2004-07-13
Some cool bash/Linux stuff: If you're using bash, put a line TMOUT=600 in /root/.bashrc. The user will . . . will contain whatever you've typed, including screen output! Fun to put in your friend his/her login . . .
1K - last updated 2005-03-19 13:41 UTC by 7116
2005-01-21
Outside work I received a question: "We need a WebDav implementation which is complete, has admin screens . . .
2K - last updated 2005-03-20 07:33 UTC by 7116
2005-04-25
I've created a five-line Oddmuse module to display Google Adsense. I called her [[adsense.pl]]. All it . . . editing a page, when using the administration screens et cetera). To use, take the following steps: . . .
1K - last updated 2005-05-31 06:52 UTC by 7116
2006-02-01
I've been working with Subversion, especially from within Eclipse using the Subclipse plugin. I had earlier . . . release was available through the Eclipse update screens which fixed this bug.''' * When entering the . . .
5K - last updated 2007-08-19 08:15 UTC by 7116
2007-03-11 Bug in software or hardware
This week was a very rewarding week: we squashed a bug which seemed to elude the very best minds -- these . . . However, if we then walked to the main software screen and read out the value, it had the -7 uV offset . . . script and a readout in the main software screen. The second one uses a macro, the hardware instructions . . .
4K - last updated 2007-03-12 08:46 UTC by bvankuik
2007-08-05 Adding salt to Auth class
If you're using PHP, you probably use or at least know of the PEAR classes at http://pear.php.net/. It's . . . you perfect start if you need username/password screens for your application. What this class is missing, . . .
2K - last updated 2007-08-05 08:08 UTC by 7116
2007-10-27 Thinking about wizards
In the previous post, I talked about how I was coding up a wizard-type bunch of screens, and was using . . . HTML_QuickForm_Controller class]. Each screen basically has three actions: 'display screen', . . . 'previous screen' and 'next screen'. The last screen has the . . . at all. Consider the following example: # In screen 1, the user must make a choice: do you want . . . apples or bananas? User chooses apples. # In screen 2, the number of apples is calculated and displayed. . . .
2K - last updated 2007-10-27 08:46 UTC by 7116
2007-11-15 diff tools
Previously, I've [http://debaday.debian.net/2007/05/02/meld-graphical-tool-to-diff-and-merge-files/ written . . . Just start vim as follows: $ vimdiff file1 file2 Screenshot: [[image:vimdiff2.png]] Visually it's pretty . . .
1K - last updated 2007-11-15 11:02 UTC by 7116
2007-11-19 Finding an optimum
As mentioned [[2007-09-26_Fiske_steps_testing|before]], we need an algorithm to find the correct setting . . . is lowered and another sweep is done. Below is a screenshot (actually a photo) of Irtecon, Andrey's . . .
5K - last updated 2007-11-22 17:00 UTC by 7116
2008-04-16 Qt database widgets
I've been playing with a couple of Qt classes to get an easy-to-use SQL user interface. The combo QTableView . . . ||Provides the general table widget on the screen || ||QItemDelegate ||Provides view/edit functions . . . specific cell types in the table widget on the screen || ||QSqlTableModel ||This class provides an . . .
2K - last updated 2008-04-21 12:43 UTC by 7116
2008-09-16 Tweaking TCP
For the Telis project, we use the TCP protocol for the radio uplink. This is rather unusual since most . . . [http://iptraf.seul.org/ iptraf] will do fine. A screenshot with the detailed statistics for an interface: . . .
2K - last updated 2008-09-16 15:49 UTC by 7116
2008-10-17 adding a logfile
My thought was; adding a logfile to our software within half an hour should be doable. So let's give . . . which, amongst others, writes this stuff to the screen. That was the first idea, but it turns out someone . . .
1K - last updated 2008-10-20 15:04 UTC by 7116
2010-07-20 Coverity demo
We got a demo from the [http://www.coverity.com/ Coverity] people. We ran their tool on our code base . . . where you can read out the database. The screen shows a number of defects, with filter options . . .
