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Finished translation of namespace transformer to Python
I originally started to write my XML Boiler software in Ada. Ada compiler has too many bugs. I switched to Java. I discovered for myself that Java byte arrays are limited to about 4GB of bytes, this makes problematic processing … Continue reading
Posted in Programming, XML
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Library to spawn a process with given input and receive its output
I have created a C library to span a process with given input and receive its output. One cannot just write to stdin of a process and then read its stdout through pipes, because this way it may lead to a … Continue reading
Posted in Linux/Unix, Programming
Tagged command, deadlock, Linux command, OS command, pipe, pipes, stdin, stdout, Unix command
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A new problem appeared writing automatic XML transformations
This is about Automatic transformation of XML namespaces. Previously I divided all transformations into two groups: with a given source and target namespace (as converting DocBook into HTML); with only source given but not the target (as for XInclude). Today … Continue reading
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Expired access token in Google OAuth
I sought in Internet how to determine from Google response whether an access token is expired. I found no definitive answer. So, finally I created an access token and waited for a hour to see the Google response when I … Continue reading
Why Linux is better than Windows
One man asked me: I have heard of Ubuntu Linux, but have never seriously considered using it. What makes it “good”? Here is my reply (not aspiring for completeness, Linux has other advantages also): I could say that the “main” … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Linux/Unix
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Split HTML into separate chapters and ToC
Yesterday I have written a simple program which splits an XHTML file into several chapters (separate HTML files) and ToC. The program is fully customizable and themeable. Get it at GitHub.com.
Google AdWords bug slowed down my ad campaign :-(
I have started a Google Grant AdWords campaign for an USA based nonprofit recently (about two days ago). It worked well and I was enjoyed. But then it was closed for “maintenance” as they say for 2-3 days (I don’t … Continue reading
