GNU Radio Companion - Can't find osmocom block - gnuradio

I'm using GNURadio Live DVD and GNU Radio Companion which is included on the live DVD.
I'm trying to find the osmocom block but I can't seem to find it. It should be under "Sources" in the block list but there is no "Sources". I'm using a HackRF One which is supported by GNURadio Live DVD.
Where can I find the osmocom block, and is there anything I have to do to enable it?

You can find stuff by using the magnifier Icon above the blocks list, or click into the block list, hit control-f; search for osmo.
gr-osmosdr should already be installed. If it's not, compiling it is pretty simple, but I think that would probably be best covered in a different Q&A.

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How to disable lines around text and explanations in Sublime Text

I have these lines around text and explanations popping up annoyingly.
Is there a way to turn these off?
I tried to look in settings and to adjust them but nothing works out.
P.S. ignore the code, it's just for example
White lines surrounding code like that are generally indicative of something like a code linter or other similar tool giving you an indication that there might be something wrong with the code (such as not following a code convention of some sort). The code explanation is a popup showing you the arguments and documentation for whatever function or method you're working on.
Both of these things are something that Sublime doesn't do on its own; you have installed a package of some sort that provides this capability.
If you were looking in the regular Sublime settings (Preferences.sublime-settings) for options that control this, they won't be there. In order to configure these away you would need to determine the package that you installed that's doing this and then configure that package not to do it or, if that's not possible, remove it.
If you use Preferences > Package Settings > Package Control > Settings - User from the menu, you can inspect the installed_packages setting to see what third party packages you installed and investigate which one of them is doing this.
Possible packages that do something like this would be Jedi or one of the Anaconda packages; essentially anything that says that it provides code support and assistance for Python is a candidate here.
Once you find the package in question, you can look in it's settings directly to see if you can turn the features you don't want off; failing that only removing the package will stop it from displaying these things.
These lines are called linting. Linting is the process of running a program that will analyse code for potential errors.
In sublime text it occurs usually because of some packages that you have installed...
In your case, it is actually the anaconda package and some other packages. It can be removed easily in a few simple steps.
In the sublime text window press ctrl+shift+P to open a command pallete and then type the name of the package. I typed anaconda because it is the one giving me these lintings so there will be an option Disable linting on this file. Just click on it, as shown in this picture .

How to Show Review Bar in Okular by Default?

I use okular on Linux Mint.
Unfortunately the review bar which contains the annotation tools has to be manually loaded up each time okular is opened.
This is outrageously annoying if you open many hundred documents a day you need to highlight!
I neither found any option to show the review bar by default in the program's settings or via web search. I did not even found a shortcut that could be bound to a mouse key for easier opening. (The standard F6 shortcut does not do the trick for me.)
Is there any solution you can recommend?
Based on the information available on the official KDE Okular Handbook (currently at version 0.26) there is no functionality associated with this feature, so it technically can't be done by default from inside Okular.
To access the "Review" function (which includes highlighters, etc) you should press F6 or choose the Review option from the tools menu. At the moment all you can do in regards to tool configuration is change the available components of the review tool, adding or removing highlighter/marker tools. You can also configure shortcuts for the Review function, assigning an additional/alternate shortcut to open the review tool panel (Relevant to those with multimedia keys associated with their F-keys).
If the lack of this feature bugs you, you can always post a feature request to the KDE Bug Traker; Remember to search for existing requests before posting to avoid duplicates.

Why is GnuRadio companion not allowing me to add blocks?

I have installed GNU Radio and GRC 3.7.2.2 on a 32bit XP machine following the instructions from Ettus. It starts without any messages, I can open an existing flowgraph, delete blocks, edit block properties, but I cannot add new blocks. Double click on the block has no effect. Nor does dragging it, right clicking it or any other gesture I could think of. Can anyone think of a problem that might be causing this?
Update: it turns out that Return works, not double-click
It sounds like you are having issues with the installed graphics libraries. Did you install the whole list of dependencies in those instructions?
You should e-mail the GNU Radio mailing list with what's going on: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Disable use of MacVim keyboard shortcuts

