Dave Yost - Computers

• aliaslinks - An enhancement over alias files, incorporating BSD compatibility
• shebang header - a general purpose shebang-file syntax extension
• Some unix commands
  • compileAndGo - a shebang header command that allows compiled-language source code to act like a script.
  • Easier, safer backup
  • my d command line program to run make and other commands in the background with output to a file. Highly-refined over years.
  • yostupload command line program to upload part of your web site with absolute minimum hassle
  • mvredir command line program to mv html files and leave behind a redirect pages
  • mkredir command line program to make redirect pages
  • diffinteractive - Run your favorite visual diff program on some of the files flagged by diff -rq.
• Java
  • javago - Java compile and go
  • Extending Java finally to allow access to the Throwable.
  • netbeans-nightly - A script to install the latest NetBeans nightly build with add-in modules merged in.
• Mac stuff
  • A shell script to reveal files and folders in the Finder
  • probecheck - a shell script to check for security breach attempts
  • Mac OS X Dock caching - a UI design proposal
• HTML
  • HTML printing problems
  • HTML 4.0 special characters - test files
  • Apache redirect to support multiple names for the same web site
  • Some web page tricks
• User interface
  • Line-wrap display in text editors - a visualization design.
  • Mac OS X Dock caching - a UI design proposal
  • Perspective Transformation Tool, a design for a Photoshop feature I would like to see
• An Opensource License
• Dave Yost Serial Device Wiring Standard - the hack that won’t die
• Ascend Pipeline 75 telephone problems (retired)
• How I would like the Mac OS X Dock to work (retired)
• My ISP / WSP Desiderata (retired)
• Sound - compression (retired)

Things I like

• ISO 8601, the date and time representation standard, e.g. 2000-10-05

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http://Yost.com/Computers/ - this page
1997-08-11 Created
2010-11-06 Modified
2014-06-10 fixed link to reveal/index.html
2016-06-29 fixed link to ISO 8601