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Running asdoc should have been a breeze. Just create an ant task which calls the asdoc executable with the given parameters and voila! Well, it was not. <target name="compile"> <exec executable="${asdoc}" failonerror="true"> <arg line="-doc-sources ${src.dir}"/> <arg line="-window-title "My Application""/> <arg line="-output ${asdoc.output}"/> </exec> </target> The task started by spilling 100 errors similar to: [exec] ...budgetImport.as(9): col: 1 Error: The public attribute can only be used inside a package. [exec] [exec] public var importing:Boolean = false; [exec] ^ [exec] [exec] ....

In my stupidity innocence I just hoped that deploying the application on the new JBoss (from 4.2.2-GA to 5.1.0-GA) should be just a simple matter of changing paths in ant. Here are some problems I encountered and was able to fix. application.xml The format of this file has changed from: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" version="1.4" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com /xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/application_1_4.xsd"> <display-name>My application</display-name> <description>My server interface</description> ... to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <application xmlns="http://java....

Searching for a way to encrypt your files or filesystem on Linux can be an overwhelming choice. At a simple search you find different terms and solutions such as: encfs, dm-crypt, truecrypt, loopback crypt, aespipe, LUKS, etc. The answer is obviously historical. There are a lot of solutions some of them deprecated. I remember a few years ago I solved a similar problem using a tool (can’t remember which) which I was unable to find 2 years later thus remaining with a large file and lost data....

Since my migration to thunderbird I did not had many things to complain but one of the remaining things was the date format. I am expecting to have something like DD/MM/YY or at least DD MMM YYYY. I did not imagined this could be something else than configuration somewhere. Or not… After some digging I found out there is no way to configure the date string but the only way to change the date is to change the locale the application is using....

I’ve also migrated my Acer Aspire One to the new Karmic Koala easy as before using the recommended installation mechanism. One of the things I missed was the SSD specific configuration. This netbook I am using has a very slow SSD drive and I’ve experienced some slowdowns due to the time spent reading and writing the disk. I also wanted to reduce the SSD wear. Here are some steps I have took:...

This ubuntu installation was the bit of fun expected after a few tiresome weeks so I grabbed the cd while still hot and started the installation. As usual the install went smoothly except the fact that I probably mistyped my usual password so I had to modify the /etc/shadow afterward to log in. I was not expecting many changes but there are some graphical changes, the gdm seemed changed and after login I was greeted with a “DISK HAS MANY BAD BLOCKS” message since now there is a tool (palimpsest) which reads the S....

I have been using Evolution since more than 7 years now as my default email client and it has been more than a while that I have been disapointed with it mostly because of how slow it handled new mail. I have assumed that most of the fault was due to spamassasin spam filtering plugin. I tried on numerous occasions to change the default Ubuntu spamassassin and evolution configuration but with little if any results....

Conexant fax-modem configuration In the process of sending a fax in ubuntu on my Dell D820 I did not expected at all that the bigest problem would be getting the modem driver to work. I guess I forgot the old days of linux driver configuration. So, after loosing almost an hour with the linuxant “free” drivers which do not allow fax and the dell free drivers which somehow managed to kill my sound I finally found the solution on ubuntu site which solved the problem and I got both modem and sound back....

The geek’s alphabet: a, b, c ls –a gpsd –b -N -D2 /dev/ttyUSB0 ping –c 10 psql –d test ps –e ps –f ssh len@niobe –g -L 5432:localhost:5432 psql –h localhost test tcpdump –i eth0 iptables -A LOG_DROP –j DROP cvs add –kb *.odt ls –l...

2 short tricks on ubuntu linux (9.04 Jaunty): Install a .ttf font #create a fonts dir sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts #copy the font sudo cp myFont.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts #update fonts cache fc-cache -fv Note: if you are using an application don’t expect the fonts to be refreshed dynamically, just restart it. Create a cisco vpn connection apt-get install vpnc Create a /etc/vpnc/myvpn.conf. If you want to convert an existing .pcf file check this article....