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@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active July 25, 2026 13:41
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@tlberglund
tlberglund / git-loglive
Last active September 18, 2025 07:57
Log Live Git Command
#!/bin/bash
while :
do
clear
git --no-pager log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --decorate --all $*
sleep 1
done
@NeQuissimus
NeQuissimus / gist:3139407
Created July 18, 2012 22:33
ArchLinux + Awesome WM in VMware Fusion 4
# 1. Install NetInstall from ISO
# 2. Add non-root user (let's call it "nequi")
adduser
# 3. Initialize pacman-key (hit random characters on keyboard until done)
pacman-key --init
# 4. Populate signatures
pacman-key --populate archlinux
# 5. Install awesome
pacman -Sy awesome
# 6. Install X and Xterm
@mridgers
mridgers / pdbdump.c
Created June 21, 2012 21:19
Small tool to list and query symbols in PDB files.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// pdbdump.c - dump symbols from .pdb and executable files (public domain).
// - to compile; cl.exe /Ox /Zi pdbdump.c
// -
// - Martin Ridgers, pdbdump 'at' fireproofgravy.co.uk
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <DbgHelp.h>
@yamaya
yamaya / xcode-clang-vers
Last active June 29, 2026 02:03
Xcode clang version record
# Xcode 4.3.3
Apple clang version 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.61) (based on LLVM 3.1svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0
Thread model: posix
# Xcode 4.3.2
Apple clang version 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.58) (based on LLVM 3.1svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0
Thread model: posix
@mxgrn
mxgrn / gist:663933
Created November 5, 2010 10:24
Git's pre-commit hook to remove trailing whitespaces/tabs
#!/bin/sh
#
# This will abort "git commit" and remove the trailing whitespaces from the files to be committed.
# Simply repeating the last "git commit" command will do the commit then.
#
# Put this into .git/hooks/pre-commit, and chmod +x it.
if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1
then
against=HEAD
else
@fmela
fmela / stacktrace.cxx
Last active August 21, 2025 21:24
A C++ function that produces a stack backtrace with demangled function & method names.
/*
* Copyright (c) 2009-2017, Farooq Mela
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
@keturn
keturn / associate.py
Created January 28, 2010 08:44
openid/contrib/associate.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Make an OpenID Assocition request against an endpoint
and print the results."""
from datetime import datetime
import sys
from openid.store.memstore import MemoryStore
from openid.consumer import consumer
from openid.consumer.discover import OpenIDServiceEndpoint