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adjam / css_color.py

Created May 4, 2023 16:49

Get the 'nearest' CSS color names to a given hex RGB color value

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	from operator import itemgetter
	import sys
	import json
	import math
	import re

	# usage: ./color.py [hex RGB color]
	# returns the five 'closest' CSS color names to the input color

adjam / unique_name.sh

Created April 27, 2023 17:32

Bash function to create a unique filename

	unique_name() {
	local base=$1
	local ext=$2
	local name="${base}.${ext}"
	if [[ -e $name \|\| -L $name ]]; then
	i=1
	while [[ -e "${base}-${i}.${ext}" \|\| -L "${base}-${i}.${ext}" ]]; do
	let i++
	done
	name="${base}-${i}.${ext}"

adjam / backup_file_writer.py

Created March 29, 2023 21:02

"safe" file writer implemented as a context manager

	class BackupFileWriter:
	def __init__(self, path, mode='w', prefix='buf-temp-'):
	self.path = path
	self.mode = mode
	self.prefix = prefix
	self.prev = f"{path}.prev"
	self.temp = None
	self.handle = None

	def __enter__(self):

adjam / find_todos.rb

Created April 15, 2022 14:00

ruby script that can be used standalone or as a pre-commit script to check staged files in git against .rubocop_todo.yml

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	require 'yaml'
	require 'fileutils'

	# this utility checks staged files and compares them against
	# the files listed in `.rubocop_todo.yml` that have 'pending'
	# rubocop violations to be fixed. It produces a report
	# that shows whether any of those staged files requires
	# attention

adjam / Detector.java

Created July 5, 2019 18:03

icu4j charset detector

	import com.ibm.icu.text.CharsetDetector;
	import com.ibm.icu.text.CharsetMatch;

	import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
	import java.io.FileInputStream;
	import java.io.IOException;

	public class Detector {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

adjam / item_joiner.py

Last active July 3, 2019 16:00

Example for merging item records spread out over multiple MARCXML into a single record.

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	# Merges items spread over multiple MARC XML records
	# into a single record. Some ILSes will not export MARC21
	# that is "too large", and will output the same bibliographic record
	# multiple times.

	# usage: first, convert your marc21 to MARCXML (see marcrenaissance.sh gist)
	# ensure that all records with the same control number come out in a 'clump',
	# e.g. by sorting on control number

adjam / find_errdoc.go

Created January 17, 2019 20:10

adjam / backer.py

Created October 29, 2018 18:35

Simple backup class

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	import os
	import shutil

	class Backer:
	"""Implements a backup strategy for a file. You might
	use this when preparing to overwrite an important configuration
	or log file that's not under version control."""

adjam / hashutil.rb

Last active September 25, 2018 14:58

Declaratively rename and delete key/value pairs in a ruby hash

	# refinement for Hash class that allows declarative remapping functions
	#
	# #remap(mapping)
	# and
	# #remap!(mapping)
	# methods.
	# The `mapping` hash maps key names in the original hash to their
	# names in the resulting hash, e.g.
	# `{ foo: 'bar' }.remap({foo: :fu}) => `{ fu: 'bar' }`
	# There are two special values that can be used in a mapping:

adjam / configurable.rb

Last active August 21, 2018 13:37

'Configurable' module for Ruby, similar to https://github.com/markevans/configurable

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	# Makes a class globally configurable, e.g. in a Rails initializer.
	# Usage:
	# `class MyClass
	# include Configurable
	# create_config do
	# # url attribute has a default value, which is the return value of the block
	# url { 'http://www.example.com'}
	# # name attribute is allowed but has no default value