Windows 7 good to know

Screenshots or snapshots with onboard tool

With Windows 7 you don't need external tools like snagit, gimp, etc. Just use the SnippingTool, which ships with Windows 7!

Send to clipboard as path or name

Well who hasn't used the windows 95 powertoys? One of the need features was "Send to Clipboard as..." which has copied the currently selected file or folder and copied the name or path of it to the clipboard. 

With windows 7 just hold shift key while right clicking the selected files and you will find a new entry within the context menu "Copy as Path". 

Pretty print a SOAP Message

Here's a code snip for pretty printing a SOAP message 

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;

    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(PrettyPrint.class);
 
    /**
     * Pretty print the XML SOAP message
     *
     * @param source the source payload of a SOAP response or request
     * @return the pretty format of the SOAP message
     */
    private String getPrettyPrintSoapSource(Source source) {
        try {
            TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
            Transformer t = tf.newTransformer();
            t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
            t.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");

            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            StreamResult result = new StreamResult(bos);
            t.transform(source, result);
            return bos.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.error("Error while pretty printing SOAP source", e);
            return "Error while pretty printing SOAP source";
        }
    }

No spaces in Misson Control Mac OSX 10.8.3

I like misson control (aka Exposé) in Mac OSX and the spaces functionality, which allows you to control multiple desktops in Mac OSX. Sincce 10.8.3 I noticed sometimes that the spaces just won't show up anymore in Misson Control. To me it seems to be a problem with the Dock as well. The Dock doesn't display correctly. So open up a terminal and enter

killall Dock

after that your spaces within Mission Control will be back and the Dock will restart.

How to export a google docs document with comment to pdf

If you export a document with google docs to pdf you will loose all your comments. Heres a way to export the doc with comment

1. Export google docs document to .odt open office file
2. Open document in OO
3. Go to export as PDF and select the "export comments" option
4. Export to PDF with comment

Show Hidden Files in MACOSX

to display hidden Files in Macosx Finder enter the following cmds in your console:

defaults write com.apple.finder "AppleShowAllFiles" -bool "true" && killall Finder

Js Modules with Titanium Appcelerator Framework

Here are the two ways you could currently use JS modules within the Titanium Mobile Framework from appcelerator:

1. Function Module

Assume you have a FunctionModule.js with the following content:

// an internal variable, which is only accesible within the module
var internalMsg = "Only visible within the module";

// an exported function, which this module offers

exports.hello = function(msg) {

alert('your message: ' + msg + ' internal message: ' + internalMsg);

}


you could use you module like this:

// reference the module

var fmo = require('/ui/common/FunctionModule');

// call the exported function

fmo.hello('External Message');

// no access from the outside to the internal variable
alert('interal var from module: ' + fmo.internalMsg)

2. Object Module

Assume you have a ObjectModule.js with the following content:

// constructor of your object

function Sample(name) {

   this.name = name;

}

// function, which alerts the current name

Sample.prototype.showName = function() {

alert('Name: ' + this.name);

}

// function, which sets the name

Sample.prototype.setName = function(name) {

this.name = name;

}

// you just export your Object and override the methods as prototypes

module.exports = Sample;

you could use you module like this:

// reference the module

var SampleModule = require('/ui/common/ObjectModule');

// Create a sample Object

var sam = new SampleModule('Fred');

// call a Method

sam.showName();

// change the internal name

sam.setName('Hugo');

sam.showName();

Avoid the git username password prompt

Coming from cvs and svn I tend to clone git repos with https, which work but ask for the username password every time you connect.
To avoid the prompt you should use the ssh url an be done with it. If you already use a repo and want to switch to ssh follow the following steps



1. git remote show origin
Password for 'https://username@bitbucket.org': 
* remote origin
  Fetch URL: https://username@bitbucket.org/username/reponame.git
  Push  URL: https://username@bitbucket.org/username/reponame.git
  HEAD branch: master
  Remote branch:
    master tracked
  Local branch configured for 'git pull':
    master merges with remote master
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
    master pushes to master (up to date)
2. git remote set-url origin git@bitbucket.org:username/reponame.git

3. git remote show origin
* remote origin
  Fetch URL: git@bitbucket.org:username/reponame.git
  Push  URL: git@bitbucket.org:username/reponame.git
  HEAD branch: master
  Remote branch:
    master tracked
  Local branch configured for 'git pull':
    master merges with remote master
  Local ref configured for 'git push':
    master pushes to master (up to date)

You can easily get the URL for your repo from your Github, bitbucket or wherever you are hosting your repo. If you get a response i.e. like this


Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

then you might forgot to put your ssh key on the github repo server.