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 ...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 ...Here's my easy and modern guide to getting pleasant looking fonts on Gentoo with minimal effort.
Wikipedia rendered with the end result of this guide
Enable the following USE flags:
euse --enable truetype type1 cleartype corefonts
and make sure everything is built with them enabled:
emerge -uDNa world …The Register has a good article on Sphinx search with some entertaining pop-shots at Java and "enterprise software" that got a rise out of me:
more ...Solr is popular with the enterprise crowd, who love its Java. Being a Java program, Solr includes no shortage of technology whose acronyms contain the …
I get requests from users and see questions all the time for "where did my xorg.conf go in the latest Ubuntu or Fedora?", though it is usually a bit more of a flame.
The quick answer... press Ctrl+Alt+F2 or similar to log into a TTY console, or …
more ...The Gentoo Qt maintainers have been doing a fantastic job of getting cutting edge Qt software into shape with the qting-edge overlay. I've been running Qt 4.5 since beta1 and am pleased with the direction it is going. Recently the devs bumped the Arora ebuild to version 0.5 …
more ...KDE 4.2 is out officially. The ebuilds for Gentoo have been ready for a while. This is a truly fantastic release. If you've ever made an opinion about KDE in the past, I encourage you to give it another go.
My beta1 review back in December sums up most …
more ...QT Software, under the graces of Nokia, has released the superb QT cross-platform toolkit under the LGPL.
This. is. HUGE.
For the libre software purist, this still benefits you, if indirectly. Companies that make changes to the toolkit must still submit patches. More influential, GPL incompatible software may now readily …
more ...Here's how you upgrade to ext4. The process is pretty easy, but requires an fsck which means unmounting or rebooting if the file system is in use.
Make sure you are using at least e2fstools 1.41.3 and kernel 2.6.28 (or a vendor kernel with latest ext4 …
more ...KDE 4.2 is set for release on January 27th. Eager to see what is new and improved, I installed beta 1 on my Gentoo box. KDE 4.1.80 was tagged then released late last month after the feature freeze deadline. This is a snapshot of the current development …
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