Comments for LShift Ltd. http://www.lshift.net/blog What happens at LShift Mon, 12 May 2008 14:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 Comment on Subclassing in JavaScript, part 1 by M http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/24/subclassing-in-javascript-part-1#comment-95802 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:50:22 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/07/24/subclassing-in-javascript-part-1#comment-95802 <p>Hi, I have tried an different techniques related to JavaScript inheritance subject. The code and the explanation are to long to post them here so if anyone is interested to take a look over it you can find it at <a>www.dotnetcaffe.net</a> under JavaScript category. Fell free to criticize the code in any way you want...just don't flame :).</p> Hi,
I have tried an different techniques related to JavaScript inheritance subject.
The code and the explanation are to long to post them here so if anyone is interested to take a look over it you can find it at www.dotnetcaffe.net under JavaScript category. Fell free to criticize the code in any way you want…just don’t flame :).

]]> Comment on Visualising Clinton v Obama by Paul Crowley http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/08/visualising-clinton-v-obama#comment-95156 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:50:26 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/08/visualising-clinton-v-obama#comment-95156 <p>OOps! Fixed, thanks!</p> OOps! Fixed, thanks!

]]> Comment on Visualising Clinton v Obama by Neil Bartlett http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/08/visualising-clinton-v-obama#comment-95062 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:58:05 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/08/visualising-clinton-v-obama#comment-95062 <p>Nice analysis... except there's no such state as "New England". NE stands for Nebraska ;-)</p> Nice analysis… except there’s no such state as “New England”. NE stands for Nebraska ;-)

]]> Comment on Ubuntu on EeePC is fairly slick by Ben Hood http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/07/ubuntu-on-eeepc-is-fairly-slick#comment-94843 Wed, 07 May 2008 21:38:47 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/07/ubuntu-on-eeepc-is-fairly-slick#comment-94843 <p>Slick....but more expensive than Windows on e3: </p> <p>http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm</p> Slick….but more expensive than Windows on e3:

http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm

]]> Comment on E4X: Not as awful as I thought by tonyg http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/07/e4x-not-as-awful-as-i-thought#comment-94765 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:29:44 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/07/e4x-not-as-awful-as-i-thought#comment-94765 <p>Agreed, Tom. Having standardised DOM/E4X integration would be excellent.</p> <p>WRT monkey-patching - according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_patch" rel="nofollow">wikipedia on the subject</a>, the term actually did start off as guerilla-patch!</p> Agreed, Tom. Having standardised DOM/E4X integration would be excellent.

WRT monkey-patching - according to wikipedia on the subject, the term actually did start off as guerilla-patch!

]]> Comment on E4X: Not as awful as I thought by Tom Berger http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/07/e4x-not-as-awful-as-i-thought#comment-94758 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:37:30 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/05/07/e4x-not-as-awful-as-i-thought#comment-94758 <p>I like the term "guerilla-patching". We usually call it "monkey-patching". Maybe a good compromise between the two would be to call it "gorilla-patching"!</p> <p>It would not only be nice to get E4X integrated with the rest of the language, but also with the host. The fact that an E4X tag object is different from a browser's equivalent document object (when hosted in a browser) is ridiculous, and renders it quite useless for <em>the</em> killer app for this feature.</p> I like the term “guerilla-patching”. We usually call it “monkey-patching”. Maybe a good compromise between the two would be to call it “gorilla-patching”!

It would not only be nice to get E4X integrated with the rest of the language, but also with the host. The fact that an E4X tag object is different from a browser’s equivalent document object (when hosted in a browser) is ridiculous, and renders it quite useless for the killer app for this feature.

]]> Comment on Choosing a new version control system by tonyg http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/04/30/choosing-a-new-version-control-system#comment-94751 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:15:24 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/04/30/choosing-a-new-version-control-system#comment-94751 <p>Liam, have you tried TortoiseHg? How do you find it, if so?</p> Liam, have you tried TortoiseHg? How do you find it, if so?

]]> Comment on Selenium by Priya http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/06/08/selenium#comment-94719 Wed, 07 May 2008 09:20:06 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2006/06/08/selenium#comment-94719 <p>I using Selenium IDE for the first time.When I run test a warning error displayed "“[warn] triggerMouseEvent assumes setting screenX and screenY to 0 is ok”.Do suggest what should be done!!!</p> I using Selenium IDE for the first time.When I run test a warning error displayed ““[warn] triggerMouseEvent assumes setting screenX and screenY to 0 is ok”.Do suggest what should be done!!!

]]> Comment on Emacs in MacOS X 10.5 Leopard by Eric http://www.lshift.net/blog/2007/11/27/emacs-in-macos-x-105-leopard#comment-94702 Wed, 07 May 2008 06:13:51 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2007/11/27/emacs-in-macos-x-105-leopard#comment-94702 <p>Hi when I try the ocnfigure command I get:</p> <p><code> /Users/ericg/emacs-22.1>./configure --without-carbon --with-x --prefix=/usr/local checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin9.2.2 checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin9.2.2 checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. </code></p> <p>Any help is appreciated !</p> <p>Eric</p> Hi when I try the ocnfigure command I get:


/Users/ericg/emacs-22.1>./configure --without-carbon --with-x --prefix=/usr/local
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin9.2.2
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin9.2.2
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Any help is appreciated !

Eric

]]> Comment on Abstraction in CSS by Silky http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/04/30/abstraction-in-css#comment-94212 Mon, 05 May 2008 03:48:35 +0000 http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/04/30/abstraction-in-css#comment-94212 <p>And to be clear, I mean a language ontop of CSS is a good idea, not yet another annoying css-editing-ide.</p> And to be clear, I mean a language ontop of CSS is a good idea, not yet another annoying css-editing-ide.

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