I can do that file-by-file with Save As Encoding in Visual Studio, but I'd like to make this in one click. Is it possible?
I know, some will start bashing on me:
download a smalltalk IDE (such as ST/X),
open a workspace,
type in:
'yourDirectoryHere' asFilename directoryContentsAsFilenamesDo:[:oldFileName |
|cyrString utfString newFile|
cyrString := oldFileName contentsAsString.
utfString := CharacterEncoder encodeString:cyrString from:#'iso8859-5' into:#'utf'.
newFile := oldFile withSuffix:'utf'.
newFile contents:utfString.
].
that will convert all files in the given directory and create corresponding .utf files without affecting the original files. Even if you normally do not use smalltalk, for this type of actions, smalltalk is a perfect scripting environment.
I know, most of you don't read smalltalk, but the code should be readable even for non-smalltalkers and a corresponding perl/python/java/c# piece of code also written and executed in 1 minute or so, taking the above as a guide. I guess all current languages provide something similar to the CharacterEncoder above.
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A nice shortcut in Zsh for catting files is, with Python file type for example:
<somefile.py
But it's much nicer if that file is syntax-highlighted. So the trick is to use a tool like bat instead of the default cat:
READNULLCMD=bat
This actually works when a shebang is present since Bat will look for it. BUT, the file type detection by extension might not be possible since the input is simply seen as STDIN. And since most files don't have a shebang line, file name extension is a necessary fallback in order to detect file type.
There is this method for debugging READNULLCMD, using a function. I've tried wrapping in set -x, grepping env, etc, but not finding a way to see the name. If I could see the name, then something like this could be used:
mynullcmd() { bat -l $stdin_filename:x } # get extension and use as file type
READNULLCMD=mynullcmd
Question: Is there some way for Zsh to know what's being passed in as STDIN? Can it know that the command contained somefile.py?
Settle for an alias, like c is short for cat equivalent:
alias c=bat
c somefile.py
Other viable highlighters include coderay and pygmentize, but I've found bat to be the most capable in speed and breadth of language support.
I've created a mapping in MapForce 2013 and exported the MFX file. Now, I need to be able to run the mapping using MapForce Server. The problem is, I need to specify both the input EDI file and the output file. As far as I can tell, the usage pattern is to run the mapping with MapForce server using the input/output configuration in the MFX itself, not passed in on the command line.
I suppose I could change the input/output to some standard file name and then just write the input file to that path before performing the mapping, and then grab the output from the standard output file path when the mapping is complete.
But I'd prefer to be able to do something like:
MapForceServer run -in=MyInputFile.txt -out=MyOutputFile.xml MyMapping.mfx > MyLogFile.txt
Is something like this possible? Perhaps using parameters within the mapping?
There are two options that I've come across in dealing with a similar situation.
Option 1- If you set the input XML file to *.xml in the component settings, mapforceserver.exe will automatically process all txt in the directory assuming your source is xml (this should work for text just the same). Similar to the example below you can set a cleanup routine to move the files into another folder after processing.
Note: It looks in the folder where the schema file is located.
Option 2 - Since your output is XML you can use Altova's raptorxml (rack up another license charge). Now you can generate code in XSLT 2.0 and use a batch file to automatically execute, something like this.
::#echo off
for %%f IN (*.xml) DO (RaptorXML xslt --xslt-version=2 --input="%%f" --output="out/%%f" %* "mymapping.xslt"
if NOT errorlevel 1 move "%%f" processed
if errorlevel 1 move "%%f" error)
sleep 15
mymapping.bat
I tossed in a sleep command to loop the batch for rechecking every 15 seconds. Unfortunately this does not work if your output target is a database.
For me ack is essential kit (its aliased to a and I use it a million times a day). Mostly it has everything I need so I'm figuring that this behavior is covered and I just can't find it.
