I blogged about SyncThing before, when BitTorrentSync started to annoy the hell out of me. SyncThing is an open source tool for synchronizing directory trees between different devices without requiring a cloud service (it needs a discovery server though in order to actually find these devices). There is also an Android app for it as … Continue reading SyncThing for Android
Month: May 2017
Denkzettel a simple note taking program
Denkzettel is a simple Android app by Silvio Schurig for writing notes as text files and organizing them into categories (= subdirectories) on an Android smart phone. It can also use these files as check lists. In contrast to most other apps of this type it does not integrate into an online service. The data … Continue reading Denkzettel a simple note taking program
AddOns for Firefox
Just so I can look it up later, if I need it: The following are some interesting addons for Firefox: FireGestures is a Firefox extension which enables you to execute various commands with six types of gestures. Speed Start Speed Dial & Start Page with flexible layout for fast access to sites via visual bookmarks … Continue reading AddOns for Firefox
GExperts RSS feed link now works
Jeroen Wiert Pluimers has notified me in his comment on Google+ that the RSS feed for GExperts related posts doesn't work. I apparently forgot a forward slash in the url: correct: .//category/gexperts/feed/ wrong: .//category/gexpertsfeed/ It's fixed now, sorry about that.
GExperts for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo
I have been asked to provide GExperts for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, multiple times, via various channels. Apparently not everybody subscribed to the GExperts Community on Google+, where I posted this on 2017-04-01: No April fools' joke: GExperts 1.38 experimental 2017-04-01 for Delphi 10.2. This version should solve several bugs that resulted in Access Violations in … Continue reading GExperts for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo
dzFeedReader ported to Lazarus
I ported my dzFeedReader tool which was originally written in Delphi 2009 to Lazarus. It's still a Windows only program though. This is more a proof of concept than a useful program, but it works. I also switched it from the SimpleRSS library to my own units so it is now under the MPL like … Continue reading dzFeedReader ported to Lazarus
Lazarus and SimpleInternet
Some notes on Lazarus: The Lazarus Wiki says on the topic of Internet Tools, that the following should load a web page: [delphi] uses simpleinternet; .. str := retrieve('http://www.google.de'); [/delphi] Unfortunately it fails to mention (or if it is mentioned, I overlooked it), that you first need to download and install the Internet Tools. After … Continue reading Lazarus and SimpleInternet
Adding a comment to an XML node
So I don't forget: Adding a comment to an existing IXMLNode is simple, once you find out how: [delphi] var CommentNode: IXMLNode; begin CommentNode := ParentNode.OwnerDocument.CreateNode('comment text', ntComment); ParentNode.ChildNodes.Add(CommentNode); [/delphi] This is documented in the DocWiki
The Delphi Pipe is back
Many months ago I used Yahoo Pipes to create a RSS feed aggregator of Delphi related blogs which I called The Delphi Pipe. Unfortunately shortly after that Yahoo shut down their Pipes service so The Delphi Pipe was rather short lived. Today I revived it using a different technique. You can find all about it … Continue reading The Delphi Pipe is back