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Re: Console, Cygwin, and Windows 7

Kevin Dorff — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:06:16 -0000

Glad to hear it's working for you and thanks for posting your problem and solution. I still use and love it.

Re: Console, Cygwin, and Windows 7

Anon — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:54:01 -0000

I ran into an issue when running the ./Configure step that said:
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

With a bit of Googling, I found that this was most likely due to a missing DLL. I was told to run:
cygcheck `gcc -print-prog-name=cc1`Which showed that I was missing cygmpfr-4.dllI was told that the solution to this was to (rerun the Cygwin installer and) install the libmpfr4 package. I reran the aforementioned cygcheck command, and it showed that no dlls were missing, and I ran ./configure again, and it worked!

Re: Cory Doctorow - With A Little Help

Mvallen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:38:53 -0000

Thank you for providing the Kindle version. I downloaded it to my computer's hard drive, connected the Kindle and then simply copied it over from the computer to th Kindle. The book opened perfectly in the Kindle and is formatted just fine. I appreciate your efforts to clean up the book for Kindle users.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

German — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:46:06 -0000

Thank you very much. It was really helpful.

Re: Cory Doctorow - With A Little Help

Mark Gray — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:50:24 -0000

Thank you for this version. This is a good example of why it is great to have the freedom to offer your own version/format of someone else's work.

Re: Cory Doctorow - With A Little Help

Verity — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:16:31 -0000

Well, the first obvious comment would be that the .mobi version is a .zip file - which can't be dowloaded by the built-in Kindle browser... ;o)

Re: Shure SE315 Headphones Review

Boneman — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:34:54 -0000

I just upgraded from E3c's to the SE 315's today. Its quite a noticeable jump in quality, there is much more clarity and detail, plus it seems like the soundstage is wider and has more layers of depth.

My e3c's have lasted almost 5-6 years now??? , but the cable on the right ear has worn down to nothing and my repeated bandaid (literally!) attempts to fix it have finally become of no use.

I know these are only mid-range but I was impressed by how much better they are than the e3c model. All it took was for me to see how the cable is replaceable and I made up my mind sight unseen (sound unheard) .

I am a musician who records at home, and havent yet tested them for monitoring purposes, but I can already hear much more seperation in the instruments without it sounding too unglued, so Im hopeful these will be useful for getting right inside a mix and checking for errors or finding bum frequencies to iron out.

My preference is for definition and solid bass, not too boomy, but with a little punch, and clean mids, and these are pretty much there, for my ears anyways (may have killed them a little in my younger days).

So coming from an E3c user, I say highly recommended.

Re: Shure SE315 Headphones Review

wwwald — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:57:14 -0000

Thanks for the review of the SE315.

Actually, I landed here on your blog because I just noticed that my E3c headphones were breaking. No sound in the left channel. Guess what: it's a cable issue. This is actually the second pair I own in Shure's in-ear series, the first one had cabling issues too.

So yeah, good to hear that Shure is trying to do something about the cabling issue... but it's a shame that it had to take so long. I'm still in doubt wether to go for a SE315 pair, I've already spent so much on these... :-/

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:22:37 -0000

After further review, it was my XML string.
I was missing a column of data, which was throwing the whole thing off.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

kdorff — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:30:46 -0000

1. Did my sample project resize the 2nd and 3rd columns for you as expected?
2. Did you add resizeToTitleWidth:true to the columns in column model that you want to have resized?
3. Did you add the span to your HTML?
4. Did you add the code I wrote to resize the columns if resizeToTitleWidth is true? This changes the column model BEFORE the grid is made to set the width on the appropriate columns. It uses the ruler to assist with doing so.
5. Did you step through my code, using Firebug, to see that it was finding the columns to resize and appropriately resizing?

The problem with Javascript is that if you have a typo, missing comma, etc. it just silently stops processing the Javascript. Firebug helps with this.

