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3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons Character Generator 4.8

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:32:47 +0000

3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons Character
Generator is an HTML/JavaScript Web page that
allows the user to quickly and easily create new
Dungeons and Dragons characters. The characters
can be of any of the eleven classes, any of the
playable races, and may start at any level from 1
to 220. Generation requires some simple input,
after which the character is displayed on a basic
character sheet. It allows you to select your
starting stats, add ability points, and pick
skills, equipment, feats, and spells. It runs on most
operating systems with most modern browsers.

Release Notes: This release adds the missing equipment item, whip.

Release Tags: Minor bugfixes

Tags: Games/Entertainment, Role-Playing

Licenses: GPL

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python, trying to write multiple variables to a file on single line

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:01:30 +0000

Trying to capture 2 variables from user input, then write them to a file on the same line.

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

# Get raw input from command line.

word1 = raw_input("Pick a noun: ")

word2 = raw_input("Describe it: ")

#Open txt file for writing

outfile = open('/python/EXAMPLES/simpletext.txt','w')

outfile.write('Running script\n') outfile.write(word1, word2)

Quote:

$ ./open-write-to-file.py
Pick a noun: cat
Describe it: is cool
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./open-write-to-file.py", line 9, in
outfile.write(word1, word2)
TypeError: function takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

outfile.write(‘Running script\n’)
words = word1 + word2
outfile.write(words)

Is as close as I got but the formatting isn’t right.

Would also like a space between selection, and a newline at the end.

Thanks

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dd_rescue 1.25

Oliverg — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000

dd_rescue copies data from one file or block device to another. It is intended for error recovery, so, by default, it doesn’t abort on errors, and doesn’t truncate the output file

Continued here:
dd_rescue 1.25

SPM (Simple Package Manager) 0.1.1-rev2

JiGreen — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:53:09 +0000

Simple Package Manager (SPM) is intended to operate in a way similar to existing package managers (apt, dpkg, Pacman, etc.). Instead of supporting a centralized package repository, SPM allows remote packages to be downloaded and installed automatically, given their URL. This allows a developer to package and distribute software via a package management system without having to worry about the many different formats and Linux distribution repositories.

See the original post here:
SPM (Simple Package Manager) 0.1.1-rev2

perl – strange behavior string decrement

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:10:02 +0000

Why does perl increment a string with behavior you might expect, but operates differently when decrementing:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

use warnings;
my $  abc = "abc";

print $ abc . "\n"; for my $ i (1..10) { print ++$ abc . " "; } print "\n"; for my $ i (1..10) { print --$ abc . " "; } print "\n";

Code:

$   ./string.pl 

abd abe abf abg abh abi abj abk abl abm 

-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10

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ultimix 1.5.180

WhitlingSaks326 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:59:43 +0000

Ultimix is a framework for developing Web-based applications (CMS, portals, ERPs, etc.) It includes multi-language support, permits management, an MVC mini framework, package structure, a template engine, a Javascript library, a simple GUI library, a caching system, and CAPTCHA. Release Notes: Errors in ‘jquery::jquery_corner’ and ‘gui::date_picker’ were fixed. A ‘utilities->detect_browser’ function, the ‘browser_markup’ package, a ‘for_browsers’ block, a ‘not_for_browsers’ block, and a ‘browser’ macro were added

Excerpt from:
ultimix 1.5.180

sl 1.0

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:51:00 +0000

sl is a commandline tool which organizes directories and points out interesting files. It can group by purpose to organize a large set of files and make them understandable, normalize filenames, properly order filenames with numbers, highlight important or recently changed files, classify file types by trailing characters, list information about certain files, filter out clutter, condense repetitive listings, lay out listings for visual clarity, provide warnings about problem files, and more.

Release Notes: This is the first freecode announcement.

Tags: Utilities, unix tool, directory display, information dashboard

Licenses: GPLv3

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Ubuntu 12.10 will bypass menus via predictive search

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:11:57 +0000

Canonical unveiled a search-oriented Head-Up Display (HUD) interface that will debut in Ubuntu 12.04. Aiming to reduce dependence on menus and eventually replace them with the help of gesture and voice interactions, HUD could find its way into future versions of Ubuntu designed for smartphones and TVs.
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TomP2P 4.0.5

mikp51 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:25:54 +0000

TomP2P is a P2P-based high performance key-value pair storage library.

Go here to see the original:
TomP2P 4.0.5

KDE 4.8 adds adaptive power management, new windowing tricks

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:04:42 +0000

Version 4.8 of the KDE desktop environment and software bundle was released, featuring improved, adaptive power management and new windowing layouts. KDE 4.8 is also faster and more stable, and offers new features like Qt Quick-based Plasma widgets and the KDE Telepathy IM framework, says the community.
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