They say that documentation is the worst part of programming and I mostly agree with that. Nevertheless I have taken the time to add a page about the Uses Clause Manager expert to the GExperts help because that topic was completely missing. I hope I covered all the topics. There is no help button on … Continue reading Uses Clause Manager topic added to the GExperts help
Destroying multiple ZFS snapshots
Note to self: Sometimes it is necessary to destroy not just a single but multiple ZFS snapshots. This can be done with some command line magic, but the zfs destroy subcommand has built in functionality too. Given a dataset pool1/dataset1 with 5 snapshots: snapshot1 snapshot2 snapshot3 snapshot4 snapshot5 [bash]zfs destroy pool1/dataset1@snapshot1,snapshot2,snapshot4[/bash] will destroy snapshot1, snapshot2 … Continue reading Destroying multiple ZFS snapshots
Updated Webhelp for GExperts available
Jim McKeeth has updated the GExperts documentation a bit. It's far from finished but that's better than the totally outdated one on gexperts.org. I have now exported it as webhelp and checked it in to subversion. You can read it at my newly created domain help.gexperts.de. (The domain is temporary only for now. I got … Continue reading Updated Webhelp for GExperts available
ZFS Snapshots und Samba Shadow Copy [German only]
Ich bin seit einiger Zeit ein großer Fan von ZFS und sammle immer wieder mal Links zu dem Thema. Es gibt einen Blog-Post ZFS Snapshots und Samba Shadow Copy (auf Deutsch) von Manfred Larcher, den ich gerade gefunden habe, und den ich hiermit erwähnen will, so dass ich ihn später auch wieder finde.
You should be using the full FastMM
If you are a Delphi developer and are not using the full FastMM memory manager (either the free version 4 or the commercial version 5) you really should try it. The limited FastMM version, that is included with Delphi since Delphi 2006, does not have the full debug mode. And that's the mode you should … Continue reading You should be using the full FastMM
Get Samba connection information
Note to self: The command to get connection information for a (Linux based) Samba server is smbstatus. It needs root privileges. e.g. [bash] sudo smbstatus -v | less [/bash]
GExperts 1.3.25 2024-08-24 released
The new GExperts version still supports all Delphi versions back to Delphi 6 (with the notable exception of Delphi 8) and even the Delphi 12 version is no longer in Beta state. I hope we have fixed some more bugs and haven't added too many more. As always: Report and any bugs you find (or … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.25 2024-08-24 released
GExperts Webinar
Jim McKeeth is going to hold a Webinar Essential Delphi: GExperts on 2024-08-28. I'll try to join if I find the time (it's scheduled for 17:00 CEST (15:00 UTC), so I might just make it.) Past webinars are available on the GDK Software YouTube channel. Edit: The webinar has just ended. You can watch a … Continue reading GExperts Webinar
CodeInsightExpert for GExperts
Michael Höfmann has written an additional CodeInsightExpert (in German) that can be added to GExperts and supports the writing of CodeInsight compatible comments in Delphi 12 (Athens). The source code is in his repository on GitHub. Note that this is not an official expert in GExperts, so you won't get any support from me. I … Continue reading CodeInsightExpert for GExperts
GExperts FAQ: Why does the Grep Results window not remember size and position?
The Grep Results window (and several other windows) can be docked to the IDE. To allow that GExperts does not save their positions and size but lets the IDE do that, which means these settings are part of an IDE desktop. While this can be convenient in the case of a docked window, it can … Continue reading GExperts FAQ: Why does the Grep Results window not remember size and position?