Tech Blog (csantosb)

Writing VHDL code is fine with me. Testing it is a different matter. Automatizing tests is something I’ve always wanted to implement in my workflow but never had time for.

Now the time has come.

It turns out that having access to all the Archlinux distribution, with all its goodies in terms of up to date packages, is easier than expected thanks to a few features available in the linux kernel and a wonderful piece of software called junest. And all of this, with unprivileged access.

Here I depict the way I use to deal with my collection of pdf documents, might it be articles, supports to talks, slides, reports, etc., and how I handle and access them in a fast an efficient way.

Recoll is a desktop full-text search tool, finding keywords inside documents as well as file names.

“ Recoll will index an MS-Word document stored as an attachment to an e-mail message inside a Thunderbird folder archived in a Zip file (and more…). It will also help you search for it with a friendly and powerful interface, and let you open a copy of a PDF at the right page with two clicks. There is little that will remain hidden on your disk.”