"I love myByways | blog of C.Y. Wong"

2022-05-05 21:08:36

myBywaysAboutBlogArchivemyBywaysthe road less travelledHi! I’m C.Y. Wong, and welcome to my slice of the Internet!This is primarily a record of things I’ve learnt...but maybe you’ll find something that interests you too.Recent PostsAllmacOS PowerPoint custom font and colour theme20 Mar 2022guidemacosofficeEver wonder how to create a custom theme for both fonts and colours (a.k.a. designs) in PowerPoint on macOS? In PowerPoint for Windows, is a GUI to do this, but this is lacking in the macOS version. However, it is still possible via custom XML configuration files.Continue reading...Multipass for Docker containers on macOS17 Mar 2022guidecontainermacosshellI previously setup Lima as a replacement for Docker Desktop on macOS. A while ago I tried Multipass by Canonical, which makes it really easy to spin up a Ubuntu VM (using Hyperkit) without all the setup and installation typically required with Virtual Box or QEMU.Continue reading...Remove words from macOS spell check dictionary20 Feb 2022guidemacosI accidentally added an incorrectly spelt word to the macOS spelling dictionary via an Add to Dictionary menu item. Surprisingly, there was no inverse “remove from dictionary” option to undo this! Additionally, I realized there is no System Preferences page to to edit the custom dictionary. There are two ways to fix this with macOS (but none for iOS).Continue reading...Shortcut to convert image format and paste - redux11 Feb 2022guideshortcutsmacoscodingI was not satisfied with my last macOS Shortcut to convert image format and paste. The simple version forced me to choose between PNG and JPEG, and the complex version was too slow - specifically, the Find All Windows action. So here we go again...Continue reading...Modifying the Grav Feeds Plugin Output5 Feb 2022fixgravThere are a couple of things I don’t like with the feeds produced by the standard Grav Syndication Feed Plugin. Fortunately, the feeds are generated via Twig templates that can easily be customized!Continue reading...Compiling emf2svg4 Feb 2022guidemacossvgI recently wanted to convert an Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) to SVG. I used an open source conversion library called libemf2svg by Carpentier Pierre-Francois (Kakwa).Continue reading...More blog posts...Copyright © 2015-2022 C.Y. WongServed by Grav | Hand-crafted using Bulma + Feather IconsCopyright | CC BY 4.0 | Disclaimer | CookiesAtom | RSS | JSON