App execution aliases on Windows

Turn them off to make Python work:

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“Cannot anchor to a null item” waring in QML

The following QML code

Callout
{
    id: call

    //margins should bound but not assigned
    anchors.topMargin: root.above ? undefined : yMargin
    anchors.bottomMargin: root.above ? yMargin : undefined

    ...
}

produced “Cannot anchor to a null item” warning and worked incorrectly.

I tried to replace it with AnchorChanges and PropertyChanges:

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Sharing Android phone over TCP with ADB

I was able to share my Android phone over TCP with the following commands:

adb kill-server
start cmd /k adb -a -P 5037 nodaemon server start
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Building RenderDoc for Android on WSL

I cloned the repository, created build directory, set environment variables and run CMake:

git clone https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc.git
cd renderdoc/
mkdir build-android
cd build-android
export JAVA_HOME=~/dev/repos/graphicsprofiler/tools/buildtools/jdk
export ANDROID_SDK=~/dev/repos/graphicsprofiler/tools/buildtools/android
export ANDROID_NDK=~/dev/repos/graphicsprofiler/tools/buildtools/android/ndk-bundle/android-ndk-r20b
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
cmake -DBUILD_ANDROID=On -DANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a ..
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Generating a certificate for Huawei App Gallery

List existing certificates:

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin
keytool.exe -list -v -keystore linesgame.keystore

Generate the new one:

keytool.exe -genkey -v -keystore linesgame.keystore -alias linesgame-huawei -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 100000
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Running GUI apps on WSL

Updating existing WSL installation

I updated WSL according to this MS guide:

wsl --update
wsl --shutdown
wsl --version
WSL version: 1.2.0.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.2604
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Building PowerVR Vulkan Samples

I did

git clone https://github.com/powervr-graphics/Native_SDK.git
cd Native_SDK
git submodule update --init --recursive

opened build-android folder in Android Studio and started the build.

How I installed VNC on Ubuntu 22.04

I followed this guide, run the following command from WSL:

ssh -L 59000:localhost:5901 -C -N -l dmitriano $VNC_IP

and was able to connect with UltraVNC client:

Installed FireFox browser as described here.

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Connecting to Ubuntu 22.04 with Remote Desktop

I simply installed:

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop-minimal -y
sudo apt install xrdp -y
systemctl status xrdp

and was able to connect with Remote Desktop from Windows as root user:

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A right way to query password from a console in JavaScript

import * as readline from 'node:readline/promises';
import { stdin as input, stdout as output } from 'node:process';
import { Writable } from 'node:stream';

var mutableStdout = new Writable({
  write: function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    if (!this.muted)
      output.write(chunk, encoding);
    callback();
  }
});

mutableStdout.muted = false;

var rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: input,
  output: mutableStdout,
  terminal: true
});
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