HTML5Boilerplate build script on windows with cygwin

I have been a fan of Paul Irish’s html5Boilerplate for some time now, and have used it on a number of projects, mainly on *nix boxes.

As I also have a number of sites that run on Windows Servers I wanted to give it a go on them, but as I have a hatred for cmd.exe, this page describes howto get the build script working through cygwin terminal.  Continue reading

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Installing Cygwin & the apt-cyg command

Cygwin, for me and many other *nix user, can make working in the windows environment bearable, at least once you have some stuff setup.

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Move from Xmonad to Gnome Shell

GNOME Shell

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Over the past fortnight I’ve re-installed Arch on a few boxes, mainly because my new workstation arrived and it prompted a clean out.  In an urge to get going ASAP I installed the gnome & gnome-extra packages and was really impressed with the new Gnome Shell.

As I have mentioned before, xmonad on vanilla X has been my Window Manager of choice for some 4 years now.  I’m not going to go into the details of why, but you can see this post if you’re interested.

However, being the keyboard & hotkey freak I am I’ve found it a little frustrating using the Shell, not to mention the damn GUI that is the only way to configure hotkeys, give me a text files any day.  So, how am I going to resolve these frustrations?
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Xmonad & Keyboard goodness

For sometime now I’ve been using the Xmonad Window Manager on a vanilla X install.   Thanks to MrElendig’s & BrisBin’s example config files for Xmonad & all the other bit’s & bobs, I’ve had a perfect setup for some 2/3 years.   Although, before that, the out-of-the-box set up is just as great.

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