Yes, Visual Studio can add the `using` for you. When you type in a class name, hit &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;.&lt;/kbd&gt; and then &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; (the first option is 99.99% the right one, so just hit &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;). And you can have it add the `using` at the top of the file for the namespace of that class. I use it all the time.

This is easier than &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F10&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; as it&#39;s fewer keys and the &lt;kbd&gt;.&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; are closer.


When the red caret appears at the end of your member, just hit &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F10&lt;/kbd&gt;, then use arrows keys to choose the right option:

[![Enter image description here][1]][1]

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/OIf8C.png



Look at [JetBrain&#39;s][1] excellent [ReSharper][2] product. It does this for you.

  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBrains
  [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBrains#ReSharper_Ultimate


I need to convert a bunch of files to utf-8 in Python, and I have trouble with the &quot;converting the file&quot; part.

I&#39;d like to do the equivalent of:

    iconv -t utf-8 $file &gt; converted/$file # this is shell code

Thanks!

How to convert a file to utf-8 in Python?

The title is self explanatory. Is there a way of directly doing such kind of importing?

How to import a SQL Server .bak file into MySQL?

Is there a way in Visual Studio (a hotkey) to automatically import a type (or choosing between known namespaces) like the &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;O&lt;/kbd&gt; in Eclipse?

Automatic namespaces import

<p>Is there a way in Visual Studio (a hotkey) to automatically import a type (or choosing between known namespaces) like the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>O</kbd> in Eclipse?</p>


Is there any way to change the background color of the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio using a Theme?  - or any other way for that matter?

I can change it by changing windows-wide color settings, but obviously that affects too much.

Change background color of Solution Explorer in Visual Studio

This seems like the most basic question in the world, but damned if I can find an answer.

Is there a keyboard shortcut, either native to Visual Studio or through Code Rush or other third-party plug-in, to wrap the current selection with an HTML tag? I&#39;m tired of typing the opening tag, cutting the misplaced closing tag to the clipboard, moving the cursor, and pasting it at the end where it belongs.

**Update:** [This is how TextMate handles surrounding a selection with a tag][1]. Frankly, I&#39;m stunned that Visual Studio doesn&#39;t seem to have a similar feature. Creating a macro or snippet for every conceivable tag I might want to use seems absurd.


  [1]: http://screencast.com/t/pesxOgON

How do I wrap a selection with an HTML tag in Visual Studio?

I have a collection of Boost unit tests I want to run as a console application.

When I&#39;m working on the project and I run the tests I would like to be able to debug the tests, and I would like to have the console stay open after the tests run.

I see that if I run in release mode the console window stays up after the program exits, but in debug mode this is not the case.

I do not want to add &#39;system(&quot;pause&quot;);&#39; or any other hacks like reading a character to my program. I just want to make Visual Studio pause after running the tests with debugging like it would if I were running in release mode. I would also like it if the output of tests were captured in one of Visual Studio&#39;s output windows, but that also seems to be harder than it should be.

How can I do this?


How do I make Visual Studio pause after executing a console application in debug mode?

I seem to be getting breakpoints from other programmers when checking out code...

Where is the list of breakpoints saved by Visual Studio? In the vbproj file? vbproj.user file? documents and settings? are they meant to be specific to the solution, the project, the user, the computer they are set on?

Thanks!


Where are Visual Studio breakpoints saved?

Does anybody have a keybinding scheme similar to VS 2005 available for Eclipse?

How to import it into preferences of Eclipse (I see only export button).



Visual Studio&#39;s keybindings for Eclipse

Would it suppose any difference regarding overhead to write an import loading all the types within one package (`import java.*`); than just a specific type (i.e. `import java.lang.ClassLoader`)? Would the second one be a more advisable way to use than the other one?

Import package.* vs import package.SpecificType

I have an Excel spreadsheet that I want to import select columns into my SQL Server 2008 database table. The wizard didn&#39;t offer that option.

Do any easy code options exist?

Import Excel spreadsheet columns into SQL Server database

I use RedGate SQL data compare and generated a .sql file, so I could run it on my local machine. But the problem is that the file is over 300mb, which means I can&#39;t do copy and paste because the clipboard won&#39;t be able to handle it, and when I try to open the file in SQL Server Management Studio I get an error about the file being too large.

Is there a way to run a large .sql file? The file basically contains data for two new tables.

How do you import a large MS SQL .sql file?

What are the differences between #import and #include in Objective-C and are there times where you should use one over the other? Is one deprecated?

I was reading the following tutorial: [http://www.otierney.net/objective-c.html#preamble][1] and its paragraph about #import and #include seems to contradict itself or at least is unclear.


  [1]: http://www.otierney.net/objective-c.html#preamble

What is the difference between #import and #include in Objective-C?

I want to have a single Visual Studio project that builds a DLL file and an import library (.lib) file.  (An import library is a statically-linked library that takes care of loading that DLL file in other projects that use it).

