UPDATE:
clang_complete is what the people want and what the doctor ordered:
https://github.com/Rip-Rip/clang_complete
let g:clang_snippets=1
let g:clang_conceal_snippets=1
C^X, C^U, profit. Another awesome development for LLVM!
It sucks for C and C++ development.
Popup code completion ("IntelliSense") is a godsend. Instead …
more ...A ton of people use github, gitorious, and bitbucket these days. Aside from the obvious benefits of dVCS, these sites have excellent features such as:
Basically …
more ...I'm doing a presentation/Q&A for Software Freedom Day 2010 in Charleston, SC. CSCLUG is putting on the event.
Here is the presentation. Feel free to use …
more ...I just noticed that the Sun/Oracle Ultra 27 is no longer listed on the Desktops section of Oracles products page. This is a shame because I'm quite pleased with mine.
This sends a couple of messages:
Something I see often in person and online are programmers constantly implementing common solutions, reinventing wheels, or embracing NIH.
Before you do this, please consider the Kev009's Oath - "But First, Write No Code". This is a solution to a variety of problems in software development, but today's article is specifically …
more ...I haven't noticed any killer features in KDE SC 4.4 and I've been running it since Beta 1. I've noticed a lot of subtle improvements. Things like app stacking and selection in the task bar seem much more responsive. All around, plasma looks subtly better and my favorite KDE …
more ...If you run a public mail server, there is a good chance you run SpamAssassin.
There is a New Year's SNAFU in which any dates 2010+ are marked "grossly in the future". That is a problem since it is now 2010.
Run sa-update and restart SpamAssassin ASAP, or install the …
more ...Sun Microsystems has a powerful and favorably priced entry in the x86 workstation space with the Ultra 27. Such is the power of this workstation and its natural fit for *nix workloads, combined with a compelling price tag, I pronounce it the Ultimate Linux Workstation in its class. He's a …
more ...Here's a video to accompany my previous blog post Windows 7 has definite backlight problems ("Black Screen of Death"). As mentioned before, I cannot reproduce this in Arch Linux. The problem began after a recent "Patch Tuesday".
Microsoft has been denying any problems like this in the media. Comment if …
more ...There is definitely a problem in Windows 7 RTM with the "Black Screen of Death" despite MS propaganda stating otherwise. This one has nothing to do with 3rd party antivirus software.
The particular problem I am having and see lots of reports on forums is that the backlight is not …
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