I have Tk version 8.5.3 installed, theming engine support added since 8.5. Still, I don't know how to use themes, default Motif is just ugly:
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DDD is written using Motif widgets. (These are far older than any other Widget set on Linux and are predated only by the "Athena" widgets.)
As far as I know, you can’t change a “theme" for Motif. You can, however, change the colors and fonts individually. The “Ddd” resource file defines all these. In this file, you will find entries such as the default font to use for labels, etc.:
Ddd*defaultFont: helvetica-medium
or the base font size:
Ddd*FontSize: 120
or the background color:
Ddd*background: grey
There's an enormous number of resources you can customize here; again, the "Ddd" file has all the details.
You normally don't edit Ddd directly, though. Usually, you would take the appropriate resource line, customize it, and insert it into your ~/.ddd/init file. For instance, inserting
Ddd*background: red
will turn DDD into a firefighter tool. Again, the "Ddd" file has instructions.
Enjoy debugging!
Andreas
From the question I take it that ddd is using Tk widgets for its GUI? The answer is that it will take quite a bit of developer effort to make the change.
The problem is that the Tk themed widgets aren't drop-in replacements for the old ones. They necessarily work differently, and far too much code out there existed that used the old widgets' fine details for critical effects for it to be possible to force an upgrade of everyone. Unhelpfully, it's typically production-grade applications that bear the brunt of this; quick scripts can upgrade easily enough since they typically only use features that are compatible, but the more effort was put into tuning the more there is to be undone.
(The other issue is that the native themes for Linux aren't really good enough yet due to messy problems with model incompatibilities and, IIRC, licensing tangles. If your development targets are Windows or OSX this shouldn't matter too much to you.)
[EDIT]: BTW, if it is genuine Motif and not Tk, then you're stuck. That widget set always looked like ass.
ddd is data display debuger
i agree with u that the default themes is really ugly
But i do not find some methods to change it
looking up on this,
http://www.comms.engg.susx.ac.uk/fft/programming/ddd-3.3.1/ddd-themes.html#Display%20Title%20Color
hoping it may help u
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To date in my programming career I've been using gedit for everything, but I am beginning to feel it isn't powerful enough.
However, I find that EMACS and VIM are too annoying because of the massive number of unintuitive keyboard shortcuts, and the inability to do simple things like click and drag to select things, ctrl+c, ctrl+v, etc. Also, any editor with different modes is really annoying to me.
On the other hand, gedit lacks a lot of the powerful things VIM and EMACS seem to be able to do. I have seen my coworkers do things like pop open a list of all files containing a certain regular expression to open, or compile and execute a selected block of code in a single stroke.
I've installed all the gedit plugins I can find, but it's hard to customize them to the extent I want to, and a lot of them just suck. For example, ctrl-alt-o for quick open seems to simply provide a short list of recently opened files. And the integrated command line plugin is pretty awful. The autocomplete plugin is decent, but it would be much better if it could show me a list of all the available methods of an object the way ipython does.
Is there an editor out there that functions more or less like normal text editors, but with the customizability and support you get from VIM/EMACS? Or is there a build for VIM/EMACS out there that feels like a normal editor without all the confusing modes or need for encyclopedic knowledge of keyboard shortcuts?
I mostly program in python, coffeescript, java, and am about to start using C++ a lot, plus I occasionally do things in other languages, so functionality across multiple languages is a must.
A coworker of mine likes Geany and he uses it for C and Javascript development. I don't know anything about except that it's more powerful than Gedit, but doesn't have the same feel as VIM/EMACS.
You can also try behave mswin in VIM: https://superuser.com/questions/10588/how-to-make-cut-copy-paste-in-gvim-on-ubuntu-work-with-ctrlx-ctrlc-ctrlv. I don't like it, but another coworker does. It changes the whole feel of VIM, which might be what you want.
I would just recommend picking a more powerful editor and get used to it. VIM/EMACS are good editors, but trying to make them behave other than they were designed may cause problems down the line (especially when looking for help).
I would really recommend taking the time to learn something like Vim. You might find it easier than you think.
Cream is a version of Vim modified to have an easier user interface.
http://cream.sourceforge.net/
I've been a java developer for most of my career, and developed and maintained some pretty large code bases.
now that I've been developing in rails for a while I've left my IDE behind and I want so start looking at the actual rails source. I've mainly been using the github interface which is actually quite good but I wondered if there were tips and techniques from more seasoned ruby devs?
