read more
I’ve been using the Playstation Remote App for PC for years to play both PS4 and PS5 games on my Laptop and/or Desktop. It’s a super convenient way to play even though the console might be in another room. I’ve never had problems with it, until the recent update v9.0.0.2120, which introduced a serious issue: … Read more
When you’re connecting to a remote system, there is a chance that multiple displays are connected to the system. Thankfully NoMachine gives us a quick and easy option to switch between them, and even see all displays on our screen at the same time to get an overview of what’s where. Here’s how: Further Reading
Funny story: I had to upgrade one of my Mac Minis in a data centre. The poor thing was still running Sierra, and I thought perhaps it was time to upgrade to High Sierra. My software of choice did work fine, but a few other bits did not, plus I didn’t have Dark Mode natively, … Read more
Wrap is a super useful 3D tool that once was known as the Russian 3D Scanner. I’ve always wanted to install it on my Fedora machine since it has a native Linux binary for download. My first attempt failed, but using the following packages, I got it working on both Fedora 42 and Ubuntu (via … Read more
I like working in the “lower case” font on the Commodores. That way a SHIFT creates a capital letter, all other letters are lower case, it looks a little better and feels more like using a modern computer (at least to me). When I print out a string, I may from time to time want … Read more
BASIC gives us two CHR$ codes that let us enable or disable printing characters in inverted form on the screen. These codes are The above screenshot was made with the following line: print chr$(18);” inverse “;chr$(146);” and back to regular”