Java User-Friendness

I can’t see how people say Java is an end-user language, whose applications are for general user usage… SEVERE: Exception javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: “fo:inline” is not a valid child of “fo:block”! (See position 1870:716) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:302) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:130) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:174) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:205) Caused by: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: “fo:inline” is not a valid child of “fo:block”! (See position […]

Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies

I am the Chair of the Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies. It is the first year this conference will take place, but some of its tracks have some history. There are three main tracks, on Human-Human Languages processing (processing of natural languages), Human-Computer Languages processing (processing of programming languages) and Computer-Computer Languages processing (communication […]

Nine tools I can’t live without (for Windows)

First, a relevant disclaimer: I use Windows mostly for two purposes, test my Perl modules under a Windows environment, and printing some stuff as my Mac sometimes can’t find some Windows printers in the network. This said, my Windows runs in a virtual machine, and I install these tools right after installing Windows. Browser The […]