Sam's Blog » Tips & Tricks http://blog.280z28.org Because it's easier than editing the HTML by hand. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ANTLR integration in Visual Studio http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2008/10/25/ http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2008/10/25/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:16:33 +0000 280Z28 http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2008/10/25/ I put up a tech preview of the tool I wrote to help with my language services development. It’s a basic ANTLR v3 language service that integrates into Visual Studio 2005 and/or 2008. While it doesn’t have the feature set of, say, ANTLRworks, it’s still proven extremely useful for my development tasks. If you are following my articles on developing Visual Studio language services built on ANTLR, you may find it helpful. The main page for the project is here:
http://wiki.pixelminegames.com/index.php?title=Tools:nFringe:Antlr

And a list of features with screenshots is here:
http://wiki.pixelminegames.com/index.php?title=Tools:nFringe:Antlr:Features

Syntax highlighting and Quick Info Parser rules dropdown

]]> http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2008/10/25/feed/ 3 Root folders revisited http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/11/18/ http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/11/18/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:55:02 +0000 280Z28 http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/11/18/ When I know I’m going to be working in a particular folder for a long time, I find it really convenient to open that folder in a rooted explorer window while I work. I added a command to the explorer context menu to open a subfolder in a rooted window. It’s nothing spectacular but very convenient at times. Here’s the registry tweak and a screenshot:

Root Folder Here

]]> http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/11/18/feed/ 0 Your Start menu is too slow http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/03/12/ http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/03/12/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:57:47 +0000 280Z28 http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/03/12/ Every once in a while I run across a new piece of software and think to myself “Why have I never seen this before??” Today was one of those days.

This is by far the most efficient program launching method for Windows I’ve ever used (spare the alternate OS comments kthx)!

After you install it, press Alt+Spacebar to bring up the launcher, and all of your start menu items/IE favorites/Firefox bookmarks are just a few keystrokes away.

Launchy Homepage

Launchy screenshot

]]> http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/03/12/feed/ 0 Browse your documents faster and easier with a Root Folder http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/02/11/ http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/02/11/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:29:54 +0000 280Z28 http://blog.280z28.org/archives/2007/02/11/ A Windows Explorer “root folder” shortcut allows you to open a folder as if it’s the only thing on your computer, so to say. When I’m working on schoolwork, I open the shortcut for my school documents folder so I’m not hassled by one of my work folders, etc, etc.

These folders are also very fast, often much faster than just browsing via the My Computer or My Documents links (ESPECIALLY if you have any mapped network drives!!).

You can try one yourself in just 2 minutes to see if you like it. This 62 second video shows step-by-step directions for setting one up for use.

http://www.280z28.org/downloads/rootfolders.wmv

Windows Explorer root folder view

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