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My software tools list

Date: 2007-08-10  |   Modified: 2008-11-03  |   Tags: c, colinux, conkeror, cygwin, django, eclipse, emacs, linux, mercurial, preferences, python, subversion, ubuntu, urxvt, wmii   |   2 Comments

Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I am a programmer who likes shiny things.

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Operating System Ubuntu 8.04, Windows Vista Work Desktop: Ubuntu Hardy
Home Laptop: dual-boot Windows Vista with Cygwin and Ubuntu Hardy
Home Desktop: Ubuntu Hardy

I am in the process of migrating from Windows to Linux. My first Ubuntu install was in 2007 (dual-boot ...
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How to show diffs with Subclipse

Date: 2007-04-04  |   Tags: eclipse, subversion

I want to show revision history diffs in SVN/Subclipse/Eclipse. I looked in the "History" view, but this is not where to find it. Instead, right-click on your file in the "Navigator" view, select "Compare With" > "Revision...". Then double-click on a revision to compare to. The example screenshot is from Mark's blog. Read more...

How to setup a subclipse project to branch/tag

Date: 2007-03-29  |   Modified: 2008-09-07  |   Tags: eclipse, subversion

I've read that branching/tagging is one of the nice features of SVN (See

Mark Phippard's blog and the subversion book). However, it took me a little while to figure out how to setup my directory structure with the recommended "trunk", "branches", and "tags" folders. These are my basic step-by-step notes for how I setup my Subclipse project and then created a branch. This assumes you've already installed Subclipse and set up a repository. If you have not done that, see How to install Subversion (SVN) with Eclipse on Windows.

  1. Add your Eclipse project to the repository ...
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How to install Subversion (SVN) with Eclipse on Windows

Date: 2007-03-01  |   Modified: 2008-09-08  |   Tags: eclipse, subversion

Subversion looks to be the new version control system of choice in the open source community, supplanting CVS which supplanted RCS. This article, Why Subversion Over CVS, gives some reasons to choose Subversion over CVS. Many people also choose subversion over commercial products such as ClearCase and Visual Source Safe. The authors of "Windows Developer Power Tools" (O'Reilly 2006) write:

Subversion is our favorite version-control system, and we definitely recommend it above all others (including commercial products) in most scenarios. There may be certain areas where commercial systems excel, but for overall version control, it's tough to beat ...

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