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VOTESome Linux tools for handling and filtering the passwd file
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Linux (and other Unixes) store user information in a file called passwd and the associated passwords in another file called shadow, both located in /etc. Both files are text files and use a : as… – Details…
1 month ago in linux
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dxgettext homepage down
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The homepage of GnuGetText for Delphi (dxgettext) seems to be down (it redirects to www.delphidk.dk which my DNS cannot resolve). Here is a link to the last archived version on the Internet Archive. – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, dxgettext
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GExpertsInst is not a valid reference
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Starting with GExperts 1.3.20 calling the standalone Experts Manager displayed the error message “GExpertsInst is not a valid reference”. After that the tool actually works fine. This bug has now been fixed in the current… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, GExperts
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some dxgettext improvements
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I fixed a bug in the dxgettext executable which made it add wrong ressource string names to the po files which in turn made the msgmergePOT tool select wrong translations. You will have to compile… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, dxgettext
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GExperts 1.3.21 experimental twm 2022-04-09 released
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You may remember that I was forced to reduce GExperts support for Delphi 6 a while ago, because the IDE no longer started on my computer. It turns out that it was a GExperts bug… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, GExperts
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Duplicate entries in the identifier list of the GExperts Uses Clause Manager
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A long time ago I added the Identifier tab to the Uses Clause Manager in GExperts. It looks like this: In this screen shot, I filtered for TWinControl and the expert found several matching entries,… – Details…
2 months ago in Delphi, GExperts
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libjpeg-turbo and Windows XP
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Note to self: The last 32 bit version of the libjpeg-turbo DLL compiled with MS Visual Studio (libjpeg-turbo-x.y.z-vc.exe) that supports Windows XP is version 2.0.6. Later versions apparently need a newer Visual C++ runtime that… – Details…
3 months ago in windows, Windows XP
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dzObjectInspectorFix for Delphi 2007
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The Delphi 2007 IDE has an annoying bug that causes the width of the name column in the Object Inspector to shrink over time so that it is no longer possible to actually read the… – Details…
3 months ago in Delphi
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GExperts 1.3.20 experimental twm 2022-01-30 released
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COVID-19 is still going strong, even 2 years after it was first discovered. We’re on the Omicron variant now and nobody knows what new variants the near future may bring. I got my vaccination jabs… – Details…
4 months ago in Delphi, GExperts
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dzBdsLauncher 1.0.8 released
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I just released dzBdsLauncher 1.0.8. It now, in addition to the already existing checks, will also examine the full filename of a .groupproj file for hints on the Delphi version. E.g. it will correctly determine… – Details…
4 months ago in Delphi, dzBdsLauncher
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Per monitor DPI aware stand alone GExperts Grep
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I have just finished making the stand alone GExperts Grep to really be stand alone, that is: It no longer needs the GExperts DLL but contains all the functionality in one executable. It has also… – Details…
4 months ago in Delphi, GExperts
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Drag and Drop from the GExperts Grep Results
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Another episode from the series “GExperts features that I didn’t know about”: It’s possible to drag an entry from the GExperts Grep to any other Windows program, e.g. to the Explorer, which will copy that… – Details…
5 months ago in Delphi, GExperts
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User cannot change his Samba AD password from Windows
dummzeuch
Note to self: If a user cannot change his password on a Samba AD Domain from a Windows (10) computer getting the following error message: Check that the user didn’t already change the password on… – Details…
5 months ago in Samba, windows, Windows 10
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Registration problems in Delphi Praxis solved
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There was a technical problem with the software of the international Delphi Praxis forum which prevented many new user registrations. This has now been solved, so creating new user accounts should be possible again. Here… – Details…
5 months ago in Delphi
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Small improvements to GExperts
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Some of the experts in GExperts have seen small improvements lately: The Goto expert now allows incremental search in the list by typing in the number field. This feature was contributed by Achim Kalwa. The… – Details…
5 months ago in Delphi, GExperts
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