Thomas Gossmann

Unicyclist. Artist. Developer.

  • On CSS Variables

    Since Firefox supports CSS variables in their nightly build (version 29), I recently tested CSS variables (View on dabblet). While the spec has changed over one and a half year ago to use the var-* syntax, Atkins Jr (spec author) also explains why. My first reaction when I first read about this, was the same…

  • First-class Composer support for Eclipse

    Today composer support for eclipse PDT is available. The project was originally created by Robert Gründler. In my fork I added an editor to manipulate the composer.json. We both made composer in a pdt a delicious experience. It ships with the following features: Full fledged composer.json editor Search on packagist.org from within eclipse Install / Update…

  • Installing OpenLDAP on Debian Squeeze with OLC

    There are a lot of tutorials out there, that tell you how to install ldap and set up its configuration. Since version 2.3 OpenLDAP has changed to a dynamic runtime configuration, also called OLC (OpenLDAP Configuration or On-Line Configuration) but tutorials barely exist. This tutorial should help you set up your OpenLDAP with this dynamic…