This post is going to be based partially on the source of Coverflow Alt Tab, plus some of the source files that are already included in GNOME 3. Also, a few notes here: it appears at this time that there is … Continue reading
So I’m working on this settings stuff for GNOME 3, and I attempted to compile a new gsettings schema. So I make my XML schema, and run glib-compile-schemas, and it comes back at me: Okay… so I look at the … Continue reading
I’m currently messing around with GNOME 3 plugins, and there’s not a whole lot of information out there. Like, almost nothing. So, as I’m working on this stuff I will be posting up some information and some small plugins that … Continue reading
I’m currently writing a program which needs to listen to signals on the system DBus, and I needed a way to monitor the system bus. I followed the directions here, but I came across a slight problem with that. It … Continue reading
I just came across this post on Slashdot on how to create good documentation. This is a good guide. Too often, documentation that exists out there is not particularly great, or good at showing you how to do something. This is … Continue reading
I feel that a decent guide on how exactly Log4J2 is setup is in order, because there isn’t a real clear explanation on Apache’s site. Now Apache, I know you guys make a lot of stuff, but seriously a lot … Continue reading
This just took me a stupid long time to figure out, so I’m leaving it here for future reference. In Java, the easiest way to read lines is using Scanner. For work, I had written a quick Linux-only serial port … Continue reading
Enums in C are something special. They’re not strongly typed at all. As it’s pointed out, sometimes enums are used for making bit values, which is rather convenient. However, it would be very good if enums could be strongly typed. So, … Continue reading
So I just spent a good half of the day today trying to figure out how to sync two repositories together. We’re moving repositories, and so we had to import data from one repository to the other. However, this process … Continue reading
So I’ve been working on a way to have C callback functions call member functions of a C++ class. To do that though, I’m upgrading to gcc 4.6, because there are some new features in c++0x that I think could … Continue reading