If you have Firebug installed, you can add logging lines to your Javascript

console.log("some message");

and see the logging messages in Firebug's console to see that various parts of your code are running.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:30:27 -0000

I took your advise and peeked around with firebug. I know where I need to change the width but I don't know how to do it.

It's in a th tag, I need to change the width.

th class="ui-state-default ui-th-column ui-th-ltr" role="columnheader" style="width: 55px;"

any idea?

Thanks

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:39:09 -0000

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

kdorff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:48:12 -0000

My overall recommendations would be

1. Make your Javascript as simple as possible
2. Use Firebug (plugin for Firefox) as it will make debugging Javascript, HTML, and CSS much simpler.
3. Web Developer Toolbar and Aardvark (other Firefox plugins) can also be very helpful. But if you just add one plugin, it needs to be Firebug.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:38:47 -0000

Thanks for the sample code, I used the sample code and I still have the same problem. I'm guessing it's my XML data: "var mystr ="

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

kdorff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:51:32 -0000

I've updated the above example with a couple minor things AND if you look at the bottom I now include a complete example that should help. This uses default fonts so the +26 offset isn't quite enough, it seems, but hopefully it will help.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:28:41 -0000

"var mystr ="

has xml tags but got removed when posted.

Thanks.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:26:51 -0000

Thanks, no error. However my column headers still don't line up. I have been looking everywhere for a solution.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Here is my code:

My First Grid

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

kdorff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:16:26 -0000

Sorry, try

ruler.innerHTML = colNamesData[i];

I've fixed it in the above already.

Re: Setting jqGrid column width from titles

Noe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:04:00 -0000

I get an error, 'colNames is undefined'. Doesn't like this line,

"ruler.innerHTML = colNames[i];

Any idea?

Thanks.

Re: Console, Cygwin, and Windows 7

phayes — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:52:50 -0000

Try using mintty, a module included with cygwin. I tried & abandoned rxvt when I found mintty. Mintty is similarly customizable (it even has transparency for inactive windows), has the same xterm style copying & pasting but has the advantage of a smaller footprint as it does not need X. It's one weakness is that it's multiwindow instead of tabbed.

As an aside, I just moved to WinSevenUltimate64 to break the 3.5Gb memory barrier & found that cygwin/Windows integration has become much easier. Cygwin has always used /cygwin/home/username as the user homedir because the windows account equivalent has spaces. The use of spaces for "My Documents", "My Pictures" etc was also a problem.

Win7 now uses c:\users\username as the default directory & the "My " prefix has been dropped. I was just able to finally unify my cygwin & Windows homedir by setting HOME & removing the login directory from my entry in the cywin password file. Once I moved .??* & the few directories i kept in my homedir from c:\cygwin\home\phayes to c:\users\phayes everything just worked!

Re: Sad, Yet Thankful

Queenbee — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:56:54 -0000

Nicely said.

Re: Downtown Dallas Disappearing

Queenbee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:32:01 -0000

Yes, it was a great weekend! The funny thing about mass transit...if it's crappy nobody uses it. The actual stations and trains were very nice but the service is just incomplete and needs to be promoted.

As far as downtown Dallas...it's sad that there is nothing there. I guess they figure that folks that attend events at the convention center don't also want to shop or see any attractions. I was almost excited about seeing the aquarium but not when I saw the price and the number of people there on a Saturday.

Re: Halo3, Scoooooooba

Paige — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:07:57 -0000

Hi,
I'd like to ask for your permission to use your flickr photo of the "tuna casarole" recipe card on my (noncommercial) website as part of a post about (you guessed it) tuna casserole. (Yes, really.) Would that be ok? Happy to credit the image however you like. Please let me know!

Thanks,
Paige

Re: Another Older but AMAZING Game

Harry Reimer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:52:05 -0000

YES YES YES Finally Kevin gets into Burnout!!

Re: Cable lineup, sad about AMC

Deb — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:49:40 -0000

Sounds as if cable will soon be a thing of the past.