I'd love to be able to restrict it to specific kinds of files using a type. the problem is that these files have a full filename rather than an extension. For instance I'd like to restrict it to build files for buildr so i can search them with --buildr (Similar would apply for mvn poms). I have the following defined in my .ackrc
--type-set=buildr=buildfile,.rake
The problem is that 'buildfile' is the entire filename, not an extension, and I'd like ack to match completely on this name. However if I look at the types bound to 'buildr' it shows that .buildfile is an extension rather than the whole filename.
--[no]buildr .buildfile .rake
The ability to restrict to a particular filename would be really useful for me as there are numerous xml usecases (e.g. ant build.xml or mvn pom.xml) that it would be perfect for. I do see that binary, Makefiles and Rakefiles have special type configuration and maybe that's the way to go. I'd really like to be able to do it within ack if possible before resorting to custom functions. Anyone know if this is possible?
No, you cannot do it. ack 1.x only uses extensions for detecting file types. ack 2.0 will have much more flexible capabilities, where you'll be able to do stuff like:
# There are four different ways to match
# is: Match the filename exactly
# ext: Match the extension of the filename exactly
# match: Match the filename against a Perl regular expression
# firstlinematch: Match the first 80 characters of the first line
# of text against a Perl regular expression. This is only for
# the --type-add option.
--type-add=make:ext:mk
--type-add=make:ext:mak
--type-add=make:is:makefile
--type-add=make:is:gnumakefile
# Rakefiles http://rake.rubyforge.org/
--type-add=rake:is:Rakefile
# CMake http://www.cmake.org/
--type-add=cmake:is:CMakeLists.txt
--type-add=cmake:ext:cmake
# Perl http://perl.org/
--type-add=perl:ext:pod
--type-add=perl:ext:pl
--type-add=perl:ext:pm
--type-add=perl:firstlinematch:/perl($|\s)/
You can see what development on ack 2.0 is doing at https://github.com/petdance/ack2. I'd love to have your help.
This is really a newbie question - but basically, how do I enable a template for certain filetypes.
Basically, I just want the template to insert a header of sorts, that is with some functions that I find useful, and libraries loaded etc.
I interpret
:help template
the way that I should place this in my vimrc
au BufNewFile,BufRead ~/.vim/skeleton.R
Running a R script then shows that something could happen, but apparently does not:
--- Auto-Commands ---
This may be because a template consists of commands (and there are no such in skeleton.R) - and in this case I just want it to insert a text header (which skelton.R consist of).
Sorry if this question is mind boggeling stupid ;-/
The command that you've suggested is not going to work: what this will do is run no Vim command whenever you open ~/.vim/skeleton.R
A crude way of achieving what you want would be to use:
:au BufNewFile *.R r ~/.vim/skeleton.R
This will read (:r) your file whenever a new *.R file is created. You want to avoid having BufRead in the autocmd, or it will read the skeleton file into your working file every time you open the file!
There are many plugins that add a lot more control to this process. Being the author and therefore completely biased, I'd recommend this one, but there are plenty of others listed here.
Shameless plug:
They all work in a relatively similar way, but to explain my script:
You install the plugin as described on the linked page and then create some templates in ~/.vim/templates. These templates should have the same extension as the 'target' file, so if it's a template for .R files, call it something like skeleton.R. In your .vimrc, add something like this:
let g:file_template_default = {}
let g:file_template_default['R'] = 'skeleton'
Then create your new .R file (with a filename, so save it if it's new) and enter:
:LoadFileTemplate
You can also skip the .vimrc editing and just do:
:LoadFileTemplate skeleton
See the website for more details.
Assume that your skeletons are in your ~/.vim/templates/ directory, you can put this
snippet in your vimrc file.
augroup templates
au!
