khalladay/TIL

Today I Learned

Today I Learned

A collection of small write-ups of things that I learn day to day. Inspired by @jbranchaud's TIL repo

Mostly, this is a collection of stuff that I had to look up at one point or another, that I don't want to forget.

Categories

• Assembly
• C
• Cpp
• Chocolatey
• Git
• Linux
• Misc
• PowerShell
• Vim
• vulkan
• VsCode
• Win32
• Windows

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Assembly

• Zeroing a Register

C

• Using memchr() to speed up searches

Cpp

• Pointers To Member Functions

Chocolatey

• Upgrading Chocolatey

Git

• Fixing a mistyped password

Linux

• Checking If A User Account Is Disabled
• Creating A New User

Misc

• Robocopy Subdirectories Recursively

PowerShell

• Creating a PowerShell Profile Script
• Killing Processes
• Loop Syntax
• Script Preconditions

Vim

• Creating a .vimrc File
• Cutting and Pasting With Registers
• Delete A Word Under The Cursor
• How 'p' Decides Where To Paste
• Installing Plugins
• Jumping to EOL and Entering Insert Mode
• Switch To Normal Mode For 1 Command
• Setting Up Vim In Powershell
• String Substitution

Visual Studio

• Always Execute PreBuild and PostBuild Commands
• Breakpoints On A Specific Thread Only
• Disable Creation of .ipdb and .iobj files
• Disabling Exceptions In a C++ Project
• Creating RC Files In VS
• Execute VS Commands From VsVim
• Execute Batch Files in Post Build Commands
• Macros for Directories For VS Project Settings
• Setting up a Precompiled Header
• VS Shortcuts That Complement VsVim
• Write and Compile Assembly in VS

Vulkan

• Implicit Layers

VsCode

• Navigating Editor Panels With Key Commands

Win32

• Alt Key Bypasses Foreground Lock
• Home Space In Stack Frames
• Hot Patching
• How DLLs Get Base Addresses With ASLR Enabled
• Manually Set a DLL's Base Address
• Setting Sleep Resolution (or how to sleep for 1 ms)

Windows

• Alt Shortcuts for Common Menu Items
• Disabling ASLR Projectwide or Systemwide
• Map Folder To Drive Letter