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@vdavez
vdavez / docx2md.md
Last active April 21, 2024 20:05
Convert a Word Document into MD

Converting a Word Document to Markdown in Two Moves

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

The Solution

As it turns out, there are several open-source tools that allow for conversion between file types. Pandoc is one of them, and it's powerful. In fact, pandoc's website says "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." But, although pandoc can convert from markdown into .docx, it doesn't work in the other direction.

@kristopherjohnson
kristopherjohnson / Makefile
Last active March 14, 2024 20:42
Makefile that uses Pandoc to generate HTML, PDF, DOCX, etc. from Markdown source files
# Makefile
#
# Converts Markdown to other formats (HTML, PDF, DOCX, RTF, ODT, EPUB) using Pandoc
# <http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/>
#
# Run "make" (or "make all") to convert to all other formats
#
# Run "make clean" to delete converted files
# Convert all files in this directory that have a .md suffix
@PaulMougel
PaulMougel / client.js
Last active May 1, 2024 12:38
File upload in Node.js to an Express server, using streams
// node: v0.10.21
// request: 2.27.0
var request = require('request');
var fs = require('fs');
var r = request.post("http://server.com:3000/");
// See http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_new_stream_readable_options
// for more information about the highWaterMark
// Basically, this will make the stream emit smaller chunks of data (ie. more precise upload state)
var upload = fs.createReadStream('f.jpg', { highWaterMark: 500 });
@mobilemind
mobilemind / git-tag-delete-local-and-remote.sh
Last active April 30, 2024 23:36
how to delete a git tag locally and remote
# delete local tag '12345'
git tag -d 12345
# delete remote tag '12345' (eg, GitHub version too)
git push origin :refs/tags/12345
# alternative approach
git push --delete origin tagName
git tag -d tagName
@kyletolle
kyletolle / gist:9939366
Created April 2, 2014 17:51
RubyProf outline
RubyProf.start
# Code to profile...
result = RubyProf.stop
# Print a graph to an HTML file, sorted by time spend in children.
File.open('profile_output.html', 'w') do |file|
printer = RubyProf::GraphHtmlPrinter.new result
printer.print(file, sort_method: :children_time)
irb(main):002:0> require 'bigdecimal'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> v = BigDecimal("7.1762")
=> #<BigDecimal:7f8905213dc0,'0.71762E1',18(18)>
irb(main):004:0> v.truncate(2).to_s('F')
=> "7.17"
irb(main):005:0> w = BigDecimal("4.2")
=> #<BigDecimal:7f890522c5f0,'0.42E1',18(18)>
irb(main):006:0> w.truncate(2).to_s('F')
=> "4.2"
@krisbulman
krisbulman / countCSSRules.js
Last active August 25, 2022 19:53 — forked from psebborn/countCSSRules.js
Count the number of rules and selectors for CSS files on the page. Flags up the >4096 threshold that confuses IE. — This snippet has been modified to count more than just the first level of CSSStyleRule objects within CSSMediaRule.
function countCSSRules() {
var results = '',
log = '';
if (!document.styleSheets) {
return;
}
for (var i = 0; i < document.styleSheets.length; i++) {
countSheet(document.styleSheets[i]);
}
function countSheet(sheet) {
@yohhoy
yohhoy / ffmpeg_tb.md
Last active April 10, 2023 07:36
time-base in FFmpeg

https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/dump_8c_source.html#l00454

  • fps = st->avg_frame_rate
  • tbr = st->r_frame_rate
  • tbn = st->time_base
  • tbc = st->codec->time_base

AVStream::avg_frame_rate

Average framerate.

  • demuxing: May be set by libavformat when creating the stream or in avformat_find_stream_info().
  • muxing: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
require 'rails_helper'
RSpec.describe TodosController, :type => :controller do
describe "GET #index" do
#describe "POST #create" do
#describe "GET #show" do
#describe "PATCH #update" do (or PUT #update)
#describe "DELETE #destroy" do
#describe "GET #new" do
@mikepack
mikepack / 1_inheritance.rb
Last active August 29, 2015 14:07
5 Composition Techniques
class Animal
def run
puts 'running'
end
end
Animal.new.run #=> running
class Wolf < Animal
def follow_pack