http://www.gooli.org/blog on software development and related issues Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:36:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Using the excellent instructions at ShowMeDo Jack Atkinson, I built a version of both Gvim and Vim for Windows with support for Python 2.5 and for Python 2.6. Python 2.4: Support is already built-in in Gvim 7.2 Python 2.5: Install Gvim 7.2 and replace vim.exe and gvim.exe with the files in gvim72python25.zip Python ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/gvim-72-with-python-2526-support-windows-binaries/ I haven't written here in quite a while and was going to keep it that way, but an interesting post caught my eye today about eBook readers. I started writing a comment and as it often happens, discovered I had way too much to say. Hope I won't bore you ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/digital-reading/ Working on integrating of automation scripts with Testuff, I've encountered an interesting Unicode-related issue I'd like to share. The integration allows for an automated testing script to report the results of its run to the Testuff server. In order for the results to be grouped, displayed and summarized correctly, the automation ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/unicode-and-permalinks/ This message is for anybody who has recently bought the aforementioned router and is experiencing a slow connection and many timeouts. This affects the routers that have the 1.57 version of the firmware installed. To check the firmware version, go to http://192.168.2.1 (that's the IP of the router in its default ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/solution-for-edimax-router-br-6204wg-being-slow/ I have one of those Microsoft mice here at work and its wheel is quite light to the touch. It is so light in fact, that I often click it while scrolling. By default, clicking the scroll wheel in Firefox puts it into scrolling mode, showing this icon: Now when you move the mouse ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/disable-scroll-wheel-clicking-in-firefox/ Most people who use Subversion know that you can access the repository with your browser to get a readonly interface that you can use to take a cursory look at the files in there.This is how the Python repository looks like via http://svn.python.org/projects/python:It says Revision 65620 at the top and ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/accessing-svn-revision-via-a-browser/ How many times have you typed an entire URL looking at your keyboard only to lift your eyes and see that you've used the wrong keyboard layout? How many times have you typed your email into some obscure form on the internet only to find that you've typed some unintelligible ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/wrong-keyboard-layout/ One of the first things we needed to do when we started working on Testuff, was to figure out how are we going to update the installed desktop clients. This is one of those problems that seems to usually fall under the NIH syndrome, and like many others before me, ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/digging-into-pythons-pyc-files/ I use the Win+R combination to run almost all the applications I use. Hit Win+R, type firefox, and Firefox runs. Hit Win+R, type winword, and Word starts. Hit Win+R..., well you get the idea. The Run dialog is great to quickly access applications you use, but it's only usable for programs ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/a-very-simple-winr-enhancement/ Whenever I install Firefox on a new computer, I find myself hitting Ctrl-Shift-X to switch the text box direction to now avail. Unfortunately the way to turn this option on is quite hidden. You have to navigate to about:config, type bidi in the filter box, and double click the line that ... http://www.gooli.org/blog/right-to-left-bidi-support-in-firefox-3/