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I heard the term “Vibe Programming” a few days ago, but apparently it has been a thing for a while. What it means is people who know nothing about programming do it anyway with the… … Read more
5 days ago in Delphi0
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I just built an installer for GExperts for Delphi 12. It uses the DLL from the current source code, compiled with Delphi 12.3 and contains all the bugs I haven’t yet found, so use it… … Read more
1 week ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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I just released dzBdsLauncher 1.0.15. It now recognizes the .dproj-version 20.3 as Delphi 12.3. … Read more
2 weeks ago in Delphi, dzBdsLauncher0
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In preparation to the end of support for Window 10 we are looking into replacing Windows on some older computers with Linux, in particular Kubuntu. We don’t want to throw away perfectly good hardware just… … Read more
3 weeks ago in linux0
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The venerable Delphi IDE extension GExperts is about to undergo a revolutionary transformation, with plans announced to completely rewrite it using artificial intelligence and simultaneously port it to COBOL. This unexpected development marks a significant… … Read more
3 weeks ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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With my particular monitor setup, the Desktop feature of the Delphi 11 and 12 IDE does not work correctly. The Startup Desktop is not restored as I saved it, on my high def monitor on… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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Today I turned on a laptop computer with Windows 10 Home, which I had not used for a long time. Of course it had to install quite a few Windows Updates, so I let it… … Read more
2 months ago in windows, Windows 100
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Some Delphi IDE versions have an annoying bug with the toolbars that makes them unusable if you customize them. If you have seen this problem, you know it, if not, congratulations! Unfortunately I am one… … Read more
4 months ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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They say that documentation is the worst part of programming and I mostly agree with that. Nevertheless I have taken the time to add a page about the Uses Clause Manager expert to the GExperts… … Read more
5 months ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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Note to self: Sometimes it is necessary to destroy not just a single but multiple ZFS snapshots. This can be done with some command line magic, but the zfs destroy subcommand has built in functionality… … Read more
5 months ago in linux, zfs0
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Jim McKeeth has updated the GExperts documentation a bit. It’s far from finished but that’s better than the totally outdated one on gexperts.org. I have now exported it as webhelp and checked it in to… … Read more
6 months ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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Ich bin seit einiger Zeit ein großer Fan von ZFS und sammle immer wieder mal Links zu dem Thema. Es gibt einen Blog-Post ZFS Snapshots und Samba Shadow Copy (auf Deutsch) von Manfred Larcher, den… … Read more
6 months ago in linux, zfs0
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If you are a Delphi developer and are not using the full FastMM memory manager (either the free version 4 or the commercial version 5) you really should try it. The limited FastMM version, that… … Read more
7 months ago in Delphi0
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Note to self: The command to get connection information for a (Linux based) Samba server is smbstatus. It needs root privileges. e.g. … Read more
7 months ago in linux, Samba0
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The new GExperts version still supports all Delphi versions back to Delphi 6 (with the notable exception of Delphi 8) and even the Delphi 12 version is no longer in Beta state. I hope we… … Read more
8 months ago in Delphi, GExperts0