Monthly Archives: January 2012

Gnome documentation needs to be more like Qt’s. http://developer.qt.nokia.com/doc/qt-4.8/qsettings.html The ball’s in Gnome’s court now. They really need to step up their game. Thank you for the kind commenter on the last post for pointing this out.

Why does developer documentation have to be SO boring. I mean, I realize as a computer programmer I should totally be loving this stuff like its the most interesting thing in the world, but as much as I lie to … Continue reading →

The Valadate repository is actually on Yorba’s website. Which if you check shows that the project is far from dead like the gitorious project page would have you believe. Valadate can be found here: http://git.yorba.org/cgit.cgi/valadate/

If you want to use a config.vapi file with your Vala project here are the basics. Setup your CMake files in your project. I use these. In your main CMakeLists.txt file you’ll need to add: OPTIONS –vapidir=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vapi Finally, you’ll need … Continue reading →

I don’t contribute code on a regular basis. I admit it, I’m a crappy developer. Also, I prefer not to lie, my C++ skills are lacking at best most days. Given that, though, here’s how you can setup, build, and … Continue reading →