So I went to Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express Edition, created a New Project of type Class Library, and set the &quot;Configuration Type&quot; to be &quot;Dyanamic Library (.dll)&quot;.

But when I build the solution, the only relevant output file I see is a DLL file; I don&#39;t see any LIB file getting generated.  I looked in the project directory and all subdirectories (Release and Debug).

I believe that it is possible to build a LIB and a DLL file at the same time because [on the MSDN it says &quot;The linker creates the import library when the DLL is built.&quot;][1]  Also, [another user of this website is creating LIB and DLL files at the same time using Visual C++][2].

So how can I do it?

  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d14wsce5.aspx
  [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/477461/when-building-a-dll-file-does-the-generated-lib-file-contain-the-dll-name

How do I build an import library (.lib) AND a DLL in Visual C++?

In bash shell with emacs key-binding, you can use key combination like M-f, M-b to move one word forward or backward on the shell prompt respectively. Usually, the meta key is mapped to Alt key on Windows and Linux. However, in iTerm, I could not find a way to map this meta key to either Option or Command key on my MacBook Pro.

It seems that in OS X, the meta key is by default mapped to ESC key. So you can use ESC-f, ESC-b on iTerm. However, ESC key is apparently not practical to use. In addition, iTerm does have option that allow you to modifier mapping for the meta key (Bookmarks &gt; Profiles &gt; Keyboard Profiles &gt; Global &gt; Option Key as...), this setting does not seem to work at all.

Therefore, if anyone know what is the solution to this problem, please let me know. 

I have upgraded to the latest release, 0.9.6.1012, and this behavior is still persist.

**Edit:** Some clarification to my question. The key-binding I&#39;m talking about is for bash shell, not in emacs. It just happens that, by default, bash shell also use the same key-binding as emacs.

Making iTerm to translate &#39;meta-key&#39; in the same way as in other OSes

I know that &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;B&lt;/kbd&gt; launches a solution build, but I would like a shortcut that just builds the current project. Is a custom shortcut my only option?

**Edit:** Looks like a custom shortcut is my only option as &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F6&lt;/kbd&gt; does not work for me.

Is there a standard keyboard shortcut to build the current project in Visual Studio?

Is there anyway to get Eclipse to automatically look for static imports? For example, now that I&#39;ve finally upgraded to Junit 4, I&#39;d like to be able to write:

    assertEquals(expectedValue, actualValue);

hit &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;O&lt;/kbd&gt; and have Eclipse add:

    import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

Maybe I&#39;m asking too much.


Eclipse Optimize Imports to Include Static Imports

What is the keyboard short cut in Eclipse to jump to the closing brace of a scope?

Eclipse jump to closing brace

As far as I&#39;ve been able to find out, Windows doesn&#39;t offer an API function to tell what application has registered a global hotkey (via RegisterHotkey). I can only find out that a hotkey is registered if RegisterHotkey returns false, but not who &quot;owns&quot; the hotkey.

In the absence of a direct API, could there be a roundabout way? Windows maintains the handle associated with each registred hotkey - it&#39;s a little maddening that there should be no way of getting at this information.

Example of something that likely wouldn&#39;t work: send (simulate) a registered hotkey, then intercept the hotkey message Windows will send to the process that registered it. First, I don&#39;t think intercepting the message would reveal the destination window handle. Second, even if it were possible, it would be a bad thing to do, since sending hotkeys would trigger all sorts of potentially unwanted activity from various programs. 

It&#39;s nothing critical, but I&#39;ve seen frequent requests for such functionality, and have myself been a victim of applications that register hotkeys without even disclosing it anywhere in the UI or docs. 

(Working in Delphi, and no more than an apprentice at WinAPI, please be kind.)

Find out what process registered a global hotkey? (Windows API)

How do I trigger something when the cursor is within *TEXTAREA* and &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; is pressed?

I am using jQuery.





Ctrl + Enter using jQuery in a TEXTAREA

Does Eclipse have a hot key to comment a block? and to uncomment a block?

How to comment a block in Eclipse?

How can I switch between opened windows in Eclipse? There is &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F6&lt;/kbd&gt;, but it&#39;s asking me which one I want, but I want switch it like tabs in browser or window in operating system (&lt;kbd&gt;Cmd&lt;/kbd&gt;/&lt;kbd&gt;Win&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt;) without file-selection from the list. How to do this easy thing in Eclipse?

I&#39;ve tried to assign hotkey for events:

- forward
- forward history
- next page

but it doesn&#39;t work the way I want.

Eclipse HotKey: how to switch between tabs?

I need to capture a key press when my program is not in focus. (ie. &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;J&lt;/kbd&gt;) and trigger an event in my program.


Thus far i have found this dll that appears to be the correct path&quot;

    [DllImport(&quot;user32.dll&quot;)]private static extern int RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hwnd, int id,int fsModifiers, int vk);
    
    [DllImport(&quot;user32.dll&quot;)] private static extern int UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hwnd, int id);

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Automatic namespaces import

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