Is there any way to disable keyboard shortcuts in MacVim? I mean the shortcuts like Cmd + s for example, I want to convince myself to use things like :w, but I can't do so if I can save the file using Cmd + s, you get me?
But I of course, still want to use the GUI, so is there any way to disable these, without stoping using the MacVim GUI?
Thanks for your help. BTW I made a Google search and wasn't able to find an answer.
EDIT:
Following #ChrisJohnsen's suggestion, I have already tried the following with no success:
if has('gui_running')
macmenu File.Save key=<nop>
macmenu File.Save\ As\.\.\. key=<nop>
endif
EDIT 2:
I moved the error I'm getting over to this other question: When I try to run vim in command line I get Python errors
There is no simple way to disable all of the pre-defined Mac-style keyboard shortcuts, but you can definitely change/disable any of them. The important command is :macmenu (see :help :macmenu); it lets you set the Mac-specific properties of any Vim menu item (mostly Mac-specific keyboard shortcuts and Mac-specific actions (e.g. open/save dialog boxes, window manipulations, etc.)).
macmenu File.Save key=<nop>
macmenu File.Save\ All key=<nop>
macmenu File.Save\ As\.\.\. key=<nop>
The thing is that :macmenu commands are only effective if they are in your .gvimrc file.
If you do :e $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim and search for macm, you will find the list of pre-defined shortcuts and actions. Copy the desired lines to you .gvimrc and replace key=<whatever> with key=<nop>. You can also wrap them in if has("gui_macvim") / endif if you need your .gvimrc to work on multiple platforms.
MacVim has only one "advantage" over plain Vim: it supports native Mac OS X shortcuts. If you don't want those shortcuts you might as well simply use plain Vim.
FWIW, when I switched from TextMate I, too, found after a while that these native shortcuts were an obstacle on my way to learning Vim. My solution was to focus my efforts on plain Vim. After a week in the terminal you should be able to completely disregard those shortcuts.
I'd advise you to take a little pause and think about doing things in a more appropriate order:
In the terminal, do $ vimtutor as many times as needed.
In the terminal again, use $ vim for simple tasks first then more complex tasks. There's a predictable productivity hit at the beginning but it will last only a few days/weeks.
Once you have reached your previous level of productivity, you can start to fly Vim full-time. At that point, using MacVim or GVim or plain $ vim should make no difference whatsoever.
Bonus points for not relying too much on plugins, other people's vimrcs or "distributions" like janus or spf13…

Keyboard shortcut to Un/Comment out code in Mathematica 7?

A keyboard shortcut to comment/uncomment out a piece of code is common in other programming IDE's for languages like Java, .Net. I find it a very useful technique when experimenting through trial and error to temporarily comment out and uncomment lines, words and parts of the code to find out what is and isn't working.
I cannot find any such keyboard shortcut on the Mathematica front end in version 7. I know that it is possible to comment out code by selecting the code, right mouse click and select Un/Comment from the menu that appears but this is too slow while coding.
I tried to access this using the menu key Menu on the keyboard but Mathematica frontend doesn't respond to or recognise this key unlike other applications, this could have allowed a key combination for commenting. Can someone else verify that this isn't unique to my machine and that the key isn't recognised by mathematica. I looked at this question and looked in the KeyEventTranslations.tr file but I don't think there is any way to create a shortcut to do this(?). Should I just live with it?
Any other suggestions?
(I have seen there is an Emacs version of mathematica, I have never tried Emacs or this Mma version and imagine that it would have this ability but would prefer not to go to the trouble and uncertainty of installing it. Also I would guess that the Wolfram Workbench could do this, but that may not be worth the investment just for this.)
You can install the shortcut in Mathematica 7.0.x if you are willing to edit the Mathematica system file MenuSetup.tr. You can find it in the same location as the KeyEventTranslations.tr file (i.e. in the installation under "SystemFiles/FrontEnd/TextResources/platform"). In MenuSetup.tr, locate the following line under the definition of the Edit menu:
MenuItem["Check &Balance", "Balance", MenuKey["B", Modifiers->{"Control", "Shift"}]],
Immediately below that line, insert the following:
MenuItem["Un/C&omment Selection", KernelExecute[FE`toggleComment[]], MenuKey["/", Modifiers->{"Command"}], MenuEvaluator -> Automatic, Method -> "Queued"],
The Un/Comment Selection command is now available under the Edit menu, with the keyboard shortcut Cmd-/ or Alt-/ depending on your platform -- just like in Mathematica 8 where this command comes pre-installed.
Please take as read the usual disclaimers about hacking the Mathematica installation files -- no warranty is offered :)
I do not know of any way to map this function to some shortcut involving the Menu key.
Shortcut Key, No Menu
The preceding steps mimic what Mathematica 8 does by installing a new menu item. If you prefer to leave the menus unchanged, then you can install the shortcut in KeyEventTranslations.tr instead. Add the following line:
Item[KeyEvent["/", Modifiers->{Command}], KernelExecute[ToExpression["FE`toggleComment[]"]], MenuEvaluator -> Automatic, Method -> "Queued"]
You'll need a comma on the end of that line if it is not the last item in the list.
Select the code and press one of the following:
Alt+/
Alt-E-O
Alt+E+O
Notes:
Tested only on Windows, using Mathematica 8.
On my non-US keyboard (ABNT Brazil), the shortcut Alt+/ doesn't work, instead I use Alt+E+O.
Here is code for your KeyEventTranslations.tr file that will comment out code. I am still working on the other half.
Item[KeyEvent["/", Modifiers -> {Command}],
FrontEndExecute[{
NotebookApply[FrontEnd`InputNotebook[],
"(*\[SelectionPlaceholder]*)"
]
}]
],
This binds it to Alt+/ as it is in Mathematica 8.