DbgPrint Unicode string

DbgPrint("deviceObjName: %wZ\n", deviceObjName);

swig & opencv & ruby

1.swig commands to link ruby & c++
swig -c++ -ruby Wrapper.i
ruby mkmf.rb Wrapper
make
ruby hello.rb

2.modify the makefile
2.1add the following lines below definition of CFLAGS & DLDFLAGS
CFLAGS += `pkg-config opencv --cflags`
DLDFLAGS += `pkg-config opencv --libs`

2.2 remove -arch ppc at following lines
DLDFLAGS = -L. -arch ppc -arch i386
LDSHARED = cc -arch ppc -arch i386 -pipe -bundle

3.If you don't want to mess your makefile

require 'mkmf'
$libs = append_library($libs, "stdc++")
$CFLAGS << " `pkg-config opencv --cflags`"
$LDFLAGS << " `pkg-config opencv --libs`"
create_makefile(ARGV[0])

from
http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/OpenSource/PerlExtensionsRelNotes/index.html
% env ARCHFLAGS='-arch ppc' ruby extconf.rb
% make
% make install

Textmate

1.Rails cheat sheet
2.rcodetools
3.http://blog.neontology.com/posts/2006/05/10/beautiful-ruby-in-textmate
4.Mega Zoomer
5.http://www.yashlabs.com/wp/?p=153

Visual Studio 2008

1.Top 13 Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
just google it

2.Sara Ford's everyday tip
http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/default.aspx

3.Debugging tip (conditional break!!)
http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.1/ArcGISDevHelp/DevelopmentEnvs/COM/VCpp/Debugger.htm

In Mac:
cursor color problem
Get it from Internet
1. Go to Control Panel, Personalization.
2. Choose Mouse Pointers.
3. Select the Pointers tab.
4. Change the scheme to something that causes the mouse cursor to be seen. I chose "Windows Inverted (system scheme)" and now I can see the text selection (thin bar) cusor in VS2005 with a black background. Some of the other schemes work as well.

OpenCV on Mac

New Setting:
1.
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/var/macports/software/opencv/1.0.0_0/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig: ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}

2.
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH

3.
g++ `pkg-config --cflags opencv` `pkg-config --libs opencv` -o water watershed.cpp


g++ -c Wrapper.cxx `pkg-config opencv --cflags`
g++ -o hello Wrapper.o `pkg-config opencv --libs`
./hello



export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig


Makefile:
#by lono kao, 970325
CXX = g++
CFLAGS += `pkg-config opencv --cflags`
LDFLAGS += `pkg-config opencv --libs`
#LTool/LImage
TARGET = deleteme
SRC = LTool/LImage.cpp deleteme.cpp
#SRC = a.c b.c
#OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)
all : $(TARGET)

$(TARGET) : $(TARGET).cpp
$(CXX) $(SRC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(TARGET)

.cpp.o : $*.cpp
$(CXX) $*.cpp $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $*

clean :
rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET)

Software Tools

Windows:
WinSplit--Useful if you have 24 or 22 inchs monitor
Console2--Great transparent, tabbed console
cFosSpeed
SFTPDriver
Tera Term--Better than hyper terminal
HHD Serial Monitor
HHD USB Monitor
Rocket Dock
unlocker
TreeSize --Disk Clean up tool
PowerMenu --make application minimize to tray or always on top
Clipx --greate clipboard history
teracopy -- great copy tool, much better than windows copy



Mac:
Visor
quicksilver
Manports
opencv
rb-narray??
Textmate
VMFusion
vanilla input
pci usb mac driver
macam
omniDiskSweeper
Paintbrush
CheetahWatch -- Huawei 3.5G data card monitor
ExpanDrive
Nally --telnet program

My Textmate Plugins

1.tmCodeBrowser
2.quicklook
3.Mega Zoomer
4.SVNMate

Bundles:
1.footnotes
2.MASC: http://blog.inquirylabs.com/2006/04/26/my-textmate-bundle/
3.Grep bundle http://henrik.nyh.se/2007/06/grep-in-project-command-for-textmate
4.CTags
5.RSpec

Lack:
1.ruby comepletion?(included)
2.intelligent Jump
3.lack of intellisense for c++

Visual studio 2008 cannot find correct function definition

Visual studio 2008 cannot find correct function definition, and it jsut keeps finding function declartion instead!!!

Solution: set up correct "include" directory in "Project or Solutions".

Replace windows driver

Here is a simple way.

