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kevinkirkup / gist:245183

Created November 30, 2009 01:23

Bash function to extract and type of archive

	############################################################
	# Function to extract archives
	function extract() {
	case $1 in
	*.tar.bz2) tar xjvf "$1" ;;
	*.tar.gz) tar xvzf "$1" ;;
	*.bz2) bunzip2 "$1" ;;
	*.gz) gunzip "$1" ;;
	*.tar) tar xvf "$1" ;;
	*.tbz2) tar xjvf "$1" ;;

kevinkirkup / gist:245184

Created November 30, 2009 01:24

Bash function to grep the process list

	############################################################
	# Function to grep the list of precesses
	function grep_process() {
	if [ ! -z "$1" ] ; then
	ps aux \| grep -i "$1" \| grep -v grep
	else
	echo "Need a process name to grep processes for..."
	fi

	}

kevinkirkup / gist:245186

Created November 30, 2009 01:26

Bash function to grep the command history

	############################################################
	# Function to grep the command history
	function grep_history() {
	if [ ! -z "$1" ] ; then
	history \| grep "$1" \| grep -v histg
	else
	echo "Need a command to grep history for..."
	fi
	}
	alias chg='grep_history'

kevinkirkup / gist:245187

Created November 30, 2009 01:27

Dynamically set the path to VIM

	# Get Vim Path
	export VIMRUNTIME=`vim -e -T dumb --cmd 'exe "set t_cm=\<C-M>"\|echo $VIMRUNTIME\|quit' \| tr -d '\015' `

kevinkirkup / kevin2.vim

Created November 30, 2009 01:35

Kevin2 VIM syntax color file

	" Vim color file
	" Maintainer: Kevin S Kirkup <[email protected]>
	" Last Change: 2005 Feb 27

	" This color scheme uses a black background.

	" First remove all existing highlighting.
	set background=dark
	highlight clear

kevinkirkup / bblean.vim

Created November 30, 2009 01:37

bblean vim syntax highlighter

	""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
	" Filename: bblean.vim
	" Purpose: Vim syntax file for bblen resource files
	" Language: bblean *.rc files
	" Maintainer; Kevin S Kirkup [email protected]
	" URL:
	" Last Update: Sat 11/19/2005
	""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

	"-----------------------------------------------------------

kevinkirkup / COM String Utilities

Created April 1, 2011 16:15

Utilities to convert from C++ basic types to COM String Types

	#include <comutil.h>

	_com_util::ConvertBSTRToString("")
	_com_util::ConvertStringToBSTR("");

kevinkirkup / COM Return Array of Strings

Created April 1, 2011 16:18

COM Method implementation to return an array of strings

	STDMETHODIMP CMyClass::GetThings(VARIANT* returnThings)
	{
	HRESULT hr = S_OK;
	SAFEARRAY FAR* safeArray;
	SAFEARRAYBOUND safeArrayBound;

	if (m_thing != NULL)
	{
	std::set<const char *>::iterator it;
	std::set<const char *> things = m_thing->GetThings();

kevinkirkup / gist:1266475

Created October 6, 2011 03:59

Applescript Trim Subroutine

	(*
	A sub-routine for trimming unwanted characters from strings.
	Taken from http://www.macosxautomation.com
	*)
	on trim_line(this_text, trim_chars, trim_indicator)
	-- 0 = beginning, 1 = end, 2 = both
	set x to the length of the trim_chars
	-- TRIM BEGINNING
	if the trim_indicator is in {0, 2} then
	repeat while this_text begins with the trim_chars

kevinkirkup / gist:2029043

Created March 13, 2012 14:16

jQuery Async Script loading

	//
	// Dynamically generate the html script tag to prevent
	// blocking the parser.
	// http://css-tricks.com/thinking-async/
	//
	jQuery.ajax({
	url: '//third-party.com/resource.js',
	dataType: 'script',
	success: function() {
	// script loaded, do stuff!

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