various fixes and improvements

[distro-setup] / brc

diff --git a/brc b/brc
index f0ae687d29cd6173c4735e937d1b96d8a23daf99..f003263c7e37a8a187def9b2a3994003c39e9394 100644 (file)
--- a/brc
+++ b/brc
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ HISTIGNORE='pass *:[ ]*:lom*:gram*'
 
 export BC_LINE_LENGTH=0
 
+export PROFILE_TASKS_TASK_OUTPUT_LIMIT=100
 
 # note, if I use a machine I dont want files readable by all users, set
 # umask 077  # If fewer than 4 digits are entered, leading zeros are assumed
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ envload() { # load environment from a previous: export > file
 
 # mail related
 etail() {
-  sudo tail -f /var/log/exim4/mainlog
+  sudo tail -F /var/log/exim4/mainlog -n 50
 }
 
 f() {
@@ -1676,7 +1677,7 @@ splay() { # script replay
   scriptreplay "$1.t" "$1.s"
 }
 
-smeld() { # usage host1 host2 file
+smeld() { # ssh meld usage host1 host2 file
   meld <(ssh $1 cat $3) <(ssh $2 cat $3)
 }
 
@@ -2026,6 +2027,8 @@ xl() {
   xscreensaver-command -activate
 }
 
+xevkb() { xev -event keyboard; }
+
 # * misc stuff
 
 # from curl cheat.sh/:bash_completion
@@ -2292,6 +2295,10 @@ export GOPATH=$HOME/go
 path_add $GOPATH/bin
 path_add /usr/local/go/bin
 
+# I have the git repo and a release. either one should work.
+# I have both because I was trying to solve an issue that
+# turned out to be unrelated.
+# ARDUINO_PATH=/a/opt/Arduino/build/linux/work
 export ARDUINO_PATH=/a/opt/arduino-1.8.9
 
 path_add --end ~/.npm-global