What I'm missing mainly is my trusted eclipse features like "find usage" or "goto implementaton". Perhaps a paradigm shift is in order... please enlighten me :P
Since you're an Eclipse user I'd recommend Rubymine. It gives you a lot of the same features and has good integration with rails. It has good support for jumping to implementation/usage, although this is a harder problem in ruby than java. When Rubymine can't determine which implementation is the correct one, you're usually given a list of all matching methods.
I personally use Vi and haven't had trouble navigating rails projects, usually it's a matter of convention and familiarity that just comes with working on the same project for enough time. I default to using grep or find for usages etc.
The problem is that things like "goto implementation" and its ilk may require deep knowledge of the runtime. Some methods may not exist until after an initialization or mixin process. Duck typing means that anything that responds to a message is a potential type candidate.
I'm reasonably happy with IntelliJ (Rubymine), but you won't find the same level of navigational support you get from a language like Java, where most everything is known up front. It's simply less navigable than Java code, IMO.
The things that can be known, like explicitly-defined methods, "obvious" calls, and so on are navigable, and IMO right now IntelliJ does it the best, but I haven't used an Eclipse Ruby environment for some time, so the situation may be different now--but I'm often surprised at how well it does do, considering the circumstances.
That said, I flip back-and-forth between IntelliJ, TextMate, Sublime Text 2, and Emacs. TextMate is nearly useless to me because of its single-pane design. For quick stuff or small projects, it's adequate.
I have some community running Drupal 6. Drupal 6 have great numbers of modules for what I need, plus word "Community plumbing".
I've tried PHP frameworks like Yii, but I dont like PHP-CLI, because I feel that not well integrated with the PHP itself. So, I stay with Drupal 6 with lots of hacks.
But Drupal now become more "CMS", more "Enterprise" (just like lots of Java CMS).
With Drupal 7, out of the box, it easier to make a newspaper site, but to me, it more difficult to tailored to my needs, it more magic, and also slower.
The word "Community plumbing" has been replaced with "Open Source CMS", with statement "Use Drupal to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications". This is scares me as community-based application developer.
Django looks promising, but Rails have much more open source kick-ass app avaiable.
I dont know anything about Drupal 8. I dont know what to do for my next development.
It sounds like you are looking to move from a CMS to a framework. I am not going to give advise on frameworks here, since there are numerous topics on SO that cover this already.
A few things you should realize, coming from Drupal, moving to a (RAD)framework are the following:
Drupal is not OO, has its own ways of using PHP (hooks, template overrides) and such. Expect the experience to be very different. Your Drupal-gained-knowledge may come in handy, but is often of little use in framework-land where OO is the alpha and omega. :)
Drupal takes a lot from your hands. By installing some module, you have a new feature. With frameworks you are all on your own in this. You should select a framework that works with gems, packages or modules itself if you want to stand on shoulders of others peoples work. The main difference between these libraries and Drupal modules, is that you will have to implement and integrate the libs yourself. I consider that a very good thing, since it makes no assumptions up front and allows you to build exactly what you had in mind, yet having the same experience as Drupal-modules: many things are already done for you.
You know PHP. You probably don't know Python or Ruby as well. That means PHP-based frameworks have an advantage for you. But read various posts on SO about the downsides of PHP used in Frameworks to see some reasons why learning a new language and environemnt is not all that bad.
All in all, I think you will be surprised byt the increase in development-efficiency when coming from Drupal into a framework.
Make your own CMS in 'just PHP' and go back to being happy and having fun coding all day long :)
More people than you have noticed this behavior of leaving developers that have supported a system for years and years with a take it or leave it option.
It seems all the big companies can do with a product is make it 'bigger'. More convoluted, automated, with more layers of code and less modularity - all in the aim to make 'the ultimate megaglobular ultrauniversecorporate site'. Almost as if small clients with 'just a website' don't exist. Enterprise products belong in the enterprise domain. When you upgrade a non-'do the mightiest world-spanning web site/application' system, you shouldn't get a 'do the mightiest world-spanning web site/application'system.
The bigger system may be able to do more things and be more scalable to large systems, but they leave behind no small, accurate tool to do small and medium jobs quickly and with ease. Also: "Documentation is not scalable" (c) H. Erlandsson. To even find the doItAll() function or even know it exists, you have to wade through increasingly huge documentation. To then learn how to use it correctly, if you don't know all the component the function builds on, you have learn the behavior of many subsystems to understand how to apply some terse declaration to your problem.
