I recently decided I'll upgrade my Ubuntu 12.04 to Quantal 12.10. There wasn't a lot of new feature, and I was really disappointed by the changes in empathy. Empathy was not usable anymore. I installed pidgin and recalled that it …
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comparison of minimal packaging between distribute and distutils2
Posted by vaab
on 2013/02/22
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In a pythonic mind, we shoud keep things simple as possible. But when having to deal with distribution of your code, especially if it's ONE small python file, you'll might cringe when facing the boilerplate that is required. Even with …
Emacs and flymake for python, javascript, php, rst
Posted by vaab
on 2012/09/20
3 comments
Emacs is a wonderfull editor, every sane people know this. Here's how to extend your flymake to some trendy languages. You'll find here a general overview by answering question as What's flymake ? for emacs, and How does it work …
inconsistent duplicate attribute mailhost
Posted by vaab
on 2011/04/10
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Adding a new schema in LDAP can give you headache. I've the cure for this one: Inconsistent duplicate attributeType: "mailHost" This is due to a new misc.schema that is now default in Ubuntu Lucid at least (and maybe other distribution) …
Enabling Ctrl-S for forward-history-search in bash
Posted by vaab
on 2010/11/11
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Ctrl-R and Ctrl-S are advertised in every readline command-line to do backward and forward search in your command history (as emacs does on text with the same shortcuts). And you've probably come to the fact that if Ctrl-R is working …
Import / Export ldap database
Posted by vaab
on 2010/03/10
1 comment
Importing data to LDAP server didn't sound obvious for me, so here's how to import / export ldap database. This is usefull if you want to migrate your LDAP database from one server to another. Export Export seems quite easy …
How to add a schema in OpenLDAP 2.4
Posted by vaab
on 2010/03/06
1 comment
In version prior to 2.4, administrators were used to configure slapd through its /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. That was good ol' time. Since version 2.4, slapd configuration is stored right in itself !. This may sound as a good idea, but is really …
Removing duplicate contacts
Posted by vaab
on 2009/11/29
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After the sync of iPhone / Thunderbird / Google Contacts and importing contacts from my telephone, I had several duplicate entry. Duplicate Contact Manager saved me. After the sync of iPhone / Thunderbird / Google Contacts and importing contacts from …
iPhone, Thunderbird and Google Sync
Posted by vaab
on 2009/11/29
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I recently acquired an iPhone. As any stubborn tech maniac, I cannot live without a proper synchronization between my Mails, Contacts, and Agenda. I can't figure out any decent reason to have an iPhone if these cannot be achieved. Hopefully, …