In my last post I showed you how to create your own searchable index of ABAP source code using Ruby in conjunction with the Ferret and saprfc extensions. Today I am going to show you a hugely improved version that will reduce the indexing time and give you a nicer search interface. (Amazingly, this whole thing came in rather handy for me in the last week!)
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Improved ABAP Source Code Search
June 19th, 2009Custom ABAP source search with saprfc and Ferret
June 12th, 2009Today we are going to build our own search engine to search through ABAP source code on an SAP system using our favourite language – Ruby! (With the help of some nice libraries). Sure, there is the “Find in source code” option in SE38, and apparently you can use TREX as well, but this is much more fun.
UPDATE (19 June 2009): Refer to the next post for an improved version of the solution.
Something nice for FL Studio users
May 18th, 2009When I left Windows, one of the things I left behind was FL Studio. Not that I was an avid user of FL Studio. Nor did I manage to create anything nice with it. But I paid money for it, and because they offered free lifetime updates, I thought I would really miss it. Not anymore. Read the rest of this entry »
To Detail … Fanatical Attention
May 13th, 2009I took my car in for a service yesterday, and because there was nothing to read and because I was told I would have to wait an hour for the driver to take me to work, I took to reading the signs around me. This one was so good that I had to take a picture. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo manger with movie clip support in Linux
April 1st, 2009If you were hoping I was going to tell you where or how to get a photo manager for Linux with movie clip support, I have some bad news for you: there is no such thing. But there could be. You can help make it a reality by voting for the following idea: Read the rest of this entry »
Desktop which behaves like a file manager
April 1st, 2009I’ve recently discovered something quite addictive. It is Ubuntu Brainstorm, a think tank where the community can help shape the development of Ubuntu by providing ideas on how they think things should work. It’s nice to sit and watch the votes on your ideas and solutions. I guess it’s like placing bets on racehorses (not that I would know from experience).
REBOL and what could be
March 10th, 2009After dismissing REBOL as an amusing diversion, I have over the last few days started looking at it again, after seeing a reference to it in a post by why the lucky stiff. And if someone with why’s standing in the community says it’s cool, it must be, right?
More handy/useless ABAP info
January 15th, 2009Though it’s been a while, I feel I have to start the new year with something, just so you don’t think I have fallen off the planet. This time we look at another feature of ABAP, which you may call on one day when faced with a life-threatening situation deep in the African jungle, where only this piece of knowledge can save you, and you’ll be glad you read this post.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to the rescue!
December 10th, 2008I did a dumb thing on my workstation: I disjoined it from the domain and joined a workgroup; an irreversible change that left me stranded without a way to log back in after rebooting. Fortunately, there is a great tool/utility called the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor.
L is for Learner
November 20th, 2008I’m going to stick a big red L on my computer (for “Learner”, not for “Loser”). Whenever we’re driving and I get frustrated because we’re behind a slow learner, my wife always says: “You also had to start somewhere”. She’s right. So what brought this on? Read the rest of this entry »