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Reply to How to declare Privacy manifest
Thanks SpaceMan. It would be really nice if Apple would document their sh*t. It took a really long time for me to find your message. I'm glad I wasn't searching before you posted your answer. I think the message here is that one should wait until the last moment before conforming to Apple's new policies. Presumably, xcode 15 (where privacy is supported) will be in production release before they start cracking down on app privacy configurations.
Topic: Programming Languages SubTopic: Swift Tags:
Jul ’23
Reply to Xcode Full Vim Support
I switch between Android Studio (eclipse-based) and Xcode all of the time. And I have hated using xcode ever since the XVIM support went away. The native Xcode support for vi is a joke! ShadowVim sounds fantastic, but I am intimidated by what I see on github. There are a lot of technical details, but I don't see a simple overview. How do I get ShadowVim up-and-running? Is there a document like "Installing ShadowVim for dummies" I have been using vi/vim for 40 years, but I am not a guru. If I just had "." and a small subset of ":", I would be very happy. THANK YOU for your hard work!!
Jul ’23
Reply to How to load MTLTexture without premultiplied alpha?
Maybe you were trying to load a png from the asset catalog? Everything in the asset catalog uses SRGB, even if you try to turn it off. The SRGB processing includes premultiply. The documentation for the "asset" function of MTLTextureLoader says that the SRGB option is ignored. The solution for me was to move the png file out of the asset catalog, and load using its URL.
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Jan ’23
Reply to programmatically determine if GPS available in ipad
I don't believe the answer above is correct. Apple goes out of there way to obfuscate whether position is determined by GPS or by wifi. So if you have wifi turned on, you will never know if GPS is available or not. In general, all iphones have GPS, and most ipads do not. The GPS seems to be bundled with the cell-phone transceiver.
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Aug ’23
Reply to How to declare Privacy manifest
Thanks SpaceMan. It would be really nice if Apple would document their sh*t. It took a really long time for me to find your message. I'm glad I wasn't searching before you posted your answer. I think the message here is that one should wait until the last moment before conforming to Apple's new policies. Presumably, xcode 15 (where privacy is supported) will be in production release before they start cracking down on app privacy configurations.
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Jul ’23
Reply to Xcode Full Vim Support
I switch between Android Studio (eclipse-based) and Xcode all of the time. And I have hated using xcode ever since the XVIM support went away. The native Xcode support for vi is a joke! ShadowVim sounds fantastic, but I am intimidated by what I see on github. There are a lot of technical details, but I don't see a simple overview. How do I get ShadowVim up-and-running? Is there a document like "Installing ShadowVim for dummies" I have been using vi/vim for 40 years, but I am not a guru. If I just had "." and a small subset of ":", I would be very happy. THANK YOU for your hard work!!
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Jul ’23
Reply to How to load MTLTexture without premultiplied alpha?
Maybe you were trying to load a png from the asset catalog? Everything in the asset catalog uses SRGB, even if you try to turn it off. The SRGB processing includes premultiply. The documentation for the "asset" function of MTLTextureLoader says that the SRGB option is ignored. The solution for me was to move the png file out of the asset catalog, and load using its URL.
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Jan ’23
Reply to AVSpeechSynthesizer iOS 15/16 lagging for seconds when switching to (different) German language voice
I have the same problem. And something else interesting... German only seems to load slowly when you set a delegate: Set just German -- fast Set just a delegate -- fast Set German and a delegate -- slow —  openingapps less than a minute ago
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Nov ’22
Reply to AVSpeechSynthesizer iOS 15/16 lagging for seconds when switching to (different) German language voice
I have the same problem. And something else interesting... German only seems to load slowly when you set a delegate: Set just German -- fast Set just a delegate -- fast Set German and a delegate -- slow
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Nov ’22