Month: January 2017
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Perl on Windows w/o Cygwin: Strawberry Perl for Windows
I need (some) Perl on Windows to be run from within shell wrapper scripts. Looks like there will be no Cygwin. Which shell will it be? Probably Busybox: https://frippery.org/busybox/ http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html I don’t have admin rights on that Windows machine, so I am going for “64bit PortableZIP edition + extra PDL related libs” I unzip it…
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busybox-osx – developing shell scripts for a “true busybox” but in a proper environment
https://github.com/daliworks/busybox-osx https://github.com/downloads/malkia/busybox-osx/busybox – does not work “today” (2017-01-12) What a pity, I cannot find a ready-made busybox-osx! The project looks a little abandoned – what a pity!
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busybox-w32 – can a shell script / bash developer be satisfied with it?
https://github.com/pclouds/busybox-w32 – do not use! (and do not use the download link given there, it is invalid) use the one at rmyorston’s account instead! https://github.com/rmyorston/busybox-w32 – this is where development happens these days, issues should get reported here (only)!!! https://frippery.org/busybox/ – ready-made binaries Is this a minimalist Unixish environment, that can run my most used shell scripts? (Update: the…
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using JasperReports’ JRXML for creating non-report documents (esp. PDF)
“.jrxml” is the file extension of the XML files, that JasperReports’ GUI builder iReport deals with. The “compiled” resp. packed versions of them are then called “.jasper“. Actually the top element of that XML is called “jasperReport“. But let’s call these files and the XML “JRXML“! The original purpose of JasperReports is to fill an…
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JasperReports’ JRXML and subreports
Any (complete) JRXML (with parameters) can be used a subreport in the JasperReports context – but only programatically i.e. through Java or Groovy. Do not confuse the concept of “subreport” with “dataSource” or “subDataSource” –”dataSource” or “subDataSource” are XML tags (in JRXML) to deal with XPath queries.
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Kobi Niv in haaretz.com: it is the right of every person to believe in whatever foolishness, but no one has the right to impose his nonsense on others
It is the right of every person to believe in whatever foolishness, but no one has the right to impose his nonsense on others. Source: ‘Those primitive Arabs’ – Opinion – Israel News | Haaretz.com
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using Inoreader within Google Chrome – getting Chrome to assist subscribing to a feed using your favourite feed reader
I only had to add another entry / line to “Manage / RSS Subscription options”: URL: https://www.inoreader.com/feed/%s; description: Inoreader The %s does the proper rewriting for critical characters itself.
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Synology DiskStation DS716+II – 2-bay, Intel Celeron N3160, 64-bit, Quad Core 1.6 burst up to 2.24 GHz
https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/DS716+II
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Before Islam: When Saudi Arabia was a Jewish kingdom – Archaeology – Haaretz – Israel News | Haaretz.com
The discovery of the oldest-known early Arabic writing in Saudi Arabia, from ca. 470 CE, evidently caused some consternation, given its Christian context. Source: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/.premium-1.709010