Month: October 2013
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Emacs and VC AKA Version Control and an excessive list of handled backends
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Customizing-VC.html I am working for a customer on WinXP with GNU Emacs 24.2.1 through Tramp resp. putty plink (“pscp”) on AIX files. They are using CVS on AIX, but as I am actually the only Emacs user there, I don’t really bother going through the set-up for using Emacs with CVS on WinXP. Recently I…
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the Emacs tramp mailing list and gmane
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.tramp http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/tramp-devel
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ISAM, C-ISAM, D-ISAM, DISAM, … – a few links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Informix_C-ISAM http://IsamCentral.com – Byte Designs’ IsamCentral http://www.connx.com/products/disam.html
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“More Instantly Better Vim” – Damian Conway customizes his favorite editor
http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/10/more-instantly-better-vim.html (a presentation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Conway http://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/2247 = Damian Conway at oreilly.com as author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)
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created utility “cvsgrep” from “rcsgrep” shipping with O’Reilly’s “Unix Power Tools” (the code TAR ball)
Derived cvsrevs from rcsrevs, and cvsgrep from rcsgrep. This is really nice!! Imagine this: $ cvsgrep -a SEARCHME files… I knew, rcsgrep and sisters would be very, very useful. svngrep should be quite useful as well.
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OS X Mavericks’ privacy default: “Send diagnostics & usage data to Apple”
No, I don’t want to get crash reports sent out automatically, no, no, no!
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downloaded and installed the latest OS X 10.9 AKA “Mavericks” last night – you get it for free from Apple
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/os-x-mavericks/id675248567 These applications are experiencing trouble now after installing OS X 10.9: https://adium.im – crashes …
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O’Reilly Media book: Oracle Essentials
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027737.do Written by Oracle insiders, this indispensable guide distills an enormous amount of information about the Oracle Database into one compact volume, including a valuable overview of Oracle Database 12c. Ideal for novice and experienced DBAs, developers, managers, and users, Oracle Essentials walks you through technologies and features in Oracle’s product line, including its architecture,…
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O’Reilly Media book: Microinteractions: Full Color Edition
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032496.do It’s the little things that turn a good digital product into a great one. With this full color practical book, you’ll learn how to design effective microinteractions: the small details that exist inside and around features. How can users change a setting, or know they have a new email message? You’ll quickly discover how…
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O’Reilly Media book: PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition
PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition – O’Reilly Media