Hints-ChromeBook
Keyboard Shortcuts to consider Setting Functions Installing a Linux Graphical User Interface ()
Hints-Android
Hints on Using Android Operating System Android 11 Keyboard Shortcuts F1 = Home F2 = Back F3 = Multi-Tasking F4 = Menu F5 = Power F11 = Decrease Volume F12 = Increase Volume Android Apps to Consider from Google Play Store Termux Pydroid3-IDE for Python Code Editor-Complier, IDE, Programming https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.code&hl=en_US&gl=US Running VS Code on an…
Hints-Tkinter
Hints on Using Tkinter Installing Tkinter on Linux sudo apt-get install python3-tk Tkinter Options Frame Border highlightbackground = “enter color here” (puts a border with your chosen color around the frame) highlightthickness = 20 (changes the thickness of the border) PhotoImage(file = “____”).subsample(x,y) ==> shrinks photo depending on the numbers you put in x and…
Hints-Magpi
Hints-Magpi A list of possibly useful sites as found in the Magpi, Official Raspberry Pi Magazine Key Words Hint Link Comments file, sharing, samba, NAS samba magpi.cc/samba Use to set the Pi as a file sharing device for home network pico, audio, sound pico magpi.cc/audiopack pHat for pico to add stereo sound keypad, macros, pico…
Hints-Pico
Hints-Pico Hints, links, code snip-its and information on using the Raspberry Pi Pico. Information is gleaned from internet searches and YouTube videos. Pico Starter Kit Information https://wiki.52pi.com/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Starter_Kit_SKU:_K-0582 Using Pico Built In Temperature Sensor and Recording Results to a Text File https://tutorial.cytron.io/2021/02/26/read-and-log-internal-temperature-data-in-raspberry-pi-pico-to-txt-file/ import machineimport utime sensor_temp = machine.ADC(machine.ADC.CORE_TEMP) conversion_factor = 3.3 / (65535)file = open(“temps.txt”, “w”)…
Hints-Excel
Useful Hints for using Excel and/or LibreCalc Spreadsheets Great Video with Chapter Markers on using Excel with Python For using similar Python Script with LibreOffice Calc pip install pyexcel-ods3 from pyexcel_ods3 import save_data data.update save_data
Hints-Mysql
Installing MySQL Server Instructions at < linuxhints.com/install-mysql-linux-mint-ubuntu/> First install mysql-server Make sure to <sudo mysql-secure-installation> after installing mysql server Install SQL Connectors for Python Three possible options, if one does not work, uninstall it and try another pip3 install mysql-connection pip3 install mysql-connection-python pip3 install mysql-connection-python-rf Fixing Error ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user…
Hints – VS Code
VS Extensions Currently Used or to Consider Jupyter Notebook Interactive Function in VS Code Start the notebook by adding the following at the beginning of the document: # %% View Excel Spreadsheets in VS Code using extension “Excel Viewer” Online IDE to use with Python Replit — consider signing in with Github account to link…
Hints-Linux
Information on Using Linux OS and Commands. Installing GNUcash on Ubuntu using flatpack Has instructions on installing and uninstalling newer versions. sudo apt install flatpak flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo flatpak install flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash flatpak update org.gnucash.GnuCash flatpak uninstall org.gnucash.GnuCash Once installed in terminal <flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable> How can I remove hidden in linux files…
Hints-Gimp
A place to find hints and instructions on using GIMP. For example: Desaturate Duplicate new layer Select Duplicate layer Invert Dodge Filter gas blur H >=12 Image – Flatten Duplicate it and Select it Colors Curves Add alpha channel for transparency Web Sites to Use for Text and Button Graphics https://textcraft.net/ http://buttonoptimizer.com/