1.Just copy new driver to Windows\System32\Drivers, and replace the old one.
2.Remove the device
3.Close all applications which are still using the device(Important!!!!)
4.Plug the device again

DbgPrint in Vista

See this
http://tenderlover.blogspot.com/search?q=dbgprint

or just import .reg file below


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Debug Print Filter]
"DEFAULT"=dword:00000008


Reset password in Windows XP and 2K

Method1:
1.delete %SystemRoot%/system32/config/sam
2.delete %SystemRoot%/system32/config/sam.log
3.using Administrator (no password) to logging

Method2:
ERD Commander

微軟正黑體

1.you need activate clear type
2.copy 微軟正黑體 Bold from your font directory in Vista
3.Don't copy 微軟正黑體, but "微軟正黑體 Bold" since it looks better
4.If you copy 微軟正黑體 too, Windows will think "微軟正黑體 Bold" is same as 微軟正黑體, and you cannot use "微軟正黑體 Bold" anymore

Disable .NTAMD64 requirement of inf file

1.Establish the key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
DisableDecoratedModelsRequirement:REG_DWORD

set it to 1

Console 2 Unicode繁體中文 日本語 支援

1. Delete key "Console2 command window" in registry
2. Import the following data into windows registry:

For Chinese(中文) Windows XP & Vista:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\Console2 command window]
"CodePage"=dword:000003a8
"FontSize"=dword:000a0000
"FontFamily"=dword:00000036
"FontWeight"=dword:00000190
"FaceName"="細明體"
"HistoryNoDup"=dword:00000000


For Japanese(日本語) Windows XP & Vista:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\Console2 command window]
"CodePage"=dword:000003a8
"FontSize"=dword:000a0000
"FontFamily"=dword:00000036
"FontWeight"=dword:00000190
"FaceName"="ＭＳ 明朝"
"HistoryNoDup"=dword:00000000


If you don't know what I am talking about, get console2 here .

How to self sign 64 bit driver on Vista 64 for driver testing

1.install Microsoft Winqual Submission Tool
2.Find Inf2Cat.exe in Microsoft Winqual Submission Tool
3.execute
Inf2Cat.exe /driver:"U:\MyDriver" /os:Vista_X64

4.Find makecert.exe in WDK
Makecert -r -pe -ss PrivateCertStore -n "CN=TestCertforWDK" TestCert.cer

5.Use Signtool.exe in WDK to sign the cat file
Signtool sign /v /s PrivateCertStore /n TestCertForWDK /t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll "U:\MyDriver\MyDriver.cat"

6.Use Signtool.exe in WDK to sign the driver
Signtool sign /v /s PrivateCertStore /n TestCertForWDK /t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll "U:\MyDriver\MyDriver.sys"

7.Verify the sign for driver
Signtool verify /pa /v MyDriver.sys

8.Verify the sign for cat file
Signtool verify /pa /v /c MyDriver.cat MyDriver.inf

9.On test computer, import the certificate:
certmgr.exe /add TestCert.cer /s /r localMachine root
certmgr.exe /add TestCert.cer /s /r localMachine trustedpublisher

reference: Kernel-Mode Code Signing Walkthrough

How to set up keyboard mapping for OSX86 and Windows XP

1.In System Preference of Mac OS X, exchange Command and Control key

2.If you are using VMware Fusion like me
Open ~/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config

Add following line:
mks.keyboard.swapAlt = TRUE

3.In you Win XP
Get KeyAssigner.exe from
http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Windows/softking/soft/tw/k/KeyAssigner.exe

Add mapping from CTRL to ALT and ALT to CTRL

It is done. Now you can use CTRL+V for paste and CTRL+C for copy on both Mac and XP.

Viola

Presentation Skills

1.The architecture should involve the parts which user are familiar with and other parts which you would like to introduce.
for example, if you want to introduce webcam driver, you should include the total flow diagram from Skype to usb web camera. Introduce each component involved.

For each operation involved, it should include what user does to skype, and what the effect is on webcam driver.

2.The relationship between each slide should be clear. From the brief flow intro to the detail of each function, there should be a clear relationship presented to the audience.

3.Slides design is same as the design of GUI. From Joel( Joel On software) famous book, the audience don't read any text on slides. They just see the picture ( even the lecturer too). It's important to illustrate every idea and even details by drawing.

How to change color or transparency settings of Visor?

1. Restart Leopard (important!!)
2. Don't do anything but open VTerminal
3. Open Visor
4. Right click on Visor, choose "Window Settings"
5. Do anything you want
6. Don't choose save as default setting, or your VTerminal will be very wide(as your Visor)