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Run windows XP, vista in Linux with InnotTek Virtual Machine

Many of us abandoned  windows and  landed on linux. But many of us also works in web development. A great twist between the brow  appears when we need to test on Internet Explorer ( IE ).
So, how test web pages  in Linux on Internet Exploer  and IE7 ?
Solution is brought to you by InnoTek virtual [...]

RapidSVN + Meld = Painless versioning

My last post was how to ease up with svn on GNU/Linux using a nautilus script similar to TortoiseSVN on windows. However, the script could not serve me up to my expectation when it comes to view the diff.
I have started using RapidSVN recently. I like its features and user friendliness.  Unfortunately, it has no [...]

Nautilus svn context menu (almost)like TortoiseSVN

Many are fans of TortoiseSVN, surely it is a nice and easy way for performing svn actions especially who are used to using GUI. At Trippert we, the linux fans, are pushing others to use linux :). Junal (my dev-met at trippert) asked me if there is any tortoise like tool in Linux. Unfortunately [...]

Hooking up svn events

Anupom(my dev-met at Trippert) said that he needs a development environment where he will develop on his machine and test on the clickspan server. But, he will only commit once in his workstation, updating the “checked-out” app on clickspan each time is surely unpleasant.
So, what’s need to be done?

create a repo
Import local app to [...]

dos2unix all files in current directory using find -exec

$find . -exec dos2unix {} \Sometimes we copy some source code from windows to Linux and try to compile them. The result is oftenvery unexpected and likely to have no clue whats the wrong! Most of the time it is due to nothing but the file format difference in Linux and windows.
dos2unix comes from [...]

Change file name case to lower in linux

$for i in *; do mv $i `echo $i | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`; done
I am working on a project using MainSoft’s MainWin. It converts and compiles vc6 projects in linux. MainWin provides a tool calls ‘mwgenmake’ which creates a makefile from the project file. Sometimes, it is required to have all the filename in lower [...]

dos2unix all files in current directory using find -exec

$find . -exec dos2unix {} \Sometimes we copy some source code from windows to Linux and try to compile them. The result is oftenvery unexpected and likely to have no clue whats the wrong! Most of the time it is due to nothing but the file format difference in Linux and windows.
dos2unix comes from [...]

Change file name case to lower in linux

$for i in *; do mv $i `echo $i | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`; done
I am working on a project using MainSoft’s MainWin. It converts and compiles vc6 projects in linux. MainWin provides a tool calls ‘mwgenmake’ which creates a makefile from the project file. Sometimes, it is required to have all the filename in lower [...]