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Largely for my own reference, here are some Unix shell tricks that have come up lately. If you’re using Linux, Mac OS X, or other Unix-like systems, these might be handy. Redirecting output When a process starts, it opens three file descriptors: file descriptor 0 for standard input (STDIN), file descriptor 1 for standard output (STDOUT), and [...]
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2Paths Eclipse Distro v2 I’ve put together a new disto of the latest Eclipse wtp with some added plugin goodness. I’ve found this version to be much more stable than v1, and it even works on Lorill’s machine without too much trouble. Among the new features is a regex tester plugin, and a filter plugin that [...]
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The Eclipse WebTools team has released version 2.0 of the WebTools Platform along with the rest of the Europa release. From the release announcement: Eclipse developers will be particularly pleased with the debut of major features and/or specification [...]
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I’ve downloaded and hand-configured the latest Eclipse WTP builds for your convenience. I’d included the Subclipse SVN plugin as well. If there are any other plugins you’d like to see by default in the future, let me know. First of all, if you haven’t installed this update to the Java SWT libraries from Apple, do it [...]
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I was messing around with some of the sample Dashboard widget code provided by Apple and came up with a widget that displays the latest entries on the 2Paths blog. Widgets are basically html + css + javascript, with a little ajax mixed in if desired, and as such they’re pretty simple to create and [...]
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