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		BusyBox’s “Almquist shell” is not as rich as the Bashhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almquist_shell https://linux.die.net/man/1/ash – the markup is in a terrible state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell) The problems with “ash” always most evident, if a shell script got written to work with Bash and needs adapting / downgrading to the “ash”. 
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		busybox-osx – developing shell scripts for a “true busybox” but in a proper environmenthttps://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 subreportsAny (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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		using Inoreader within Google Chrome – getting Chrome to assist subscribing to a feed using your favourite feed readerI 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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		The strange case of a Nazi who became an Israeli hitman: Otto Skorzenyhttp://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.711115 
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		“Ma’oz Tzur” – in Hebrew, transliterated, and translated to Englishhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma’oz_Tzur 
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		musician Snatam Kaurhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatam_Kaur https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatam_Kaur (I got introduced to this music through AC.) 
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		Chrismukkah is a pop-culture portmanteau neologism referring to the merging of the holidays of Christianity’s Christmas and Judaism’s Hanukkahhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrismukkah https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weihnukka