Creating an Eclipse IDE for GDL

Just out of curiosity I decided to explore how hard it would be to create an Eclipse IDE for GDL. Part of my motivation was that I would be able to use the same IDE interchangeably with the real IDL backend as I find that the real IDL IDE is frustratingly buggy. How cool would it be to be able to use an Open Source IDE to develop in IDL, fast [...]

Read IDL ‘sav’ files into Python 3

I have recently started converting an IDL program to Python. I came across the a useful module for reading in IDL sav files however it only worked with Python 2. As I wanted to write my new program to be using the latest and greatest from the get go I decided to convert it to Python 3 and share it Python-3-IDLSave-0.9.7.zip Let me know if you [...]

WordPress – Linux Promotional P...

Previously I post an idea for a WordPress promotional plugin that displays a notice to Windows and Mac users about the benefits of Linux, and encourages them to follow a link to a Linux Distro website for more information. Well I have spent the last couple of days working on the plugin and I’m releasing version 1.0 into the wild to see [...]

Fun software/project/coding ideas

I often come across user posts in programming forums asking for a software idea that they can code, either for learning projects, or just out of boredom. Anyway I have decided to list some small coding project ideas. The idea is they are small and simple enough to be completed in a short time-frame, but they offer some real world value. If yo [...]

Using cvs2svn on Windows (Converting ...

After running into multiple problems while trying to setup cvs2svn conversion scripts to test on my local windows machine I decided to create a guide to help anyone who is going down this path. Step 1. Download/Extract Scripts First you will need to get the actual scripts that do the conversion process. Download the cvs2svn scripts: http://cv [...]

Fix Xmap SectionEX extension not list...

The default extension provided by Xmap the popular site map tool for Joomla, does not always create correct links to articles for example: An incorrect link is created when using the default Sectionex extension 1.0 for xmap 1.2. http://www.weightcontrolsoftware.com/component/content/12-efit-manual-for-version-11.html The correct link should b [...]

Introduction to Scripting GUI with Si...

Welcome to my very first post at ITSqueeze.com I’ve been think about starting my own IT related blog for a long time now, as both a place to categories useful tools/code snippets I come across in a central location while sharing them with others. I hope to turn ITSqueeze into a hub for providing developers and IT professionals with tool [...]