Useful tip on how to make bash check the window size between commands
Here's a useful tip on how to make bash check the window size between commands. shopt -s checkwinsize
Month: October 2006
PowerBook overtemp
Lately, my PowerBook has become narcoleptic. It goes to sleep even when it's plugged in and I've been using it actively. Pressing a key usually wakes it up right away but not always. I asked about this today on a Mac users'...
Treo and Mac Conduit Manager crashes: a workaround
For a while I've been getting this Conduit Manager crash when trying to sync my Treo 650 with my PowerBook. This is really annoying, because the Treo gets stuck in the HotSync (pressing "Cancel" doesn't work) and I have to do a...
Scsh: Scheme shell
If you are a fan of programming with Scheme, then you might like Scsh. Actually the name seems like a bit of a misnomer to me, since: Scsh is not a comfortable interactive shell a la bash (though apparently some work is done on...
links for 2006-10-19
A tutorial on Native Language Support using GNU gettext The use of the GNU gettext utilities to implement support for native languages is described here. Though, the language to be supported is considered to be Oriya, the method...
Ruby and Java and Stuff
Steve Yegge, interesting as always: Ruby and Java and Stuff
GNU Nana: improved assertion checking and logging for C and C++
GNU Nana is a free library providing improved support for assertion checking (as in assert.h) and logging (printf style debugging) in GNU C and C++. It provides support for some of the ideas of Eiffel, VDM, Z and Anna in GNU...