Peter Boughton

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• Subversion - Cleanup Failed To Process The Following Paths

  Posted on Aug 20, 2008 at 2:13 PM

  >> Does it have a decent Windows GUI? << There is an integrated Cygwin-Git package that will run on Windows, and from within that you can invoke a GUI repository viewer (gitk), plus a commit staging area thing (git-gui) - the latter of which you can also create a edsktop shortcut to, so ... read more »

• Subversion - Cleanup Failed To Process The Following Paths

  Posted on Aug 20, 2008 at 1:01 PM

  I don't like SVN... whilst it is definitely an improvement over CVS, it's too quirky and SLOW. For anyone not tied to SVN, I'd recommend switching to either Git ( git.or.cz ) or Bazaar ( bazaar-vcs.org ).... read more »

• June 1st 2008 - National Regular Expression Day! (Post A Comment, Win A Prize)

  Posted on Jun 1, 2008 at 8:42 AM

  ((Happy Regex Day To )You\n)\1\2.*!\n\1 :)... read more »

• June 1st 2008 - National Regular Expression Day! (Post A Comment, Win A Prize)

  Posted on May 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM

  >> I have always loved that phrase, "I am the alpha and the omega." Me too - ever since playing against Xan in Unreal Tournament. :)... read more »

• June 1st 2008 - National Regular Expression Day! (Post A Comment, Win A Prize)

  Posted on May 29, 2008 at 9:52 AM

  Jane: >> i only wish word and some other text editors supported regex find << jEdit has a good search & replace with RegEx find & replace. www.jedit.org... read more »

• June 1st 2008 - National Regular Expression Day! (Post A Comment, Win A Prize)

  Posted on May 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM

  That xkcd t-shirt is cool. :) Input: International Regular Expression Day /^\w+(\w)\w{4}(\s)(\w{2})(\w)\w+\s(\w{2})\w{6}(\w)\w\s(\w)(\w)\w$/\1\2\8\7\6\3\2\3\4\5!/ :)... read more »

• A Reminder About Interfaces And The User Experience

  Posted on Apr 16, 2008 at 7:34 AM

  For anyone that maintains any user-oriented application, something I thoroughly recommend is simply sitting and watching users doing their daily tasks - especially new users. Be sure to have a notepad and pen, and write down everything that makes them frustrated, causes them to pause, and so on. (... read more »

• CFCs Are Cached, CFIncludes Are Not

  Posted on Sep 26, 2007 at 5:09 AM

  @Sean >> Persistent means you can turn the machine off and then on again and the data is still there. << It also means something that never goes away (ie: never turns off), and a few other definitions - like most English words. Simply using the word 'persistent' doesn't mean something ... read more »