Monthly Archives: March 2010

>Flexing the Vex editor

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

>I’ve been doing more writing lately besides just blog posting. One of the problems I have with tools like Microsoft Office and Open Office is that it is very easy to mess up the presentation side of things. Especially when … Continue reading →

Posted in css, dita, docbook, documentation, eclipse, wiki, xml | 5 Comments

>EclipseCon 2010: Mystical Build Questions

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

>So does dealing with a build give chills? If it works on your machine it should work anywhere, right? Planning to attend the EclipseCon 2010 build panel on Tuesday? At Kim Moir‘s suggestion I’ve create a wiki page where you … Continue reading →

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>The EclipseCon Bar Cat Mascot

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

>I had a request from a member in the eclipse community for a picture of my cat that is in my profile picture. Unfortunately, I can’t find the original requestors email address so I’m posting a good picture here. I’m … Continue reading →

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>PsychoPath XPath 2.0 version 1.1 Milestone 6

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

>Milestone 6 of the PsychoPath XPath 2.0 processor is now available. I missed making the announcement last time when Milestone 5 was available, so here is a combined list of bugs that have been fixed with Milestone 5 and Milestone … Continue reading →

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>Move to eGit Sooner..Rather than Later.

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

>Today’s eGit/Git chatter in twitter started with some discussion brought up by Wayne Beaton today on the Architecture Council call. When is a good time to move off of CVS/SVN to a git hosted repository at eclipse? Some say when … Continue reading →

Posted in build, eclipse, git | 6 Comments

>Play..Stump the Build Engineer at EclipseCon

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

>At the “Build and Continuous Integration” panel, it is the time for the audience to ask the tough questions of the build engineer. A Build engineers life is not a glorious one. When everything just works, they are little noticed, … Continue reading →

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>PsychoPath is a Fast Demon

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

>I was pinged today on twitter by John Snelson asking if I had been running the XQuery test suite against a XPath 2.0 processor. Those that have been following along know about my battle with a demon known as PsychoPath. … Continue reading →

Posted in build, eclipse, testing, xml, xpath | 3 Comments

>Buckminster Plugin on Hudson

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

>For those projects using Buckminster for your builds. The Buckminster plugin has been installed on Hudson and is available. However before it can be used, we need some brave soul that needs the functionaly to setup some target eclipse environments … Continue reading →

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>Calling all Build Wizards

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

>….to participate in the Build Panel at EclipseCon to reveal your secrets. I have dispatched Owls to the four lands, but only two wizards have responded. Kim Moir – Eclipse Platform Enchantress and all around cool person. Nick Boldt – … Continue reading →

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