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It’s been a while since I last put any news on this page, so I thought I’d do a quick update:

• Number one priority for me is getting nprof building with NAnt. This makes it easier for me to release new versions, and less likely to put them off. :)
• Number two priority is fixing some of the numbers within the profiler that are supposed to be showing percentages, but are showing decimals instead.
• Number three priority is fixing the VS.NET integration once and for all. When I first wrote the code, I didn’t really understand how to do it properly. I think I’ll still go for launching VS.NET windows externally, but I might switch to an external process call to get around some of the strange focus issues.
• Other priorities are currently undecided. Feel free to send your input.

There’s been some external developer interest in the project as well. I’ll let everyone know if we pick up some extra development hands.

I’ve started a project to integrate the Bugzilla bug tracking system with Visual Studio .NET.  So far, I’ve managed to get a “quick query” window in Visual Studio, as well as synchronization for server-side saved searches with the Task List window.  This should help make bug lists more available for anyone using both VS.NET and Bugzilla.  My plan is to put it up on Sourceforge, but I haven’t had a chance yet. 

I wonder if I can get Dave Winer to start pushing more user-friendly RSS with XSL.  I would like to see someone collect a library of XSL transformations for RSS/RSS2.0 and Atom that can handle pretty much any valid feed.  Would this be a better way to softly introduce visitors to RSS?

It seems as if x0rfbserver is no longer around.  I’m not sure the program was really supported by its author, so it’s no surprise.  Fortunately, a number of replacements have popped up!

So, for a fantastic replacement application, try x11vnc by Karl Runge.  I managed to get this installed and running with virtually no effort.  It uses the fantastic libvncserver library to do its magic.  Just make sure that you have the requirement libraries, headers and source (libjpeg-devel, zlib-devel and XFree86-devel) available.

Starting it is just a matter of running the x11vnc executable.  For anyone looking for VNC for an existing X11 session, I highly recommend this program.

I’ve added permalinks for all of my articles, as well as commenting for most of the pages within this site (the news pages themselves being one exception).  This means that you can now comment on the various coding projects I’ve worked on.