3K - last updated 2010-07-20 09:40 UTC by 7116
2011-09-06 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 2 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . this morning, something is wrong with the touchscreen. It seems to register touches, but the phone . . . thinks you touched the screen somewhere else. I can't even turn off the phone, . . . of the phone, it asks for confirmation on the screen. After a number of tries, I get it to power . . . things about Android is, that you have the home screen as well as the application screen. The home . . .
3K - last updated 2011-09-07 06:35 UTC by 7116
2011-09-08 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 3 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . instance, there are apps that can control the screen brightness with a very wide range. Useful stuff. . . .
3K - last updated 2011-09-13 06:53 UTC by 7116
2011-09-13 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 4 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . Galaxy Gio.'' Another thing I found out; making screenshots is not something that's universal on all . . .
2K - last updated 2011-09-20 13:07 UTC by 7116
2011-09-15 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 5 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . a currently playing song when you're on the home screen or in some other app. The iPhone offers a convenient . . .
1K - last updated 2011-09-19 06:47 UTC by 7116
2011-09-19 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 6 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . Android and iOS both have home screens, but they really have a different purpose. . . . In iOS, the home screen contains all apps. In Android, your apps are . . . in the lower right corner). The Android home screen is much more flexible. It can contain a number . . . Widgets are little apps that run on your home screen, showing the date/time, the weather or what . . .
2K - last updated 2011-09-19 07:27 UTC by 7116
2011-09-21 From iPhone to Android
''This is part 7 of my series where I document going from an iPhone to Android 2.3, running on the Samsung . . . player is the lack of control from the lock screen. From a locked iPhone, you can doubleclick the . . .
3K - last updated 2011-09-26 21:19 UTC by 7116
2012-03-20 graphics glitches on OS X Lion
= Graphics glitches = For the past days, I've seen a number of glitches on OS X Lion (update 10.7.3) . . . = White screen = '''UPDATE: this issue seems fixed with the . . . update''' I've encountered a bug where the screen would blank, reproducible as follows: * With . . . and keyboard * Press a key to wake screen, then I start working * At the end of day, I . . . display when closing the lid) * Look at white screen, where the mouse cursor is visible. Sometimes, . . .
3K - last updated 2012-06-14 11:44 UTC by 7116
2012-11-11 Starting with storyboard
I've never seriously worked with the storyboard before in Xcode, so here's a summary of what I've gathered . . . so far. * The storyboard defines the flow of screens throughout your app, it's basically a collection . . . of an XML file. In this file, the list of screens is saved, including the way how the screens . . .
2K - last updated 2012-11-14 08:15 UTC by 7116
2014-01-29 tmux and X11
Recently I've been playing around with [http://tmux.sourceforge.net tmux] . For all you neckbeards, that's . . . equivalent of [https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ GNU Screen]. On the surface, it looks pretty . . . simply "hard-copy" whatever is on the terminal screen. Vim's line numbers will be copied along. I . . . also couldn't copy more than one screen. In order to make this work, when ssh opens . . .
2K - last updated 2014-06-11 11:09 UTC by 7116
2014-05-16 VNC on Debian Wheezy
I recently discovered that VNC on Debian Wheezy is a bit of a mess. VNC can be used in two modes: to . . . there's another issue where portions of the screen sometimes don't refresh. I'm currently looking . . .
3K - last updated 2014-08-26 06:08 UTC by 7116
2014-11-06 From mov to animated gif
On OS X, the standard QuickTime Player application can record (a part of) your screen, or record the . . . screen of an iOS device over the lightning cable. You . . .
1K - last updated 2020-08-27 10:27 UTC by 7116
2015-02-01 Layout of a tableviewcell depending upon device orientation
Last week, a refresh of the design of my client's app called for a layout that changed depending on the . . . function stores the new screen size and asks the UITableView to reload: override . . . ''truly breathtaking'' animated gif by taking a screen recording with QuickTime Player, running the . . .
3K - last updated 2015-02-01 11:25 UTC by 7116
2015-06-12 Shortcut to lock OS X
There isn't any standard function to have a shortcut key to lock your screen in OS X. The best way to . . . do this ''without involving the screensaver'', is the second method that's mentioned . . . How to Quickly . . . Lock Your Screen in Mac OS X with Keyboard Shortcut] Do take . . .
