The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library (GMP) is a wonderful library. It offers arbitrary precision math in a relatively simple, easy-to-use package. It is currently used in kcalc as the core for all basic math operations. The only problem is, the error handling it offers, is broken by design.
Read More...The concept of a default browser on Linux is a complete mess. There doesn’t seem to be any central, agreed-upon method of defining what the default browser is. First, there is the $BROWSER environment variable. This seems like a good idea, it can be set globally, and on a per user basis. On the command line, all you need to do is type $BROWSER http://... and you on your way to the website of your choice. If only it were that easy…
I recently submitted a bug report to Qt software, the results were less than impressive. One thing I’d like to make clear though is that Qt is an amazing library that I would recommend to any c++ software developer, I truly mean that. It is well designed, well documented, and generally works as advertised. On top of all of this, it is portable! It really just gets better and better. This is why I found the handling of my bug report so… underwhelming.
Read More...Pretty much all of the popular browsers now support a “private browsing” mode. The whole concept of this mode is to prevent any history of your browsing activities from being recorded. The problem is that there are nothing forcing browser extensions to respect this mode of operation.
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