Joachim Rees @Joachim_Rees@mastodon.technology

Read about Fabrice Bellard for the first time today - seems to be doing lots of awesome stuff!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrice_Bellard

I did not real expect this to work, but it did:

Just changing the release-number (twice!) in the URL of the #SapHelp on #ABAPdocu brought me to the newer version of that document

I started here, at 7.51:
https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_751_index_htm/7.51/en-US/index.htm?file=abencds_annotations_sap.htm

and got here to 7.53:
https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_753_index_htm/7.53/en-US/index.htm?file=abencds_annotations_sap.htm

#WorksForMe, but not very intuitive, is it?
A button/link "view this Page for another ABAP-Version" would be!

#SAP #ABAP #OnlineHelp

This helped myself today! :-)

Question (typing "Transport" in the search filed) to answer (finding this toot) in ~ 2 seconds.

#KnowHow

Today I had another use.case for #chocolatey: I figured I didn't have #youtubedl yet, and a simple

> choco install youtube-dl

got me it.
It's nice not having not care about adding something to PATH, and it maybe also took care of python.
It just works, and that is nice!

A recent outage of the internet makes me think:

How much of your work can you do #offline? (Or with only a weak or temporary internet connection. )
How dependent are you on internet connection?
Do you have a offline backup-plan?

Shortly dipped into #chocolatey today - to me it seems ok/nice to quickly try something out, and also quickly get rid of it again.

But for Software I (know I) want to keep, I'll probably stick to manual download + installation , keeping full control.

I think I finally understood, why people complain about ABAP_BOOL not beieng a real thing.

I had assumed that it makes sure to only allow the values abap_true and abap_false, but no:

It's just a type c of length 1 . I could supply 'W' or 'Z' to it as well... :-(

#ABAP #Programming

Somtime, there also is Non-ABAP interesting stuff at #SAPCommunity.

Here we talk about #LearnHack|s:

https://blogs.sap.com/2019/10/14/whats-your-learn-hack-earn-a-badge-in-the-learning-hacker-mission-by-sharing-your-tips-tricks/

#SAP #WorkHack

Thought: it's really cool seeing a #professional using their #tools at excellence - be it a bus driver precisely making it through the narrow alley, or a coder knowing his #ide very well, not needing a mouse at all, precisely and fastly hitting his keyboard.

Yesterday I a put a blog up in #SAPCommunity and got some nice insights and discussions:

https://blogs.sap.com/2019/10/16/how-to-use-adt-solely-with-a-keyboard-navigation-in-eclipse/

...It's very nice to see the community alive!

#SAP #ABAP #AdT #Eclipse

#SAPKnowHow:

Q: What is the current AdT-Version?

A:
#Eclipse:
Version: 2019-09 (4.13)
(from: https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ ,
see also https://blogs.sap.com/2019/06/07/installing-lean-eclipse-with-adt/)

#AdT:
ABAP Development Tools 3.4.4 com.sap.adt.core
(from: https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/2019-09/

#CurrentVersion as of 2019/10

#SAP #ABAP #SAPCommunity

Nice blog in #SAPCommunity on how to get #Eclipse for #AdT with less overhead:

https://blogs.sap.com/2019/06/07/installing-lean-eclipse-with-adt/

#ABAP #SapCommunity

I got a new pc (#Windows10) so I have to install the programs I want.
I was smart and made a list, so not to much of a big deal - I still wonder if maybe it could be done smarter next time:

I have that list of programs, I go to the URL, download the latest version, install it, repeat with the next list item.

Maybe that could be (semi-)automated somehow?

Then again, it only happens every few years, so probably not worth the bother...

Speichern:
7. Klick auf "Download the SAP Passport" -> lokal speichern

8. Doppelklick auf *.pfx-Datei

9. -> Win-Zertifikat-Import-Assistent startet. (Passwort ist das aus 6.)

Ausprobieren (z.B. mit community.sap.com -> #SapCommunity)
10.1 #Edge erkennt das Zertifikat direkt

10.2 #Opera musste ich einmal neu starten.

2/2

Arbeiten mit dem #SSO via #SAPPassport ist so angenehme, dass es sofort negativ auffällt, wen es nicht mehr da ist.
So bin ich wieder ran gekommen:

An #SAPOneLaunchpad anmelden:
1. https://launchpad.support.sap.com/

2. S-User oder E-Mail als Anmeldename

3. S-User-Passwort angeben.

Passport beantragen:
4. SAP-Passport-App öffnen.

5. Nochmal S-User-Passwort angeben

6. Im PopUp ein Passwort für das Zertifikat angeben

1/2

@aral @ I'm especialli interested in your take!? "no, there is non on that platform!" is the sad but valid answer I expect... 😞

I got a new laptop (#Windows10), so this is a good time to reflect on my #browser choice.

So far I have been using #Opera (+#uMatrix) and am ok with it function-wise, but maybe there's on that is less-bad in regards to respecting:
- #HumanRights
- #HumanEffort
- #HumanExperience

-> #Ethical Design -> https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/

(I have no chance to switch the platform here, so #Win10 is given).

#Firefox maybe? #AskAFriend