Sometimes the text in a form field is put there primarily for the purpose of being copied to the clipboard.

In these cases a little JavaScript will smooth the process, selecting the full contents of the field on the first click.

Place the following script in the section of your page:

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<script type="text/JavaScript">
function highlight(field) {
       field.focus();
       field.select();
}</script>

Then place onClick='highlight(this);' as an attribute to any field you want treated this way:

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<input type="text" name="myfield" size="20" value="mytext" onClick='highlight(this);'>
 

Showing the path in the Linux command prompt

On February 25, 2009, in Linux, by Rob
# show full path of current dir in linux command prompt
PS1="[\u@\h \w]\\$ "
 

WordPress can have the disconcerting habit of inserting a space between the < and ?php when you want to show a code block in a syntax-highlighter plugin.

To cure this, go into your WP Admin page, select the Settings menu, Select the writing submenu, then uncheck the WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically option.