Only one change in this version:
- fixed a bug where entering file offsets greater than 0xffffffff would result in changing the cursor to the wrong offset (it would wrap back to the beginning of the file).

I have just uploaded a new version of lfhex. You can grab it from the download link.

Changes:
- The binary comparison mode (-c command line option) is re-enabled (Thanks Roy Damman!)
- Fixed a bug if -NDEBUG is used (Thanks Guenther Brunthaler!)

It took me a little while longer to get some of the mundane issues sorted out (like changing from QPL to GPL to apease Qt 4.x licensing restrictions). But here it is!

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Life has been pretty hectic lately. But I am finally getting around to porting lfhex to Qt 4.0. This is my second 3.x to 4.x port and I have to say that it is a real pain. This one is made more difficult because I am also porting the build system to use qmake. It should be easy, but the source includes Flex/Bison source which only seems remotely supported by qmake.

I expect to finish the port and testing within the week!

Over the last couple years I have gotten hooked on photography. Digital in particular. If you take a ton of pictures eventually you realize you need a workflow and a way of managing the amount of data you are creating.

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Trouble getting your QPushButtons to be the size you really want? read on...

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I just posted a new version of Tonality. Only minor bug fixes and enhancements were added.

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I use PHP embedded in my Drupal content. This can cause problems with mod_security ("Internal server error", number 500).

The problem is that Drupal sends Edit content back to the server via the POST method. If your content has <?php> in it then it will probably get flagged as a security error.

If your hosting provider allows .htaccess overides then you can add lines to get arround the default rules. However, the security considerations are considerable. And as I have been recently reminded, I am not a security expert. Therefore instead of giving recomendations, here is the authoritative reference for mod_security.

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Most modern table widgets are displayed with alternating colors to help visually distinguish between rows.
Qt 4 makes this stoopid simple for you by providing QTableWidget::setAlternatingColors(). However in Qt 3.x you have to roll your own. Read on for discussion and sample implementation.

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I just uploaded a new version of kccmp. It supports building against Qt 3.x or Qt 4.x. Qt 4.x build also requires libboost_regex.
The default build is configured to be Qt 3.x.

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