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SISC Scheme on Android's Dalvik VM

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:30:00 GMT

I managed to invoke REPL on Android's Dalvik VM. I encountered a number a problems, but amazingly I managed to get the REPL to instantiate and manipulate a Java class that ships with the Android OS.

As far as I know, this is the first time that anyone has managed to get a Scheme implementation to run on Android

Read this tutorial if you want to find out how I did it.

XSL Stylesheet for GEDCOM 5.5 XML

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:19:00 GMT

I just released a XSL stylsheet that can be applied to a GEDCOM 5.5 XML document. It will produce an XSL-FO stylesheet that can in turn be converted by fop into a pdf document. The PDF resembles forms produced by ProGenealogist.com.

For more information:

ged55XMLtoFamilyForm.xsl

Using XSLT to Fix lyX's Docbook XML

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:02:00 GMT

lyX is currently my favorite text editor, especially when it comes to writing software documentation. LyX's support for Docbook XML is slightly cludgy, though, because the application is really designed to help create LaTex documents. I have written a tutorial on how to use lyX to produce Docbook XML which can be transformed into XHTML or PDF documents. This tutorial shows how to leverage XML technologies, such as XSL, to create customized versions of Docbook XSL stylesheets that fix some of lyX's Docbook problems. The tutorial can be read here.

Ruby Script to Download Google Account Contacts

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:07:00 GMT

I have just released a Ruby Script that will download your Google Contacts using their Contacts API.

downloadGoogleContacts.rb

Enjoy!

Usplash Debian Swirl

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:31:00 GMT

I am pleased to announce the release of a Usplash screen branded for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution

Usplash Debian Swirl

GEDCOM 5.5 XML

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:07:00 GMT

I am pleased to announce the release of an XML schema describing GEDCOM 5.5 XML

GEDCOM 5.5 XML RELAX NG/Schematron Schema