1K - last updated 2015-06-12 10:30 UTC by 7116
2016-01-09 Compress PNG files with pngquant
A little trick if you want to save some space and/or bandwidth; compress your PNG files. Although PNG . . . of colors. This is often the case when creating screenshots. In yesterday's screenshot of my terminal . . .
1K - last updated 2016-01-09 20:52 UTC by 7116
2016-11-08 AutoLayout in a playground
What got me confused today, was how to play with AutoLayout in a Playground. The trick is to first create . . . 50).isActive = true view.layoutIfNeeded() view Screenshot: [[image:autolayout_in_Xcode_2016-11-08.png]] . . .
2K - last updated 2016-11-08 13:05 UTC by 7116
2016-11-29 Firefox on macOS
To have Firefox look a little more at home on macOS, check out the following addons: * [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pinch-to-zoom-firefox-osx/ . . . restarting, it brings up the Restore Session screen with the "Well this is embarrassing" message. . . .
1K - last updated 2016-12-04 08:57 UTC by 7116
2017-02-02 Swift app without Interface Builder
Here's an example of an AppDelegate.swift, for those who don't like Interface Builder: import UIKit @UIApplicationMain . . . Any]?) -> Bool { self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds) let vc = ViewController() let nc . . .
1K - last updated 2017-02-03 09:03 UTC by 7116
2017-02-03 Create your own laptop battery test
Recently I wanted to test how long the battery of my 2013 MacBook Air lasts. The quickest solution I . . . charged. * In System Preferences, turn off the screensaver. Under Energy Saver, set "turn display . . . somewhere, then remove power cord. * Set the screen brightness to something reasonable, like 75%. . . .
2K - last updated 2017-02-03 20:56 UTC by 7116
2017-02-21 Linux VPS with TeamViewer
Here are my short notes on creating a Linux VPS (virtual private service) which can be remotely accessed . . . You should see the graphical Linux login screen. In the top left corner, set shell to "Gnome . . .
3K - last updated 2019-12-08 07:25 UTC by 7116
2017-04-11 UIStackView playground
Here's a nice way to play with a UIStackView. Copy and paste the following code into a playground, and . . . next to the final line, click the screen icon to permanently show it. Then adjust the . . .
2K - last updated 2017-04-11 09:02 UTC by 7116
2017-11-07 Close button on popover
On iPhone, you usually add a cancel/close button to a modal popover. On iPad, there's usually no need . . . -> UIModalPresentationStyle { return .fullScreen } func presentationController(_ controller: . . .
5K - last updated 2018-01-09 07:28 UTC by 7116
2018-01-11 Navigationbar below statusbar on iOS 10
I had the strangest issue today. When testing my current app on iOS 10, the navigation bar would sit . . . { var window: UIWindow? = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds) func application(_ application: . . . Any]?) -> Bool { self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds) let mainViewController = ViewController() . . .
2K - last updated 2018-01-11 09:57 UTC by 7116
2019-12-08 Linux VPS with TeamViewer
In 2017, I blogged about [https://www.vankuik.nl/2017-02-21_Linux_VPS_with_TeamViewer setting up a Linux . . . hang in the "Connecting to <hostname>..." screen. . . .
3K - last updated 2020-02-07 07:57 UTC by 7116
2022-12-12 When to use StateObject wrappedValue initializer
UPDATE 2023-04-28: Apple updated its documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/stateobject#Initialize-state-objects-using-external-data . . . blog post by Sarun W], where they share a Slack screenshot quoting an Apple engineer saying that this . . . flow. For instance in a popup where you create a screen with a NavigationView or NavigationStack. Otherwise, . . .
2K - last updated 2023-04-28 06:02 UTC by bartvk
2023-04-12 Natural breaks in Time Out application for macOS
I'm using a break reminder on macOS, it's called Time Out. https://dejal.com/timeout/ It's a very full-featured . . . I went back to Time Out, and in the Advanced screen, changed "Natural break detection method" from . . . least 30 seconds Note that perhaps on the same screen (Advanced), you'll have to adjust the "Natural . . .
