I haven’t blogged since a while, because I do not do much KDE hacking lately, but today I’ve got around to playing with QML again. The goal was to build something like a breadcrumb navigation...
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/qt-quick-hates-me/
I just came up with a trick question. Let’s see if you can solve it. Why will 20 become smaller when you add another zero? Update: Commenters have been very creative. My original solution was t...
Another inquiry post. I’m thinking about removing the custom mouse interaction code in Palapeli. The situation is that whereas most applications hardcode what certain mouse buttons do (e.g. lef...
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/is-anyone-using-custom-mouse-actions-in-palapeli/
Since we’re thinking about updating libkdegames, I was just wondering if any developer outside kdegames uses libkdegames. If you are or know such a developer, please write a comment.
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/any-users-of-libkdegames/
While I like openSUSE’s approach of ordering extra packages into addon repositories on their Build Service, I hate those ugly repository URLs. GUI users may just use the one-click install links...
For my thesis, I have implemented a series of numerical applications. The core application (written in C++) uses simple INI-like configuration files for reading system parameters. For example: n...
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/bug-of-the-day-how-configparser-ruined-my-calculations/
commit 740673c11aee9762987e3a205443ce1dec11aee8 Author: Stefan
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While I was on my quest of reducing the memory footprint of a freshly launched KDE session, I found that the process which uses most memory just after startup is Amarok, which contributes over 80...
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/introducing-the-raven-music-server-2/
I have some systems where I don’t use Kontact or anything else that makes use of Akonadi, so my Akonadi database is empty. Still I find the Akonadi server and its numerous agents running when I...
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/reducing-the-memory-footprint-of-akonadi/
What’s a clear sign that I’m a command-line addict? Not only do I have a custom prompt. My prompt is generated by a Python program, which has already grown to over 200 lines. My prompt detect...
https://majewsky.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/a-clear-sign-of-madness/