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Settings may refer to the tweaking which can be used to help improve the user-experience or performance etc.

Settings may refer to the tweaking which can be used to help improve the user-experience or performance etc. Settings typically represent a set of options which a user can choose from adjust the interface or controls of a certain application to their preferences.

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IntelliJ: Never use wildcard imports

Is there a way to tell IntelliJ never to use wildcard imports? Under 'Settings > Code Style > Imports', I can see that you can specify the 'class count' prior to IntelliJ using wildcard imports. However, if I never want to use wildcard imports can…
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What's the best practice using a settings file in Python?

I have a command line script that I run with a lot of arguments. I have now come to a point where I have too many arguments, and I want to have some arguments in dictionary form too. So in order to simplify things I would like to run the script with…
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Changing Vim indentation behavior by file type

Could someone explain to me in simple terms the easiest way to change the indentation behavior of Vim based on the file type? For instance, if I open a Python file it should indent with 2 spaces, but if I open a Powershell script it should use 4…
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Maven command to determine which settings.xml file Maven is using

How do I use maven command line to determine which settings.xml file Maven is picking up?
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How to stop vim from adding a newline at end of file?

So I work in a PHP shop, and we all use different editors, and we all have to work on Windows. I use vim, and everyone in the shop keeps complaining that whenever I edit a file there is a newline at the bottom. I've searched around and found that…
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How to open Visual Studio Code's 'settings.json' file

I did it many times, and each time I forgot where it was. Menu File → Preferences → Settings. I get this: I want to open file settings.json (editable JSON file) instead. How can I do that?
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Setting DEBUG = False causes 500 Error

Once I change the DEBUG = False, my site will generate 500 (using wsgi & manage.py runserver), and there is no error info in Apache error log and it will run normally when I change debug to True . I'm using Django 1.5 & Python 2.7.3 here is Apache…
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How to configure "Shorten command line" method for whole project in IntelliJ

When I run tests I get the error "Command line is too long". It works if I set the "Shorten command line" method in the Run/Debug configuration to "JAR manifest" for the specific method or class, but how do I set it for the whole project or is…
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maven command line how to point to a specific settings.xml for a single command?

Is it possible to point to a specific settings file in order to override the default settings.xml being used by maven for a single command? Example: mvn clean install -Dparam # -> pass specific settings file path as param to override default…
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How do I open phone settings when a button is clicked?

I am trying to implement a feature in an App that shows an alert when the internet connection is not available. The alert has two actions (OK and Settings), whenever a user clicks on settings, I want to take them to the phone settings…
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How to set my phpmyadmin user session to not time out so quickly?

I work on my wamp for localhost backend development everyday. I feel annoyed by phpmyadmin auto log out out quickly. Is there any way I could get rid of this or extend the timeout? Where can I set this timeout value?
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Query a parameter (postgresql.conf setting) like "max_connections"

Does anyone know if it's even possible (and how, if yes) to query a database server setting in PostgreSQL (9.1)? I need to check the max_connections (maximum number of open db connections) setting.
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Options, Settings, Properties, Configuration, Preferences — when and why?

There are several words with similar (in some sense) meaning: Options, Settings, Properties, Configuration, Preferences English is not my native language. Could you explain the difference in simple English please? I think the following template…
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Specify JDK for Maven to use

I am trying to build a Hudson plugin I've modified and it requires jdk1.6. This is fine, but I don't see how I can tell maven where the different jdk is. I've found few mentions on the internet but they don't seem to apply to me. Some suggest adding…
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Where are the Properties.Settings.Default stored?

I thought I knew this, but today I'm being proven wrong - again. Running VS2008, .NET 3.5 and C#. I added the User settings to the Properties Settings tab with default values, then read them in using this code: myTextBox.Text =…
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