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Slides + Manual + programs generated from single org-mode source

I’ve been working on maintaining lecture slides and a manual, by writing a single source org-mode file. From a single source I want to be able to generate different output PDFs, only changing a few switches : slides deck a … Continue reading

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Managing Python code with UTF-8 (french chars) in org-mode + babel + minted for LaTeX export

The goal of this article is to illustrate how to manage Python code which includes comments in UTF-8 characters inside a latin-1 source org-mode for LaTeX export. Note that I’ve pasted in wordpress the HTML generated by org-mode, so I … Continue reading

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Conférence “L’économie du logiciel libre et la percée d’OpenStack dans le cloud” le 27/03 à Évry

L’association Minet organise une conférence le 27/03 dans les locaux de Télécom SudParis et Télécom École de Management à Évry, qui promet d’être intéressante. Elle portera à la fois sur l’économie du logiciel libre et sur l’essort d’OpenStack dans le … Continue reading

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Python RDF example of a MySQL triple store thanks to redland/librdf

In a way similar to my previous post about persisting graphs in PostGreSQL in PHP, here’s similar examples for Python and MySQL. Note that you may need to adjust the MySQL table creation templates if you’re running librdf version 1.0.16 … Continue reading

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RDF development in PHP with a PostGreSQL triple store thanks to the LibRDF OO wrapper for redland/librdf

Redland/librdf offers powerful features like being able to persist an RDF model to a relational database (only PostGreSQL seems to work on my setup with 1.0.16, but I may have misconfigured it). You can then do SPARQL queries over the … Continue reading

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The Debian Package Tracking System now publishes Turtle RDF meta-data

The Debian PTS now speaks the Turtle representation format for the export of RDF meta-data about Debian source packages. Alongside HTML pages for humans, and the RDF/XML that had already been added to it this means that a new flavour … Continue reading

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A 30 minutes introduction to git

I’ve been looking for a set of slides that I could have reused to make a 30 minutes introduction to my colleagues at the computer science department. Finding none that would be suitable (i.e. including graphical examples and not only … Continue reading

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Presented “Generating Linked Data descriptions of Debian packages in the Debian PTS” at the Paris Mini DebConf

I have made a presentation at the Paris MinDebconf 2012 about the work I’ve done to bring more semantic meta-data to the Debian PTS (see previous posts). Here are my slides : Generating Linked Data descriptions of Debian packages in … Continue reading

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Debian Package Tracking System now produces RDF description of source packages

Here’s a second post on the subject of RDF descriptions for Debian source packages (see the previous post for some context). From now on, the Debian Package Tracking System (PTS) will produce, alongside HTML pages meant for humans, RDF pages … Continue reading

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Generating RDF description of Debian package sources with ADMS.SW

Edit : I’ve now managed to roll out my contribution which is now in production on packages.qa.debian.org. See a later post I’ve made on the subject, and beware that the generated RDF has changed a bit also. ADMS.SW proposes specifications … Continue reading

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How to manage and export bibliographic notes/refs in org-mode

I’ve felt the need to manage my bibliography with org-mode, allowing me to write drafts of papers while being able to keep a track of all the litterature I’ve read and published already. There are already many resources which explain … Continue reading

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Periodic notification of received mails processed by dovecot’s sieve

I’m using dovecot’s sieve to filter incoming mail into different folders. As this works in the backround (through fetchmail + procmail + dovecot’s deliver), I may not know that new mail is available until I check in Gnus or notmuch. … Continue reading

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