Category Archives: Hacking

All the Old Showstoppers

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

okay, new rule1: it’s okay to install a GObject property like this: pspec = g_param_spec_string (“title”, “Title”, “The title of the item”, NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE); g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_TITLE, pspec); instead of the usual way you see in other GObject-based libraries, where … Continue reading →

Posted in C, glib, Hacking, rants | 10 Comments

In the Mood

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

well, I failed at blagging each day of the User Experience hackfest, but mostly because of the sheer amount of discussions, designs and work done. during the first common session on monday we all decided to split off into four … Continue reading →

Posted in boston, clutter, conference, GNOME, hackfest | 9 Comments

Flying Teapot

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

final checks and the usual ohmygodwhycan’tIfindanything mode before I take the flight to Boston for the User Experience hackfest organized by Owen, Federico and Vincent. Neil and I will be talking about Clutter, what it does, and what it can … Continue reading →

Posted in conference, GNOME, hackfest, travel | 1 Comment

Shiny

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

courtesy of Ulisse Perusin, Tweet now has a rocking icon. since 0.2 has been released, I’ve also added: a status icon to show error messages and the number of new statuses inside a tooltip; when clicking on it, it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Hacking, tweet | 9 Comments

Pogo Stick

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

apparently, some people — and I’m looking at you, Pippin — said that the Tweet repository is hard to find: you actually have to search in my blog. well, not anymore: Tweet on GNOME Live complete with a screenshot of … Continue reading →

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Road to Somewhere

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

well, after eating my dog food for a while, it seems that Tweet is starting to get more useful. first of all, now Tweet has an authentication dialog which allows you to enter your username and password the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in C, clutter, fun, Hacking, tweet | 3 Comments

Some Things Come From Nothing

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

json-glib: 0.6 is out! please: download it, test it, use it. as far as I know, it has been packaged for Debian unstable, and has entered the NEW queue (kudos to Rob Bradford, esquire and fine gentleman). debian: with the … Continue reading →

Posted in clutter, conference, crack, git, Hacking, json-glib | 2 Comments

Sincerest Forms of Flattery

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

tidy: they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: the actual amount of code is quite small, and it’s already available in Tidy. challenges: Luca dared me into making a Clutter-based coverflow-like plugin for Rhythmbox, but it was … Continue reading →

Posted in announce, clutter, fun, GNOME | 3 Comments

Good Intentions/2

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

gtk+: I’ve been working again on the RecentManager and in trunk you’ll see some new stuff, namely: use GIO to determine the MIME type of a URI, on every platform supported use the file monitoring API to avoid polling the … Continue reading →

Posted in C, clutter, crack, developer, glib, GNOME, gtk, Hacking, json-glib | 8 Comments

Being Luis Villa

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Emmanuele Bassi

iain‘s right: this is funnier than the history meme.

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