How to handle Proxy PAC configuration with Qt

This article was originally written on another blog. That blog was never officially published, and it will probably never be. It was written on the 3rd of June 2010, but is still “somewhat important” and relevant. Since the post was published, Richard Moore <rich @linux…fpb.site> has done a commit in the Qt examples directory that resamples very closely my code below. So, I decided to repost it here. Qt and Proxy Configuration What’s great of Qt, is that it comes with a very rich set of libraries to cover almost everything you can think of. As a Qt developer, you should always double check the Documentation first, to see if “it’s already there”, before jumping into coding. It saves tons of time. ...

March 20, 2011 Â· 6 min Â· 1068 words

Making Bloggart Sidebar more Flexible

Bloggart from Nick Johnson is great. I think I made it clear that I love it (there hasn’t been a post so far with a mention about it). But it has some “shortcoming”: bits that a person like me, coming from Wordpress, always wishes were there. But no worries, we can always tune Bloggart: it’s the great part of Open Source after all. Nice Branching Metaphor In fact, at github.com/detro/bloggart you can find my branch of Bloggart, where I’m gradually pushing the new functionality I want/need. ...

September 9, 2010 Â· 1 min Â· 179 words