2K - last updated 2023-04-12 09:15 UTC by bartvk
2023-08-30 Coordinator in preview
When you're using the Coordinator pattern in a SwiftUI project, you'll find yourself sometimes wanting . . . to preview the initial start of a "flow" of screens. But that's quite a bit of work because inside . . .
2K - last updated 2023-08-31 11:26 UTC by bartvk
A Small Oracle 9i
== HOWTO: A Small 9i Database == This thing is HUUUUUGE... Yeah, it's a big beast. But if you need an . . . short name and click Next. == Step 4 == This screen displays two tabs. Since I unchecked some options . . . it gets interesting. Step 6 shows up and this screen shows five tabs. The first tab is important . . .
13K - last updated 2005-03-18 22:41 UTC by 7116
Booting over the network
= Red Hat Enterprise Linux and PXE = It's possible to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or any . . . follow the installation on the new server its screen as well as through the logs on the existing . . .
4K - last updated 2007-05-09 09:36 UTC by 7116
Cheap VPS Hosting
(English readers: this is an overview of cheap Dutch VPS hosters) = Update 23-12-2013 = '''Update:''' . . . Screenshot van panel], User Mode Linux || ||[http://www.bytemark.co.uk/hosting/prices/index.html . . . interface naar de provider is. Let dus goed op screenshots of ervaringen van andere gebruikers. Pas . . .
12K - last updated 2013-12-23 10:48 UTC by 7116
coreutils
= Counting and averaging = Suppose you have a big log file with lines like: 07-06-2005 13:45:28 - [12013] . . . then you can just follow the logfile on your screen and at the same time write it to a separate . . .
3K - last updated 2008-11-14 12:32 UTC by 7116
Database Logging Package
The java.util.logging classes are taking over the homebrewn solutions at the moment. It's a very flexible . . . at exceptions through standard maintenance screens and not give developers shell accounts on servers. . . . Since your standard maintenance screens work on database tables, it's only logical . . .
2K - last updated 2005-03-19 09:48 UTC by 7116
Engineer humor
After every flight, the pilot fills a form to tell the engineer which problems or deviations he encountered . . . secured tightly. P: Dead insects on the windscreen. S: Live insects have been ordered. P: Automatic . . .
2K - last updated 2007-09-10 08:30 UTC by bvankuik
JDeveloper on Linux
Here I'm listing some news, tips, problems and issues I found while running JDeveloper on Linux. For . . . check the next two. * Click Next for the final screen. Set the availability to "Java Class" and "Java . . . entered the command in the preferences dialog screen. It's a bug, see also here. Upgrading to 9.0.3 . . .
15K - last updated 2006-01-30 14:56 UTC by 7116
Linux
= System Administration = [[Remote_dump]] [[MD5sum]] [[Debian]] -- About apt-get, dpkg and other stuff . . . [[Encrypting_and_decrypting_files]] [[Screen]] [[Software_RAID]] -- and also about LVM [[Turn_off_beep]] . . .
2K - last updated 2012-09-14 07:24 UTC by 7116
Linux links
* http://www.packetfu.org/hpl.html * http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/traffic_shaping/ * [http://fas.sfu.ca/dataface . . . Dataface] a generic package for creating screens on top of MySQL tables . . .
1K - last updated 2007-01-23 12:06 UTC by 7116
Linux on a Dell D600
My employer issued a shiny brand-new Dell Latitude D600. Here, I'm listing any issues I had with this . . . the laptop (1280x1024) I've set up an extra 17" screen. This screen shows the main JDeveloper screen . . . while my laptop its screen (1400x1200) shows output and debugging screens, . . . some terminals, browsers etc. as well. Here is a screenshot. This is working so smoothly that I don't . . . think I want to work with a single screen in the future. People with the same laptop (a . . .
