torsten’s gists

torsten / .zshrc

Created April 2, 2012 14:50

zsh alias for GitHub's URL shortener

	# Usage: git.io GITHUB-URL
	# Based on https://github.com/blog/985-git-io-github-url-shortener

	__make_git_io() {
	curl -i http://git.io -F "url=$1"
	}
	alias git.io=__make_git_io

torsten / hack.sh

Created April 1, 2012 13:05 — forked from erikh/hack.sh

OSX For Hackers

	#!/usr/bin/env sh

	##
	# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
	# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
	#
	# install it:
	# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh \| sh
	#

torsten / property-access.m

Created March 27, 2012 08:32

Benchmark to measure how much slower property access is vs direct member access.

	// Compile as: clang -O4 -framework Foundation property-access.m && ./a.out

	#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

	// Performance timer, credit: Lars Schneider @kit3bus
	#import <mach/mach_time.h>

	#define MAKE_NSSTRING(str) (NSString *)CFSTR(#str)

	#define START(name) \

torsten / cheat.rb

Created February 3, 2012 12:07

cheat.rb: Self-contained script & database to remember and search for uncommon shell commands.

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	# Self-contained ruby script & database to remember uncommon shell commands
	# and search for them using the command line.
	#
	# Originally written by Torsten Becker <[email protected]> in 2012.
	#
	# Usage: cheat.rb [SEARCHTERM]
	# If SEARCHTERM is given, cheat.rb lists only cheats that contain this term.
	# Otherwise lists all cheats.
	#

torsten / gist:1589419

Created January 10, 2012 14:46

"Detecting" IE version for CSS

torsten / gen_debug_header.py

Created December 20, 2011 19:43

Wrapping OpenGL calls in error checks

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	# Originally written by Torsten Becker <[email protected]> in 2011


	import re

	gl_function = re.compile(r'^extern\s+(.+)\s+(\w+)\s$(.+)$\s;\s*$')
	argument = re.compile(r'(\w+)\s*$')

torsten / svn-stats.sh

Created April 21, 2011 09:05

Prints a list of all committers in a subversion repository, sorted by number of commits.

	#!/bin/bash
	# Prints a list of all committers in a subversion repository,
	# sorted by number of commits.
	# Written by Torsten Becker <[email protected]> in 2011

	if [[ ! $1 ]]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 SVN-REPO-URL"
	exit 1
	fi

torsten / z_order.py

Created April 1, 2011 10:21

Calculates z-ordered values from x and y coordinates.

	def z_order(x, y):
	"""Creates a z-order value from the 15 least significant bits of
	the `int`s `x` and `y`.

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-order_curve
	"""
	z = 0
	for bit_pos in range(15):
	z \|= (x & (1 << bit_pos)) << bit_pos
	z \|= (y & (1 << bit_pos)) << (bit_pos + 1)

torsten / bookmarks.sh

Created February 20, 2011 11:20

A port of Huy Nguyen's bash directory bookmarks to zsh

	# Original code for bash from:
	# http://www.huyng.com/archives/quick-bash-tip-directory-bookmarks/492/

	# Zsh Directory Bookmarks
	alias m1='alias g1="cd `pwd`"'
	alias m2='alias g2="cd `pwd`"'
	alias m3='alias g3="cd `pwd`"'
	alias m4='alias g4="cd `pwd`"'
	alias m5='alias g5="cd `pwd`"'
	alias m6='alias g6="cd `pwd`"'

torsten / chrome-dot-url-opener.user.js

Created January 31, 2011 20:06

Greasemonkey script, enables Google Chrome to handle .URL files.

	// ==UserScript==
	// @name .URL file opener for Google Chrome
	// @namespace http://torstenbecker.eu/
	// @match file://*.URL
	// @match file://*.url
	// @author Torsten Becker
	// @description Enables Chrome to handle .URL files (internet shortcuts, usually created on Windows) and navigates to their referenced location.
	// ==/UserScript==

	// Installation notes:

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