I thought I might just mention the current state of the development for Edit with Emacs. A number of useful contributions have come in but I want to be able the “incremental edit” feature in the elisp edit server. I had a go but got stuck (marvel at hack in progress). So if anyone fancies [...]
Archive of posts tagged development
Edit with Emacs v1.8
After a relatively quiet period a number of patches have flowed my way so I thought it was worth pushing out a new version. Perhaps the most “important” feature is the edit box flashing and fading from yellow after being updated (like It’s All Text). It wasn’t that hard to do given jQuery and the [...]
Thoughts on Java
I’ve been spending the last week hacking around in Java. One of the components of the product I develop is the open source OpenNMS. As I’ve mentioned before it’s been lightly modified by myself to blend in better with our code mainly in the JSP department for it’s web interface. Last week I discovered I [...]
Finding Open Source Android applications
I love my HTC Hero and growing number of applications that are available for it. However the marketplace really doesn’t make clear the difference between free (as in beer) and free (as in freedom). For all sorts of reasons I’d like to be sure the code running on my new favourite device is Open Source. [...]
Migrating to WordPress?
Live Journal have been more than a little crap the last week or so. As many may know I actually host my blog on my own website but most people comment on the syndicated feed on Live Journal. I’m thinking of migrating my blog to the slightly more feature complete WordPress and enabling comments on [...]
The hinterland…
..that is waiting for the broadband to turn-up. The first night in the house was nice although lacking in curtains so woke up early this morning. We have a mostly functional kitchen although no fridge yet. Fliss is building furniture upstairs. There are still a fair number of boxes to go, including in what is [...]
Scripts from Scratch
I wrote my first from scratch python script* today. It’s not the first time I’ve touched the language having submitted a number of patches to python based programs as well as spell fairly hefty tweaking existing code. But this was one of those tasks I would have usually picked up perl to do. I’ve never [...]
Microsoft vs Google, who will win?
There was a slightly hyperbolic BBC article describing Google’s Chrome OS announcement. Apart from the obvious significance of the two largest tech behemoths going head to head the BBC did wonder if it would spell the end of the push for Linux on the netbook platform. Of course they didn’t actually read the blog post [...]
Cryptographic Hashes
If your new to cryptographic hashes or simply want an intro that isn’t overly heavy detailed maths then I can recommend The Code Monkey’s Guide by kernel hacker Valerie Aurora.
GStreamer and stdin
GStreamer is the media framework used by the Gnome Desktop. For the most part it’s working is hidden from users as media players setup up the processing pipelines required. However sometimes you just want to play something from the command line and that’s where a lot of head scratching can be involved as you try [...]