3K - last updated 2005-03-19 07:00 UTC by 7116
M4
Everyone seems to have forgotten about M4, an extremely handy standard Unix tool when you need a text . . . orm-tool.xml By default, m4 prints to the screen (standard output). Use the shell to redirect . . .
2K - last updated 2007-03-13 07:38 UTC by bvankuik
Parsing and transforming RDF files in PLSQL
When you say 'XML', you'd probably also say 'Java' -- until now, because a stock Oracle database installation . . . table. The result is then as is shown in the screenshot below. Note that not Slashdot's headlines . . .
15K - last updated 2005-03-19 06:57 UTC by 7116
Perl
= Help = Help isn't far away: $ perldoc -f keyword = Parameters = Parameters (other word: arguments) . . . = Feedback = To give feedback without wasting screen real estate, use \r. This '''r'''eturns to the . . . 1; } } If you can install the package <tt>Term::Screen</tt>, then the following menu only needs a keypress . . . (not followed by enter): require Term::Screen; $scr = new Term::Screen; unless ($scr) { die . . .
17K - last updated 2015-06-18 09:03 UTC by 7116
Queuing Mechanisms
= Queuing Mechanisms = Even though I read it cover to cover, I regularly reread chapters of [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ . . . errors to the user its attention, like a special screen that is shown regularly or upon logging in. . . . = Queue management = You have to have management screens or good logging that shows what is in the queue, . . .
6K - last updated 2014-02-07 13:28 UTC by 7116
Random Linux Stuff
= Swap caps lock and Escape on the console = If you run Debian, add the following line to /etc/console-tools/remap: . . . as root type: # /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh On other distributions like Slackware, the . . .
4K - last updated 2007-05-03 07:47 UTC by bvankuik
Screen
When you're ssh'ing to a specific remote server regularly, [http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html . . . GNU Screen] is a useful tool. If you don't know it, read . . . [http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html this article] and be enlightened. Note . . . that I'm using 'GNU Screen' whenever possible, because otherwise this page . . . do the following: * user1 logs in and starts GNU Screen * user1 types CTRL-A :multiuser on * user1 types . . .
7K - last updated 2009-05-26 14:24 UTC by 7116
Telis
Current shortcomings of the software: * Only 16-bits values supported * Some settings can only be retrieved . . . The database contains reverse polynomes but the screens don't support these * The tables are quite . . . up * There could be automatically generated screens for the tables -- now they're handmade and . . .
2K - last updated 2007-02-15 15:57 UTC by bvankuik
Ticket systems
[[RT]] http://otrs.org/screenshot/ http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ http://www.oneorzero.com/ . . .
1K - last updated 2006-03-01 09:28 UTC by 7116
Tracking Issues
Have you ever logged a bug against an (open source) piece of software? Were you happy with the results? . . . bug. I entered the steps to reproduce, made screenshots, attached documents and tested on both . . .
5K - last updated 2005-10-11 10:18 UTC by 7116
Unintelligible Requirements
; Mark: "When you have a requirement with which you don't yet know what the resulting changes are, you . . . not possible, let a web designing agency do screen layouts. Then demand they only talk to the agency. . . . they don't bother with anything but the screen layouts. # If you really must create requirements, . . .
4K - last updated 2006-03-02 19:19 UTC by 7116
User Mode Linux and Fedora Core 3
User Mode Linux (UML) is pretty amazing: you run a complete Linux installation ''inside'' your normal . . . <tt>./vmlinux --help</tt>. You should see a screen or two filled with parameters. # The filesize . . .
5K - last updated 2006-02-02 09:20 UTC by 7116
Using Screen
= THIS IS AN OLD VERSION = PLEASE CHECK THE MORE RECENT PAGE: [[Screen]]. When you're ssh'ing to a specific . . . server regularly, [http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html screen] is a useful tool. If you . . . don't know it, read [http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html this article] and be enlightened. = Real-time . . . do the following: * user1 logs in and starts screen * user1 types CTRL-A :multiuser on * user1 types . . . CTRL-A :acladd user2 * user2 logs in and starts screen with option -r test1/ For this to work, screen . . .
6K - last updated 2009-05-20 09:04 UTC by 7116
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