⚂ Make frequent backups!
It came to my attention that no one published a user defined language mode for Notepad++ that would allow you to view BB code tags in the editor relatively comfortably, so I decided to correct that omission by publishing mine.
As far as technical details go, there isn't anything of particular complexity here - various tags are defined as delimiters and URLs use the same trick that the built-in Markdown UDL uses.
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This is a small note that I have made a quick Haxe variant of the first part of my "small guide on writing interpreters". You can see an interactive Haxe-JS demo above, and find the Haxe source code on GitHub.
I was randomly asked whether I was going to write a summary-of-the-year post or anything, and I thought "sure, why not", and proceeded to spend a day doing that.
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FontForge comes with two scripting systems - largely-regular Python and an unnamed scripting language that uses the extension .PE.
While the documentation advices to prefer Python scripting where possible, it is still nice to be able to read the existing PE scripts easier.
This User Defined Language for Notepad++ aids with that, adding folding and syntax highlighting for built-in functions and variables of the scripting language.
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A collection of answers on identity subjects.
Originally published in 2019, updated in 2022.
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Script in action. See: Full-sized version; that wallpaper
If you have a display-less Wacom tablet (Wacom One/Intuos/etc.) and a large enough monitor (or monitors), mapping screen space to tablet can be a bit bothersome. But that can be fixed.
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My online multiplayer mod for Caveblazers was released last week[1]!
You can download it via Steam
for free if you own the game.
This is a post about how that went.
Continue readingSometimes people ask me what programming languages I know / started with / have worked with in past, so this is a small post about that that I could link later.
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Finally getting to the important features
As you might have noticed, things are suddenly slightly different - the blog's design suddenly looks a little less 2012, big posts get a "table of contents" widget, and there's a dark theme switch!
In this post I take a look back on how my website originally came to life and how it changed over time.
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(artwork by Justin Chan)
So it has come to this - Nuclear Throne update 99 releases today! (also see AMA on subreddit)
For me it's even slightly more remarkable, as I did additional programming for this update.
This blog post outlines my involvement, changes, and answers some common questions.