Download the update here and/or view the source code here.
The update fixes a crash-inducing bug in library code that you’d probably never notice, but it’s good to have at dealt with.
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pdfmaker 2.0.0 released
I’ve just released version 2.2.0 of pdfmaker. You can view the source code here, and download an installer package here.
You can now convert a PDF to a set of images.
For a more detailed post about pdfmaker, click here.
How to provide file icon thumbnails in macOS
Update My PreviewMarkdown app, which provides Markdown file previews and icon thumbnails in Catalins, is now available from the Mac App Store.
Providing content-based icon thumbnails in macOS Catalina follows the same pattern as generating file previews: QuickLook runs code from an app extension and calls a function within that code to draw the image that will be placed on the icon.
pdfmaker 1.1.0 released
I’ve just released version 1.1.0 of pdfmaker. You can view the source code here, and download an installer package here.
You can now select a single source file, not just a folder of files, and you specify the output PDF’s filename as part of the specified destination path, rather than separately (so the --name switch has been removed).
For a more detailed post about pdfmaker, click here.
How to program the Pebble smartwatch: Part 3
Update Pebble has released version 2 of its OS and this invalidates much of what follows, which was written for an earlier version of the OS.
As it stands, the app I created in Part 2 appears in the Pebble’s menu simply as a name, Ball, which is entered into the boilerplate PBL_APP_INFO created by the SDK’s create_pebble_project.py script. This also sets the app’s unique UUID, which you’ll see at the top of the file. You can also modify this to set the app’s version number and to add your name as author. But what’s really needed is a menu icon, and you can add one by editing the resource_map.json created for you in the /resources/src folder within the project folder.
How to program the Pebble smartwatch: Part 2
Update Pebble has released version 2 of its OS and this invalidates much of what follows, which was written for an earlier version of the OS.
In Part 1 we got our basic Pebble app up and running, but it doesn’t do very much. Let’s add some user interaction.
How to program the Pebble smartwatch: Part 1
Update Pebble has released version 2 of its OS and this invalidates much of what follows, which was written for an earlier version of the OS.
Pebble didn’t invent the smartwatch, but it has done more than most to bring this new product category to the attention of the world, largely thanks to its hugely successful and well-reported Kickstarter funding campaign.
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