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MPlayer subtitle font problem in Windows

While playing a video with subtitles in mplayer, I was getting the following problem: New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). Solution is as follows: Right click on "My Computer". Select "Properties". Go to "Advanced" tab. Click on "Environment Variables". Delete "HOME" variable from User / System variables.

Important commands in IBM Clearcase

Create a view using any of the following commands: $ ct mkview -tag VIEWNAME /net/McName/cc_view/VIEWNAME.vws -nsh -stgloc stgloc_views (Here nsh is for unsharable views and stgloc_views is for IQviews.) $ create_view VIEWNAME -dev Set the created view using any of the following commands: $ sv VIEWNAME $ct setview VIEWNAME List views $ ct lsview | grep singhai (singhai is regular expression to search for in VIEWNAME) Edit config spec $ ct edcs Remove a view $ ct rmview /net/McName/cc_view/VIEWNAME.vws Check the current view $ ct pwv View the currently accessed versions of a file $ ct ls -l FILENAME Checkout a file $ ct -unr FILENAME (unr is for unreserved file) Un-checkout a file : Cancels a checkout $ ct unco FILENAME View the checkedout files $ ct lsco -l -cvi -r (l for long, cvi for current view, r for recursive, s for short) View the differences between versions of a file using any of the following commands: $ ctdiff FILENAME $ ct diff -pre -ser FILENAME $ ct d

Install Cygwin on MS Windows

Install all the x packages during setup. Rest of packages are installed as default. Open cygwin. $ xwin -clipboard -fullscreen & $ xwin -display :0.0 & Double click on third button in upper right hand corner. "Windows Maker Preferences" will open. Sixth last in the list is "Applications Menu Definition". Click on it. Click on "New Items" & select "Sample Commands". Select XTerm, drag-drop it to menu in side ("Applications" menu). Select the new command and change the program to run. Also assign a shortcut.