4.2.39 Escape sequence
A string of bit combinations that is used for control purposes in code extension procedures. The first of these bit combinations represents the control function ESCAPE.
— ECMA-48 Control Functions for Coded Character Sets
Tag Archives: software
Python: Command Line waiting feedback. And some Background on why!
ModernCV
My time at ITC is temporal, since my current CV dates from 4 years ago (I was not even a computer engineer) it’s time to prepare another one.
Trailing Whitespaces Vim
Trailing whitespaces are a pain in the ass. Adding, deleting and modifying code can lead to invisible spaces at the end of the line. This is “bad” and useless.
Here comes Vim!
:%s/\s\+$//
A substitution command :%s/<search>/<substitute>/
Where the search is for trailing whitespaces \s\+$ and the substitute is “nothing”.
Writing this every time is too much effort, it’s a good idea to define a user command:
:command Deltw :%s/\s\+$//
Or better, add the line to your vimrc file:
command Deltw :%s/\s\+$//
now just typing the command Deltw deletes those annoyances.
References
Emerillon
Some days ago while procastinating around I discovered a little software jewel:
Emerillon
Emerillon is named after the Émérillon, one of the three boats that visited New France under Jacques Cartier’s command in 1535. Émérillon is also French for Merlin Falcons.
— Emerillon Website
How Cool is that?
That Cool!
But we are not interested in the name (though I like it a lot), the software is neat.
Emerillon is a map viewer for Gnome desktop environment. It features OpenStreetMap layers and a small, easy to use interface.
The feature list is not very long (not as long as Google Earth) but it’s a nice start for a good map viewer.
The beautiful part is that it features a plugin system (currently with 4 basic plugins) that eases extensibility:
- Search bar (using GeoNames)
- Placemarks
- Map Coordinates (window center latitude,longitude)
- Link Generator (for ggmap, bing, osm)
Screens!
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- Emerillon Main Interface
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- Search results for Lloret de Mar
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- Emerillon showing placemarks for some of my friends around Europe
There’s a lot of room for improvement, but it seems that the bugzilla page of the project is somewhat dead. The last commit (translation to Japanese) is from a week ago, but the last development commit dates from 2011-11-11.
It’s a shame.
Filed under emerillon
