From A Distance

extract filename from a full path string easily returns the filename component of a path with the built-in PHP basename() function. Useful for splitting a string path to get the filename. Platforms: Windows, *nix, PHP, BSD

CSMV calculates distances from a given set of points to a set of linear segments SYNOPSIS: [squared_distances_to_segments I]=csmv(P,R,Q,to_plot) [squared_distances_to_segments I]=csmv(P,R,Q,...) INPUT P,R : arrays of coordinates of 2n segment endpoints (i.e., if there are n segments considered in... Platforms: Matlab

This function can extract a inner function from a class or a function. It may be useful when writing a unit test code. Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

The fastest way to remove duplicates from a sequence depends on some pretty subtle properties of the sequence elements, such as whether they're hashable, and whether they support full comparisons. This script defines the unique() function that tries three methods, from fastest to slowest,... Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

sel_and_del Interactively select and delete points from a line object using mouse input. Left-click selects the point closest to the click and Right-click unselects it. The selected points are highlighted with a black square. The selection process is stopped by hitting any keyboard key when the... Platforms: Matlab

A "stereogram" is a picture where you normally see only a pattern, but when you squint or look at it from a distance, you will see another image appear in 3 Dimensions. Bigle 3D is a stereogram generator or SIS (Single Image Stereogram) to create your own stereograms. The wizard interface guides... Platforms: Windows

Z Cinéma provides a large format display for viewing your track information and speaker settings from a distance. This display will show automatically when you make changes to speaker settings using the remote control. To show this display temporarily, press the display button on the remote... Platforms: Windows, Windows Vista, 7

Storing modules in a central location, which are used by remote, seperate clients has obvious benefits. This script describes a method by which modules can be fetched from a remote server and compiled into bytecode modules which are used by the client. Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

Mesh Viewer is an easy to use lightweight application to display triangular meshes from a variety of file formats (see 3D formats). Mesh Viewer uses the OpenGL API to render the models. The program was born under the need for quickly displaying reconstructed triangulated meshes. The Mesh Viewer... Platforms: *nix

EPM package is a free UNIX software/file packaging program that generates distribution archives from a list of files. EPM Can: - Generate portable script-based distribution packages complete with installation and removal scripts and standard install/uninstall GUIs. - Generate "native"... Platforms: *nix

SRESI is a smart bookmarks manager: from a list of tagged bookmarks, it can generate an exhaustive tree or a portal, where each bookmark is at every place in the hierarchy you can expect to find it, and with absurd branches absorbed back in their saner versions. An import function is provided... Platforms: *nix

Big Analog Clock... There are lots of clocks for Dashboard, but pretty much all of them are very small, which isnNt suited for a Media Mac, where youNre looking at the clock from a couple of feet away in your sofa. Big Clock is a 400 pixels wide clock that is easily visible from across the room. Platforms: Mac

Big Digital Clock... There are lots of clocks for Dashboard, but pretty much all of them are very small, which isnNt suited for a Media Mac, where youNre looking at the clock from a couple of feet away in your sofa. Big Digital Clock is easily seen from across the room in your sofa. Platforms: Mac

This procedure reads through a file of unknown size once, returning a random line from the file. Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

This script is a very basic example of how to launch an editor from inside a program. Platforms: Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

This document attempts to give a hands-on description on how to make a DLL from a controller built in Simulink. This makes it possible to develop advanced controllers in Simulink, and then use them from an arbitrary application. Persons with knowledge in the C programming language should have no... Platforms: Matlab

WeatherFacti displays a personalized XML feed from weather.com, weatherfacti. Inspired by Will Ballantyne - facti.net, this module features automatic IP to city detection. From the first visit the web viewer will see a location specific weather report. Later on, the user will be able to... Platforms: PHP

Geo::Inverse is a Perl module to calculate geographic distance from a lat & lon pair. SYNOPSIS use Geo::Inverse; my $obj = Geo::Inverse->new(); # default "WGS84" my ($lat1,$lon1,$lat2,$lon2)=(38.87, -77.05, 38.95, -77.23); my ($faz, $baz, $dist)=$obj->inverse($lat1,$lon1,$lat2,$lon2);... Platforms: *nix

A-PDF Label is a simple, lightning-fast and powerful desktop utility program that Batch add formatted dynamic Label fields (mailing label) such as Name, Address, City to custom PDF templates (such as in form letters, on envelopes, business card, name badge and so on) for printing, The Label... Platforms: Windows, XP, Windows Vista, 7

create array from comma separated list script uses the PHP Explode() command to create an array from a comma separated list.By changing the delimiter you can convert tab separated, newline separated, etc... Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, PHP, BSD Solaris