Tag: script

  • Elisp function to hide unittest in dlang

    Here is a small snippet for emacs hide-show mode that quickly folds all unittest blocks.

  • Embedding Python in C#

    Disclaimer: I don’t know C#. Take any line of code you see below with a grain of salt. I have developed a USB based device. Now I have to provide a driver for it to the client (actually another developer team). Device is actually based on USB UART but we have a slightly complex protocol […]

  • Don’t use SessionAsync

    If you are trying to write a Cinnamon extension/applet and having this error when trying to parse some data that you have fetched via Soap.SessionAsync: Failed to convert UTF-8 string to JS string: Invalid byte sequence in conversion input Using Soap.Session instead of Soap.SessionAsync may solve your problem. I’ve encountered this problem when working with […]

  • makestmlib is Now A Part of KiPart

    makestmlib.py script hat I’ve introduced in a previous post is now a part of KiPart. KiPart is a tool to automatically create KiCad symbols from CSV files. It has its own format for this but support for other formats can be easily added. So I did that. You can install KiPart via pip. And here […]

  • Fix the sticky top navigation bars on websites

    I hate sticky top navigation bars (what are they actually called?)! I just hate them. If I wanted to reach your search bar or wanted to switch to homepage I can press the `Home` button and I’m at top. Or I can flick my smooth scrolling wheel and I’m there. Or I just click my […]

  • Script for creating KiCad symbols for STM32 MCUs

    ST has recently released a tool for creating projects for STM32 mcu’s called STM32CubeMX . This tool also allows you to plan your pin layout for a selected MCU part. Using the interface you see below, you can select pin features and configuration. You can also label the pins as you desire. After you plan […]

  • PCB back annotation in KiCAD with Python

    KiCAD already provides a tool to automatically annotate your schematics before moving on to PCB. But I prefer to to annotate my components according to their PCB position. That makes it easier to locate a certain component when you have PCB on your hand and schematic is open in the computer screen. Some tools such […]

  • Script to Install Debian Packages as a Group

    This is a python script to install debian packages as a group. This will allow you to remove the packages you don’t need easily when you want to clean your system. When you install a package using `apt-get` it will mark all packages that are installed as it’s dependencies as “automatically installed”. When an “automatically […]