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# change name for generated routes
map.resources :posts, :as => 'articles'

# manually update any custom routes that use the old name
map.post_draft '/article/:id/:token', :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :conditions => { :method => :get }

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# model:
def to_param
 login.parameterize
end

# for controllers (the User controller and all the controllers that are 
# nested under it, or in other namespaces): replace User.find(params[:id]) with
User.find_by_login(params[:id])

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def current_object
  User.find_by_login(params[:id])
end

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# if you used the more general
get :edit, :id => @user.to_param

# instead of the specific
# get :edit, :id => @user.id

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# ack
alias ack="ack-grep -i -a"
jack() {
  ack $1 --ignore-dir=vendor --ignore-dir=cache --ignore-dir=stubs public/javascripts
}
sack() {
  ack $1 public/stylesheets/sass
}

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# rails - translation/localization for time_ago_in_words - Romanian
ro-RO:
  datetime:
    distance_in_words:
      less_than_x_minutes:
        one: 'mai putin de un minut'
        other: 'mai putin de {{count}} minute'
      x_minutes: 
        one: 'un minut'
        other: '{{count}} minute'

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iDon't know vim :(.<ESC>^2WBc2wbetter now<ESC><RIGHT>Da.<ESC>II can understan<ESC><RIGHT>~dE

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                   i => insert before cursor: 
  Don't know vim :(. => type Don't know vim :(.
               <ESC> => go to normal mode
                   ^ => move to the begining of the line (not blank character)
                  2W => move to the begining of the next space-separated word, 2 times
                   B => move backwards one space-separated-word
                 c2w => change to the begining of the next word, 2 times
          better now => type better now
               <ESC> => go to normal mode
             <RIGHT> => move one character to the right

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# bash: kill the process that occupies <port>
kill $(lsof -t -i :4567)

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# kill [firefox, profile]
ps aux | grep [f]irefox | grep ***profilename*** | awk '{print $2 }' | xargs kill -9