XML::Atom::ToRSS and XML::RSS::ToAtom Perl modules
Perl modules
Modules for to convert Atom feeds to RSS, and RSS feeds to Atom. Includes example scripts, and regular distribution (like those from CPAN. Just run perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; make install)
The modules are even documented. After installing them, you can use perldoc to view the documentation.
Here's a demo of a simple web script using the modules
Download atom_rss.tgz
sporkstorms
web-based content management (blog and template serving)
These are the templates, Perl code, mod_rewrite rules, etc that I use for this site. It was hacked together in a few minutes using bits and pieces of the various CMSs I've written.
browse the files
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Pinyin to Unicode tone marks in Objective C
Objective C class
This was written for Yafca, but you
might find it useful for other applications. It converts Pinyin
marked with digits to proper Unicode with accent marks. (example:
"zhong1 wen2" becomes "zhōng wén")
download the files
example.m shows how simple it is to use this class.
Arrow buttons with Cocoa
Objective C class
If you want an NSButton to respond to the arrow keys, your first
instinct will probably be to simply use setKeyEquivalent:.
Unfortunately, it's not this simple. If you've tried this, you found
that the button "clicks" twice every time you push the arrow key.
This is because the button responds to both NSKeyUp and
NSKeyDown.
To work around this, I created a simple subclass of NSButton that
ignores NSKeyUp. To use it follow these steps:
- download
ArrowButton.h
and ArrowButton.m
- add them to your project
#import "ArrowButton.h" where it'll be needed.- in
Interface Builder, make a subclass of
NSButton called ArrowButton; set your
button's "Custom Class" to ArrowButton
- In an
awakeFromNib, invoke
[theButton setType:aType] where
theButton is an outlet to your button and
aType is one of ArrowButtonTypeLeft,
ArrowButtonTypeRight,
ArrowButtonTypeUp, or
ArrowButtonTypeDown
- If you require a modifer, invoke
[theButton setModifierMask:modifierMask]
where modifierMask is one of
NSShiftKeyMask, NSAlternateKeyMask, or
NSCommandKeyMask.
It is important that you use this method instead of
NSButton's setKeyEquivalentModifierMask: so the object knows
how to parse and handle the event, which is critical if you
want, for example, a button that handles the right arrow, and a
button that handles command + the right arrow.
Menu in an NSTableView
Objective C class
This class allows you to have pop-up, context menus within an NSTableView (when you right click, for example). It is pretty simple; Have a look and you should be able to figure it out.
I used this class in CocoaCEDICT, where you can see it in action.
Objective C HTTP client wrapper class
Objective C class
Update: Well, it seems Apple finally added a proper way to do this in Objective C using NSURLConnection. They've added + connectionWithRequest:delegate: and - initWithRequest:delegate:. I'll leave this here anyway, in case you find it useful.
NSURLConnection is entirely worthless for making
asynchronous POST requests (probably GET too?). So, I wrote my own
wrapper around the Core Foundation's HTTP functions. It's not going
to handle anything fancy (like authentication), and
isn't meant to. It's served its purpose and done so admirably.
Before you even try to mention CURLHandle...
I hate curl, so naturally I hate that
bloated wrapper around libcurl (don't even try
to reason with me on this :-p)
Download DAClient.h and DAClient.m
cd to current Finder directory in iTerm
Automator Finder Plugin
This Automator action is to be used as a Finder plugin. It opens a new
iTerm tab/window for each folder selected, and cd's to the selected
folder. If the selected item isn't a folder, it cd's to the folder that
contains that item.
- Double click the
cd_in_iTerm.dmg disk image to mount it.
- From your home folder, make the following hierarchy of folders if it doesn't already exist:
Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder
- Drag the
cd in iTerm.workflow workflow into the Finder folder you just created.
- Now you can select files or folders in Finder, right click, go to the Automator sub-menu, and select
cd in iTerm
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tar and gzip selected items in Finder
Automator Finder Plugin
This Automator action is to be used as a Finder plugin. It tars and
gzips all selected files and folders.
- Double click the
tgz folder.dmg disk image to mount it.
- From your home folder, make the following hierarchy of folders if it doesn't already exist:
Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder
- Drag the
tgz.workflow workflow into the Finder folder you just created.
- Now you can select files or folders in Finder, right click, go to the Automator sub-menu, and select "tgz"
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randomize_rss.pl
Script to randomize OS X RSS Visualizer screensaver
This goes through all of the available RSS feeds in your Safari bookmarks and randomly sets one as the feed for your RSS Visualizer screensaver (included with OS X 10.4)
If you're not familiar with the shell, I recommend you stick this in an Automator workflow. Choose Automator under Applications, then choose "Run shell script." Give it the path to the file, save it, and you'll be able to simply run that automator action.
download randomize_rss.pl
Applescript
(better) combine Safari windows
AppleScript "Script Menu" script
Apple's script menu comes with a script to combine all browser windows
into a single tabbed window.
It only combines the front-most tab of each window though, making it
entirely useless to me. So I fixed it. This script combines all tabs
in all windows into one tabbed window.
Caveats - Safari's "always show tabs" option must be enabled,
GUI scripting
must be turned on, and (obviously) the
script menu
must be enabled.
Stick the compiled script in ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Safari/
(that's the Library in your home folder)
download the compiled script
or its source
IMDb to SQL
Perl scripts
Converts the arcane IMDb data dumps to SQL.
TODO: upload & link
Xchat Keyword Log
semi-unfinished OS X application (ie: mostly finished)
TODO: upload & link
OpenLyrics.org
unfinished SOAP web service project
openlyrics.org
TODO: describe and status
