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Ok, I get it (or: Gtk+ is better than I thought).
In my last post, I kinda whined about the awkwardness of the Gtkmm API. At least, it seemed that way at the time. I toyed with libglade and Gtk+ for a while first and everything seemed very straightforward and easy. … Continue reading
ksh stuff
Below is a little code I use with ksh. The wt() function can only be expected to work in an X-term. The code sequences are different for other terminal emulators. DIRSTACK=$PWD function dirs { print $DIRSTACK } function pushd … Continue reading
Discovering Ruby
As a software engineer who works on embedded systems and deals with things pretty close to the metal at times and primarily still works in C, I don’t get exposed to some of the new stuff that’s going on. I … Continue reading
Quick and simple debug stream for C++
Ever need to set up a quick and simple debug/logging stream for your application without having to deal with large frameworks like log4cpp or *shudder* log4cxx? There’s also libcwd, which seems really neat, but also very large. I didn’t want … Continue reading
C++ Style Redux
I just discovered the POCO library. It’s pretty neat-looking: it has a number of components that provide functionality that goes beyond the standard C++ library, such as threading support, networking, XML reading/writing, etc. The cherry on top is that not … Continue reading
Understanding STL Containers
This article is a really great way to start understanding STL containers. It discusses the differences between a vector and a deque (a double-ended queue) (you’ll often see C++ rookies as “what’s the difference between vector and queue” or something … Continue reading
Nifty utility for POSIX systems
It’s called bar. It seems to be a nifty little script that does what you would normally do with simple invocations of cat, tar, and cp, but it prints a progress bar. Like this:
C++ style anarchy
I’m sure I’ve blogged about this before. I just don’t know where. It drives me nuts. In what other languages, other than C and C++, is it acceptable to totally ignore the style that the standard uses? In Java, the … Continue reading
Win32 FLTK Binaries (r4911)
I have scoured the net for FLTK 2.0.x binaries, and there aren’t any. Until now. I have compiled the static libraries for FLTK and have created a Windows installer (it will get listed in the “add/remove software” dialog). Come and … Continue reading
C++: A threaded timer
I have written a threaded timer that will start on command, and stop on command using the boost threads library. here’s the code: /* copyright Benjamin Collins 2006 * please contact for licensing information */ #include <iostream> #include <boost/thread/condition.hpp> … Continue reading