LinuxQuestions.org - Entries for December 2012

New-Make ready for hyperjump and KDE Menu's How-To

Posted 12-29-2012 at 10:35 PM by rainbowsally

Tags desktop, kde menus, kde utils, make-based installer, makefiles

New-Make ready for hyperjump and KDE Menu's How-To

This is somewhat advanced stuff but.. maybe not. It might also appeal to anyone who has a little talent for tinkering who needs to set up a KDE menu for an application that doesn't have one. See warning below, however.

Today's features

Last of the first generation new-make installer/uninstallers (probably).
Usage example that installs and uninstalls a dummy application and icons into the KDE menus.

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New-Make And MC2, Meet MPG123 (terminal app to play MP3 and other file formats)

Posted 12-25-2012 at 08:11 PM by rainbowsally
Updated 12-26-2012 at 01:36 PM by rainbowsally (wrong acronym for alsa)

Tags assembler, c/c++, computer mad science, make compiling

After that last rant about screwy software, I found some GREAT software. mpg123 is outstanding.

Today's Features

Me eating my words, even about assembler coding. ;-)

Famous last words galore! I even have to eat my words about asm. In fact this app is so cool I had to add the ability to compile asm and C sources in the same directory to the mc2 code.

MPG123 (sandboxed relocatable binary installation OR compile from code, modify, experiment, etc.) is linked...

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Hashing for ID generation (hash32_enum algorithm and ASM)

Posted 12-24-2012 at 10:45 AM by rainbowsally

You're not going to get fool-proof uniqueness from a 32 bit hash, but this one gets pretty close.

[cont'd from previous blog entry where the C/C++ version can be seen (and tested). http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-lists-35223/]

If you're curious about what the hash32_enum thing in the previous blog entry would look like in assembler, this is the output using the --save-temps gcc flag.

Code:

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STL Template Experiment (Lists)

Posted 12-24-2012 at 10:24 AM by rainbowsally
Updated 12-24-2012 at 10:46 AM by rainbowsally (added link)

Tags computer mad science, stl, template

We've resurrected some dead code that was pretty ugly but the only worse MESS (officially sanctioned, no less) than STL that we've ever seen is the spaghetti in lex/flex output. -- The Computer Mad Science Dept.

So...

Now what?

Well...

...what would ANY good Computer Mad Scientist do in a situation like this?

Today's features are

Creating lists using the std::list STL template.
Identifying the critical 'operators'

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More (Generic) Tools

Posted 12-20-2012 at 08:08 PM by rainbowsally
Updated 12-20-2012 at 08:48 PM by rainbowsally (bum code)

Tags base64 self-extractor, commandline, computer mad science, shortcut link icon, tools

More (Generic) Tools

Behind the scenes, some of the more complex tools are getting incorporated into lq-qt-mc2. Should have an upload in a day or two. lq-find will kock your socks off.. now tuned up and ready for the big time. :-) v. 3.0.14 coming soon.

Today's Features

Create a shortcut with a shortcut icon, directories - OK!
Another new.<utility> using the mc2 extras demo (env-replace)
Revisiting the utility to create a self extractor using base64

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