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    regex content between multiple tags

    i have an xml segment which looks like this: <s xml:id="X">Some text.</s><s xml:id="Y">Some other text.</s><s xml:id="Z">Some other text.</s> I am new to regular expressions, but I would like to match the text between s tags. I've tried with: (<s.+>).+</s> which is a good...
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    safari vs. firefox on javascript window.event

    i don't know what i'm going wrong -- my code works in safari, but not in firefox. i was wondering if someobdy could help me track down the problem. i have a function which ought to split normal clicks from alt-clicks.. and process them differently. fine. so i have something like <a...
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    how to import rss feeds from netnewswire into safari

    how can one import all of one's rss feeds from netnewswire into safari? tench
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    what to do when mail import hangs

    mail 2 is importing my old messages, it starts ok, but then it hangs on "imported 597 of 6563 messages". it can't get beyond this point, and the time remaining simply starts increasing (now it's up to 8 hours!) i saw another thread here about how to import manually -- but that is for those...
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    Amazon's A9 interface

    hi, i've been looking for a detailed explanation/deconstruction of amazon's search portal www.a9.com but couldn't find it. Does anybody know if it has been analysed? I can see that it's javascript based, but i'd like to learn more. i very much like the slidable columns and optional...
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    windows XP in virtual pc does NOT connect to internet

    HI! i've installed virtual PC with windows xp in order to be able to test web sites with internet explorer. but i can't get the windows ie to connect to the internet. i have a netgear wireless router that has filtering enabled, so i checked the MAC address of my windows machine and...
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    applescript system events broken?

    weird, weird, weird. my applescript which uses system events stopped working. i tried a newer, simpler one, only to discover that keystroking with system events now is completely on drugs -- it turns every character into an "a" except for numbers. so: display dialog "hello" -- works...
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    mod_rewrite and virtual hosts

    Hi guys. I am having a serious problem with mod_rewrite on OS 10.3.3 running Apache. Basically, I had a nice set up working on my web hosting provider's server, but I had to replicate the set up on my laptop in order to present it at a meeting, where no internet connection will be available...
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    applescript to close and trash topmost document

    hi, i was wondering if anybody has seen an applescript that can close the topmost file and move it to trash? i often find myself downloading a file (.pdf, .doc or .mp3), looking at it and deciding i don't need to keep it. it's a pain in the neck to have to close it manually, find it in...
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    sidebar menu that adjusts its position

    i have noticed on several websites a type of sidebar menu that adjusts its position as you scroll down the page so that it is always the same distance from the top of the page -- but it's position is not fixed... i am not very good at explaining what it is, but here's an example...
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    who's using my wireless and how to prevent it

    i have a wireless network set up at home with netgear mr 314 wireless router. how can i check if somebody else is using my network to access the internet? what's the easiest way of setting up a password that would prevent that? (airpot adim utility seems to be working only with the...
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    javascript screen.availWidth problem

    i need to position a javascript popup in the upper right corner of the screen, for which I am using screen.availWidth <script type = "text/javascript"> function examplespop(url){ var position = screen.availWidth-700; window.open(url, "Example Search", "width=700, height=900...
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    css kerining (letter-spacing) question

    i have a problem that i need to resolve with css. displaying some text from db, i get strings which represent verb stems and endings, i.e. something like lik|e (-ed, -ing) i.e. there's a vertical separator character which marks off the end of the verb stem in the first word, so that the...
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    PHP recipe for mysql db dictionary-like lookup?

    Hi there. I was wondering if you knew of any PHP recipe/tutorial out there that could teach somebody who doesn't know much PHP to use it to look up and display mySQL records on a web page. To be more precise, I want to be able to learn how to write a PHP script which will work like this...
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    mysqldump from terminal

    i am trying to get the xml dump of a mysql database on my localhost. and i'm trying to get it through terminal. my db is ok, i can select and display records, it's all fine, but every time i do: mysqldump --xml xmlprep; I get: "You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual...
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    XSL navigation

    Hi. I am writing an xsl file for a TEI lite xml doc. The xml doc contains chapters of a book, something along the lines of: <body> <divGen type="toc"> <div1 type="chapter" n="1"> <head>Blah-blah</head> <p> text... text... text. </p> <p> text... text... text. </p> ... </div1> ...
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    CSS question

    I discovered a really cool page describing how to use css instead of frames, including fixed footers and headers. For the page, click here. The problem is, however, that if the content is shorter than in the example page, the content area does NOT stretch between the header and footer. The...
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    sendmail problem

    hi guys. i have used the instructions from o'reilly mac dev center to activate sendmail -- i am really only using it as a server for my outgoing mail. but i am encountering the following problem. my mail will not be delivered to anybody with a hotmail account! i will get the message --...
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