Format XML with PHP
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Compile LibTorrent on OSX
Before you do anything, install darwinports , and then use it to install boost : ...
Installing MySql/PDO for PHP
I was getting something like this trying to run an application built on the Zend Framework : ...
Vi as default crontab editor
Dreamhost sets your default editor to pico. To change it to Vi, add the following line to the .bashrc file in your home directory : export VISUAL="vi"
Installing Trac
Before you do anything, Install Subversion . Install Python : ...
Svn server w/ Apache
Make sure you have a newish version of libtool $ wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-1.5.22.tar.gz $ tar xvzf libtool-1.5.22.tar.gz $ cd libtool-1.5.22 $ ./configure $ make $ make install ...
Cake actions from the terminal
Edit app/webroot/index.php and change the lines that read like : if (isset($_GET['url']) && $_GET['url'] === 'favicon.ico') { } else { $Dispatcher=new Dispatcher(); $Dispatcher->dispatch($url); } to something like : ...
Delete files by extension
To recursively delete all files with a given extension (eg all .pyc files in a django application), use : find . -name "*.pyc" -exec rm '{}' ';' Change the “*.pyc” part to delete different file types.
Splitting up Django models
Create a models folder under myApp. Delete models.py and add a model_name.py file in the models folder for each model model_name. Add the following to each model file : class Meta: app_label = 'myApp' Add a line in models/init.py for each model file : from myModelFile import myModel More information at djangoproject.com
Shell coloring for iTerm
Create a .bash_profile file in your home directory containing the following : . ~/.bashrc ENV=$HOME/.bashrc export ENV export TERM=xterm-color alias ls='ls -G' alias ll='ls -hl'