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no AJAX?

Yudhi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:14:57 +0000

I thought by AJAX you meant we have some kind of asynchronous javascript request to some server, sending some data to a back-end server or retrieving some data from the back-end server.. Do you know a tutorial that could show us how to do some AJAX from inside a PDF page?

Plug and play

Michael Geary — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:09 +0000

I didn’t use any drivers on the Mac Mini - I just plugged in the single USB connector from the TrackPoint keyboard and everything works - the TrackPoint as well as the keyboard itself.

Be sure you get the new Lenovo ThinkPad keyboard - it’s greatly improved over the old one and cheaper too.

The part number is 55Y9003 which you can Google to find sources for the keyboard.

IBM USB Keyboard w/ Trackpoint Device on the Mac Mini

Thomas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:00:15 +0000

Hi, I just bought a Mac Mini and I want to use the IBM USB Keyboard with Trackpoint device. You said it works for you. Did you just plug the keyboard in to a USB port on the Mini and it worked automatically? Or did you have to do something more, e.g. use the installer cd that comes with the keyboard, or download drivers from the net, or something else? Any info you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Best news interview...

Ro C — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:16:53 +0000

Oh my gosh, this is HYSTERICAL! A true-life Being There!

KVMs

RS — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:09 +0000

These keyboards are wonderful, but they do have one serious limitation for me…KVMs. There’s only one USB cable coming from the keyboard, and it combines mouse and keyboard information. Most KVM switches proxy the real keyboard and so if you plug your trackpoint keyboard in to the keyboard slot of the KVM, you lose the mouse…if you plug into the mouse port, you lose the keyboard. The only thing that worked for me was to get a KVM that does USB peripheral switching too (I used an IOGear GCS1734 (or some earlier version of that)…this worked but the hotkeys for switching won’t work so you’re stuck with the buttons on the KVM. Supposedly some very new KVMs may be able to handle this situation correctly (same problem exists for multimedia and wireless keyboards), but I have not tried it out.

RSS & JSON

jQuery Convert — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:38:29 +0000

I would also recommend lightweight syntex highlighter called “prettyprint” used on Google Code. It is lightweight and looks very clean.

Regarding this post. I came across it while searching for RSS to JSON converter plugin for jQuery. I thought I would share it here with everybody. The great thing about it is that you don’t need to setup any server-side scripts. All you need is a jQuery.js file. Everything is done on client side leveraging Google Feeds API.

Here is an example from original post:

Hi

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Function key?

Visitor — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:38:17 +0000

I currently use one of the thinkpad keyboards you linked to and I’m thinking of getting a Mac Mini and using a KVM switch to switch between it and my PC. Your key mapping is good information but do you use the Function key on the ThinkPad keyboard for anything? Does the Mac Mini recognize the function key as anything? Also, could you use the page back and page forward keys near the arrow keys for anything? Any input would be helpful. Thanks!

Invoke pdf embedded Javascript from C#.NET

Jason — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:21 +0000

Hi Michael,

I’m working on a C#.NET desktop application which creates pdf files. The files are generated by populating pre-existing pdf templates. These templates contain document level javascript. My question, how do I invoke the embedded document level javascript from my C#.NET desktop application? I’ve been studying the Adobe SDK, etc but haven’t had any luck with the actual implementation. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks!

Maybe in the core now, but...

Julian — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:18:29 +0000

… the core implementation have some serious limitations.

I made jquery-jsonp to deal with them.

Mouse click

Zoltan Till — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:13:01 +0000

Michael, This is a great tool, but I didn’t find the click, double click and right click options. Can you help me? TIA, Zoltan

nudge? tickle? thx!

steve — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:45:54 +0000

nudge? tickle? thx!

Could we have a JSON

English — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:56:16 +0000

Could we have a JSON subtitle format in unicode, rather than the current bulky method of storing chinese characters as images??

both

Visitor — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:49:47 +0000

well it would be nice if most laptops had BOTH mouse pad and track point. i see your point about the trackpoint. I used to have one on my old computer until the screen burnt out, the hard drive became toast (with peanut butter on it)and i ripped it up for fun. i got a used laptop from a relative. it had JUST a mousepad. my old computer (ibm thinkpad [used to be my dad’s]) had a trackpoint ONLY. it is not so easy adjusting. i gota MOVE my hand over. too much wasted time. just like a regular mouse, but more annoying. my mom got a refurbished dell computer that had BOTH mousepad and trackpoint. it was awesome cause she let me use it and she was used to a regular mouse plugged into usb anyway and used a usb mouse or the mousepad. anyway, u should invent your own pointing device. would be nice. i would totally buy it under certain circumstances.

TRACKPOINT

Mr. Gerbeck — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:37:43 +0000

Trackpoint is people have to get down to business on their laptops for at least a couple of hours. I prefer the trackpoint to a mouse. It makes so much sense: you keep your hands on the keyboard.