" read in templates files
autocmd BufNewFile *.* silent! execute '0r ~/.vim/templates/skeleton.'.expand("<afile>:e")
augroup END
Some explanation,
BufNewFile . = each time we edit a new file
silent! execute = execute silently, no error messages if failed
0r = read file and insert content at top (0) in the new file
expand(":e") = get extension of current filename
see also http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_eval_to_create_dynamic_templates
*fixed missing dot in file path
Create a templates subdirectory in your ~/.vim folder
$ mkdir -p ~/.vim/templates
Create a new file in subdirectory called R.skeleton and put in the header and/or other stuff you want to automagically load upon creating a new ".R " file.
$ vim ~/.vim/templates/R.skeleton
Then, add the following to your ~/.vimrc file, which may have been suggested in a way by "guest"
autocmd BufNewFile * silent! 0r $HOME/.vim/templates/%:e.skeleton
Have a look at my github repository for some more details and other options.
It's just a trick I used to use .
It's cheap but If you ain't know nothing about vim and it's commands it's easy to handle.
make a directory like this :
~/.vim/templates/barney.cpp
and as you konw barney.cpp should be your template code .
then add a function like ForUncleBarney() to end of your .vimrc file located in ~/.vimrc
it should be like
function ForBarneyStinson()
:read ~/.vim/templates/barney.cpp
endfunction
then just use this command in vim
:call ForBarneyStinson()
then you see your template
as an example I already have two templates for .cpp files
:call ForBarney()
:call ACM()
sorry said too much,
Coding's awesome ! :)
Also take a look at https://github.com/aperezdc/vim-template.git.
I use it and have contributed some patches to it and would argue its relatively full featured.
What about using the snipmate plugin? See here
There exist many template-file expanders -- you'll also find there explanations on how to implement a rudimentary template-file expander.
For my part, I'm maintaining the fork of muTemplate. For a simple start, just drop a {ft}.template file into {rtp}/template/. If you want to use any (viml) variable or expression, just do. You can even put vim code (and now even functions) into the template-file if you wish. Several smart decisions are already implemented for C++ and vim files.
I have a compressed CSS file (all whitespace removed) that I want to inspect, but it's a huge pain inspecting it as-is. Is there any utility (preferably linux command line) that I can run the file through to format it nicely?
The online service that Dave Newman mentioned has been converted into a Node.js script, which you can run on the command-line. If you have NPM installed you can just do:
npm install -g cssunminifier
And it’s pretty versatile how you can use it. Here are 3 different examples:
cssunminifier style.min.css style.css
cssunminifier --width=8 style.min.css
curl http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/all.css | cssunminifier - | less
Here’s more info on the command-line css unminifier
Try this online service.
You can also inspect any compressed file in Firebug.
I wrote a little formatter in Ruby for you. Save it as some .rb file and use it via CLI like ruby format.rb input.css input-clean.css:
#Formats CSS
input, output = ARGV
#Input
if input == nil or output == nil
puts "Syntax: #{$0} [input] [output]"
exit
end
#Opens file
unless File.exist? input
puts "File #{input} doesn't exist."
exit
end
#Reads file
input = File.read input
#Creates output file
output = File.new output, "w+"
#Processes input
input = input.gsub("{", "\n{\n\t")
.gsub(",", ", ")
.gsub(";", ";\n\t")
.gsub(/\t?}/, "}\n\n\n")
.gsub(/\t([^:]+):/, "\t" + '\1: ')
#Writes output
output.write input
#Closes output
output.close
These programs are called 'beautifiers'. You should be able to google one that fits for you.
If you're looking for a locally-executable utility, as opposed to a web service, you want CSS Tidy.
This also indents: styleneat
Here's a free windows app to "beautify" your file. I haven't used it so I don't know how well it works.
http://www.blumentals.net/csstool/
It is specific, but Visual Studio does this on that file type. (by no means a generic solution to which you alude)
take a look at the vkBeautify plugin
http://www.eslinstructor.net/vkbeautify/
It can beautify (pretty print) CSS, XML and JSON text,
written in plain javascript, small, simple and fast