Since everybody and his brother is talking about the new chat engine from openapi I had to try it myself, and lo and behold it is amazing. I asked it about various topics and the answers I got were at least plausible. Being a Delphi developer I of course ended up asking it questions about … Continue reading chat.openapi.com is really amazing
Author: dummzeuch
Mastodon Autopost Plugin for WordPress
There are several plugins for WordPress that allow to automatically create a new Mastodon toot (what a stupid name!) for each blog post. I'm using "Mastodon Autopost". Unfortunately this plugin seems to be outdated and also has a bug that with the current PHP version results in an error/warning message if the post does not … Continue reading Mastodon Autopost Plugin for WordPress
I’m on Mastodon now
I never really liked Twitter, but I created an account there to be able to Announce new posts on my blog Allow some feedback to my blog without enabling the comments Now I joined Mastodon as @dummzeuch@mastodon.social simply to add another channel for those who don't want to use Twitter.
All known Generics bugs fixed in GExperts code formatter
I have just finished fixing all known bugs in the GExperts code formatter that were related to Generics. On top of that I fixed a few others. I am sure there are still more though, but because I rarely use Generics I haven't seen them yet. So I need your help: If you have a … Continue reading All known Generics bugs fixed in GExperts code formatter
Change order of experts in GExperts Expert Manager
Prompted by a post on Delphi Praxis, I just added a new feature to the Expert Manager expert in GExperts (lots of experts here 😉 ): It can now change the order in which the experts are loaded into the IDE. This may be important e.g. if you are using Andreas Hausladen's Delphi Speed Up … Continue reading Change order of experts in GExperts Expert Manager
RIP Michail Gorbatschow
I think we as Germans still cannot really appreciate the effect he had on our country. I also think the war against Ukraine would not have happened if he had been in charge for a few more years, but we will never know. Rest in peace Gorbi!
Installing Webmin on Ubuntu 22.04 server
As a follow up to my notes on installing Webmin on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 (on 20.04 it worked as in 18.04) now two additional steps are necessary for Ubuntu 22.04. Those steps must be executed as root: Convert Webmin's PGP key to a format that apt can use to verify files: [bash] cat jcameron-key.asc … Continue reading Installing Webmin on Ubuntu 22.04 server
Where did Microsoft move the underline menu shortcut option?
So I don't forget: Microsoft seems to love changing the place where they hide useful configuration options. One that I always turn on is "Underline access keys when available" and in Windows 10 it is now in "Keyboard" -> "Change how keyboard shortcuts work" which is about half way down the page just where it … Continue reading Where did Microsoft move the underline menu shortcut option?
Setting colors for Linux ls command
Those people who selected the default colors for the Linux ls command must have much better eyes than I. E.g. I think that dark blue text on black background is very difficult to read, but apparently they think it is fine. Fortunately it is easy to change these colors by setting the LS_COLORS environment variable. … Continue reading Setting colors for Linux ls command
added support for TColor and Local Variables to dzDebugVisualizer
After making the source code of dzDebugVisualizer available I got interested in Debug Visualizers in general and had a look at how they are supported in Delphi 11. I wrote a visualizer for TColor, based on an old EDN article (now only in the Internet Archive). And after that I simply added that functionality to … Continue reading added support for TColor and Local Variables to dzDebugVisualizer