Comments for Technitribe http://blog.peopleareducks.com not at all like a diatribe Wed, 19 May 2010 16:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Installing dblatex from the latest MacPorts by Bruce http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/04/installing-dblatex-from-the-latest-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Bruce Wed, 19 May 2010 16:35:15 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=107#comment-95 I'm glad the post helped! I’m glad the post helped!

]]> Comment on Installing dblatex from the latest MacPorts by lb http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/04/installing-dblatex-from-the-latest-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-85 lb Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:45:33 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=107#comment-85 Actually saved my week. Actually saved my week.

]]> Comment on State Transition Diagram featured on blog.xmpp.org by Nÿco http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2010/02/03/state-transition-diagram-featured-on-blog-xmpp-org/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Nÿco Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:56:28 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=120#comment-73 Yes Tim, it is useful! That's why I've covered it, thx very much for this. Yes Tim, it is useful! That’s why I’ve covered it, thx very much for this.

]]> Comment on Macports updates their Erlang version, update your load-path’s by tbielawa http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2010/02/03/macports-updates-their-erlang-version/comment-page-1/#comment-72 tbielawa Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:21:49 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=115#comment-72 Kenneth, At the time "good" just meant the first thing that <em>looked</em> good. When reading over documentation for each module I noticed where I could find an example of how to use a continuation function in Erlsom before I found the Xmerl example. Honestly I haven't tried either module yet, though. Right now I'd much rather go with something that ships with my distribution than require an external dependency in each installation. Just before you made your comment I read Jack Moffitt's post in which he <a href="http://metajack.im/2008/10/28/chunked-xml-parsing-in-erlang-with-xmerl/" rel="nofollow">parses a TCP stream with xmerl</a>. After which I realized that that he was doing it the same way I would have in Erlsom, just with xmerl. While I would like to pass binaries straight out of gen_tcp:recv() to the scanner, I recognize that I do not have ultra high performance needs at this time, so the conversion to strings will only be an additional operation, and in no way a game killer. I'm going to give Xmerl a try. Can you comment on the prospects of binary scanning coming to xmerl, and if there would be noticeable performance gains at this point? Kenneth,

At the time “good” just meant the first thing that looked good. When reading over documentation for each module I noticed where I could find an example of how to use a continuation function in Erlsom before I found the Xmerl example.

Honestly I haven’t tried either module yet, though. Right now I’d much rather go with something that ships with my distribution than require an external dependency in each installation.

Just before you made your comment I read Jack Moffitt’s post in which he parses a TCP stream with xmerl. After which I realized that that he was doing it the same way I would have in Erlsom, just with xmerl.

While I would like to pass binaries straight out of gen_tcp:recv() to the scanner, I recognize that I do not have ultra high performance needs at this time, so the conversion to strings will only be an additional operation, and in no way a game killer. I’m going to give Xmerl a try.

Can you comment on the prospects of binary scanning coming to xmerl, and if there would be noticeable performance gains at this point?

]]> Comment on Macports updates their Erlang version, update your load-path’s by Kenneth http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2010/02/03/macports-updates-their-erlang-version/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Kenneth Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:26:39 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=115#comment-71 I am just curious regarding what you mean with good XML parser? And I also wonder if you are aware of the brand new XML parser in the xmerl application (included in the Erlang/OTP distro). The new XML parser is a sax parser with about the same speed as Erlsom. There is currently no validation but that is on its way. /Kenneth , Erlang/OTP Ericsson I am just curious regarding what you mean with good XML parser?
And I also wonder if you are aware of the brand new XML parser in
the xmerl application (included in the Erlang/OTP distro). The new XML parser is a sax parser with about the same speed as Erlsom. There is currently no validation but that is on its way.

/Kenneth , Erlang/OTP Ericsson

]]> Comment on Macports, and Erlang: Setting up Emacs and your $MANPATH by Macports updates their Erlang version @ Technitribe http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Macports updates their Erlang version @ Technitribe Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:08:40 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-70 [...] you fix your Emacs load-path to register the new location. (See my older post on how to initially set up Erlang and Emacs from MacPorts from [...] [...] you fix your Emacs load-path to register the new location. (See my older post on how to initially set up Erlang and Emacs from MacPorts from [...]

]]> Comment on Installing dblatex from the latest MacPorts by tbielawa http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/04/installing-dblatex-from-the-latest-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-58 tbielawa Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:17:18 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=107#comment-58 I'm glad the post helped! I’m glad the post helped!

]]> Comment on Installing dblatex from the latest MacPorts by Andreas http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/04/installing-dblatex-from-the-latest-macports/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Andreas Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:15 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=107#comment-57 Thanks, I'm one of the guys who ran into this. Saved my day. Thanks, I’m one of the guys who ran into this. Saved my day.

]]> Comment on Macports, and Erlang: Setting up Emacs and your $MANPATH by Bill Robertson http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Bill Robertson Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:03:34 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-56 Very interesting. I'll take a look at that. Thanks! Very interesting. I’ll take a look at that. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Macports, and Erlang: Setting up Emacs and your $MANPATH by tbielawa http://blog.peopleareducks.com/2009/12/02/macports-and-erlang-setting-up-emacs-and-your-manpath/comment-page-1/#comment-54 tbielawa Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:20:24 +0000 http://blog.peopleareducks.com/?p=101#comment-54 Bill, In /etc/ there's another file, "profile", which is executed each time a new shell is launched much like your ~/.bashrc files. Inside of /etc/profile you can see the application that runs which compiles the $*PATH variables from the /etc/*paths.d folders. /usr/libexec/path_helper Check out the man page for path_helper. It looks like it will only update $MANPATH with items from the manpaths.d folder if you are already updating it yourself!? From the man page: "The MANPATH environment variable will not be modified unless it is already set in the environment." Here's my setup: $ grep MANPATH .bash_profile MANPATH=$MANPATH:~/share/doc/man export MANPATH <tbielawa>@(expressomaker)[~] 04:17:19 $ echo $MANPATH /usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/opt/local/lib/erlang/man:/usr/local/git/share/man:/usr/X11/share/man:/Users/tbielawa/share/doc/man Bill,

In /etc/ there’s another file, “profile”, which is executed each time a new shell is launched much like your ~/.bashrc files. Inside of /etc/profile you can see the application that runs which compiles the $*PATH variables from the /etc/*paths.d folders.

/usr/libexec/path_helper

Check out the man page for path_helper. It looks like it will only update $MANPATH with items from the manpaths.d folder if you are already updating it yourself!?

From the man page: “The MANPATH environment variable will not be modified unless it is already set in the environment.”

Here’s my setup:

$ grep MANPATH .bash_profile
MANPATH=$MANPATH:~/share/doc/man
export MANPATH
@(expressomaker)[~] 04:17:19
$ echo $MANPATH
/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/opt/local/lib/erlang/man:/usr/local/git/share/man:/usr/X11/share/man:/Users/tbielawa/share/doc/man

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