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If your docker container hangs, or complains that no display is available, even though you have an xvfb-run entrypoint, you probably need a custom init handler:

# use custom init handler so that xvfb-run is executed properly
# alternatively use docker --init, but that doesnt work in k8s
ENV TINI_VERSION v0.19.0
ADD https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini /tini
RUN chmod +x /tini

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-- lunarvim uses lazy.vim for plugin management
-- lazy.vim works with vimscript plugins, but
-- need to use init, instead of config
lvim.plugins = {
  ...snip...
  {
    'wfxr/minimap.vim',
    init = function()
      vim.g.minimap_auto_start = 1
    end

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
Little script to compute the minimal oriented bounding box (OBB)
of a given mesh.

Takes inspiration from 
"Fast oriented bounding box optimization on the rotation group SO(3, R)"
from Chang et al. 2011, and adapts it to the python ecosystem.
"""

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import trimesh as tm
import numpy as np

def sorted_uniques(arr):
    """
    np.unique mangles the order of the original array, so that the resulting
    unique values are sorted. To keep them in the order of the original data,
    use this function.
    """
    uniques, uidxs, inverse = np.unique(arr, return_index=True, return_inverse=True)

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import numpy as np

def recover_6D_transform(pts_a, pts_b):
    """
    Returns least squares transform between the two point
    sets pts_a and pts_b: T_b2a (Arun et. al 1987)
    """

    assert np.shape(pts_a) == np.shape(pts_b), "Input data must have same shape"
    assert np.shape(pts_a)[1] == 3, "Expecting points as (N,3) matrix"

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ImportError: No module named catkin

generate_cached_setup.py:

try:
    from catkin.environment_cache import generate_environment_script
except ImportError:
    # search for catkin package in all workspaces and prepend to path
    for workspace in ''.split(';'):

python_path = os.path.join(workspace, 'lib/python3/dist-packages')

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What to do if Intellisense always hangs? Use clangd instead: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd

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rosversion roslaunch can't locate [roslaunch]

RLException: Invalid tag: Cannot load command parameter [rosversion]

You can't start a roscore anymore, because rosversion can't find roslaunch?

1. Try roscd <some_package> with a package you know you have installed.
2. If that doesn't work and if your ROS_ env variables are all set correctly, check rospack profile.
3. If that doesn't yield a list of directories like below, check if your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH contains a lone package.xml amidst the packages. For some reason, such a lone package.xml will prevent rospack from looking into the other folders, and thus it won't discover your installed modules.

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Following situation: You have your own CMake Library, that depends on nanogui (probably same for other libs)

$ tree
.
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── src
│   └── main.cpp
└── ext
 └── CustomLibrary

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VTK Struggle

fatal error: 'vtkExternalOpenGLRenderWindow.h' file not found

1. Edit CMakeCache.txt
2. Find Module_vtkRenderingExternal:BOOL=OFF
3. Change to Module_vtkRenderingExternal:BOOL=ON
4. run cmake. and all that jazz

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