The ultimate something can be several refined gems, and not an asteroid-size cluster of crystals.
Was a bit tricky to read out exactly what you're asking, hope I read you right. I can recommend some programming system gems, but they are not in the web dev domain, maybe others will know a few :)
I've seen a lot frameworks to create a semantic web (or rather the model below it). What tools are there to create a small semantic web or repository on the desktop, for example for personal information management.
Please include information how easy these are to use for a casual user, (in contrast to someone who has worked in this area for years). So I'd like to hear which tools can create a repository without a lot of types and where you can type the nodes later, as you learn about your problem domain.
For personal semantic information management on the desktop there is NEPOMUK. There are two versions, one embedded in kde4, this lets you tag, rate and comment things such as files, folders, pictures, mp3s, etc. on the desktop across all applications.
Another version is written in Java and is OS independent, this is more of a research prototype. It has more features, but is overall less stable.
For KDE-Nepomuk see http://nepomuk.kde.org/
For Java-Nepomuk see http://dev.nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/ and http://dev.nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/download/ for downloads (the DFKI version is better)
Extensive list of semantic web tools
Also check out Protege
If you need to create a small model, then I suggest that you use topbraid. I have used for creating much larger models and I know people who have used to create humongous models. It comes packaged with a set of reasoners and provides ability to plug-in custom reasoner and in case if you decide to make your model larger, you can even integrate Topbraid with a triple store like Allegrograph.
And since its based on eclipse, to get started with it is relatively easier.
For developers who are spoiled working in more matured programming languages like Java (IDEA ? anyone), topbraid is the closest tool to an actual IDE.
Chandler is a "a notebook you can organize, back up and share!" It seems to be pretty simple to use.
OS: Windows, Mac, Linux
I am re-writing and/or consolidating a bunch of my "app framework" classes (basic mainform, about box, locking routines & purchase linking, auto-update, datamodule initializer, etc) -- Basically, I have a number of small potential shareware apps that I'm wanting to get out the door, and want to re-use code where I can, as well as build a framework for later apps to save time.
In one app I have auto-updating, I'm using LMD's WebUpdate, and am reasonably happy with it, but given that I'm re-vamping everything, I thought I'd see what the consensus is for "best approach" on this. I don't mind paying for commercial, nor using open source if that's best... just would rather not reinvent the wheel. (I've read: Delphi: How do you auto-update your applications?)
What is the best Auto-update component for Delphi Win 32 apps?
I use TmxWebUpdate. It's free, simple and easy to customize. I also own TMS Component Pack with TWebUpdate, but never really found a good incentive to switch.
I use TWebUpdate from TMS Components and am very happy with it. I haven't used LMD so unfortunately am not able to provide a comparison.
TMS also supply a whole raft of other components so if your re-writes require any else, especially if you want some shiny UI enhancements (TMS have a range of iPhone-style components) then the website is certainly worth a visit.
They seem fairly active in their support forums (although I haven't had need to use them for the WebUpdate component) and they have a fairly regular release cycle.
I have heard good compliment about TWebUpdate from Tmssoftware
also torry has much components for the same job, some are free and others are commericals.
Now what's the best?, it's depend on your needs, you already using one from LMD, which is a good company and I have very good experince with their components, but never used this one.
If you need a specific functionality, or you have some problems with the current one you are using, it's will be better to list them, so you will get a better answers, but it's hard to define the best, because every one has different experience and views.
I use TWebUpdate myself. It works, but the docs are a bit limited and it seems a bit buggy sometimes.
I have looked into LMD's (I have their full component pack), but it seemed to be much more limited than TWebupdate.
I'm also using TWebUpdate, and have to echo stg's comments on quality of support (good), and quality of documentation (spotty -- it's old, and doesn't always reflect their new features immediately).
You'll also find some places that stress the "roll your own" approach.
Remember that part of the auto-update issue is the tools that you will need to create the update "package" at your end. TMS Software makes a tool available for use with TWebUpdate, and it's reasonably well done. In my case, I'm "misusing" the component to deal with multiple files so that I can refresh additional related libraries, text files, etc. The update builder tool isn't really good for that. So there's some manual editing. But the updating part works well.
I'll also add a caution that you need to be careful with updates in Vista (and probably Windows 7). Writing to the protected places in the Program Files hierarchy was problematic for me. You may want to check that out with whatever component you use.
Have you considered Appwave from Embarcadero. It's not free and I don't know the price.