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Perl debugger tips and tricks

In the debugger:

• $DB::deep = 500 # prevent the warning "100 levels deep in subroutine calls!"
• {{v # display the code ahead after every step
• b Test::Something::App::Module::login # break at a particular subroutine in a specified module
• c # continue until the next breakpoint

Also remember that the debugger often provides extra stack trace information for 'untraceable' warnings or errors.

How to change a shape type in Visio

Install the "Super Utilities and Tools" add-in from Paul Herber's Sandrila Ltd.

Use the 'Shape | Substitute' command.

Create Eclipse project with existing files

• Have your workspace as the directory above the directory containing your files.
• Create the project with a name that is the same as your files directory.

The problem is, if there are lots of (unrelated) files, Eclipse will take a long time to load up.

There are other options, i.e.:

• Create a new folder
• Click the 'Advanced' button
• Link to an external folder

Shortcuts in Firefox 2

You can set up a shortcut keyword by

1. going to the properties of a bookmark in 'organize bookmarks',
2. putting a %s as the wildcard in the URL
3. setting a keyword for the shortcut

Then you can type the keyword and a wildcard in the address bar to load that url.

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Make Firefox 3 look like Firefox 2

From the neo-luddite department.

MySQL auto increment tip

TRUNCATE a table to reset its auto_increment number