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Debian Lenny on Dell XPS m1530

I got a new laptop in February. I wanted to get a Dell because of GNU/Linux compatibility in the hardware, but after seeing my available options at the time, I couldn’t get exactly what I was looking for. But its a great machine after all. I got a Dell XPS m1530 the model that comes […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Emacs identica-mode with replies highlighting

Identica-mode for Emacs has been updated with just one little but nice to have feature: replies highlighting. I usually watch my identica buffer and sometimes I don’t get to see the replies I get from people, so I thought it would be nice to highlight those to grab my attention. Also I’d like to mention […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Fixed error on xml parse in identica-mode

Thanks to a contribution from Christian Cheng to denting-mode, another fork of twittering-mode for laconica installations by Carlos A. Perilla, the long standing bug of xml parsing has been fixed. Also, fixed support for tags and groups not recognizing correctly when a dash was in the name. Get the latest, and now stable, release of […]

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Identica-mode v0.3 released

Identica-mode v.0.3 now has support for tags and groups. I’ve also added some fixes to the mode map sent by Alex Schröder. As always, you can download identica-mode here. Related posts: Fixed error on xml parse in identica-mode Emacs identica-mode with replies highlighting Emacs identica-mode version 0.7 Emacs Identica-mode 1.3.1: Quick bug fix release

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How to install PHP PDO extensions on Debian

If you need to install PHP PDO mysql extension on Debian, its verysimple. This is what I did to get it done for both MySQL or MariaDB extensions for the lastest PHP version: In case you need the PostgreSQL extension, use: These packages now provide PDO extensions, no need for any additional steps. For Debian […]

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Emacs GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source

Identica-mode fixes

Thanks to Jason McBrayer the identica-mode for Emacs now works without problems. The changes on this version are: Fixed the “cannot parse” error on malformed XML tags Fixed incorrect urls on api calls Fixed user pictures not showing up Again, thanks a lot Jason, with my current elisp skills it would’ve taken me a lot […]