Open Source Contributions

I love open source and am a passionate (but hopefully not insufferable) Linux user. Some of my free time goes towards contributing/bug-fixing open source projects I use and care about. Here's a couple of my more notable contributions, but I have sent in smaller bugfixes/additions to a variety of projects now.

Components for DIY Layout Creator

This was my first ever open source contribution. I made Current Source Schematic symbol, and promptly followed up with making a Voltage Source Schematic Symbol. I needed them for a personal project (that I am still working on...) and thought I'd try my hand at it.

I ended up adding a fair few additional parts, especially schematic ones and their IEC variants. They're only simple, but the Java 2D API was a good challenge for a budding developer.

I even made some video tutorials to help others get involved with contributing. Sadly they're now outdated given DIYLC has switched to a Maven build system, but at least we don't need to use Eclipse anymore!

Porting Textadept to Haiku

In early 2025, I ported the Textadept editor to Haiku. While it's not feature complete (there's some issues with the key-bindings and generating the docs), it works pretty well! Hopefully as Haiku becomes more complete I can revisit this.

I've also sent in some fixes for Textadept, and made some modules too, e.g. Discord Rich Presence integration. I also have a custom build to run on Windows 7 (just for funsies - please don't continue to use unsupported operating systems).

As a side-note - Textadept is just awesome and I can't recommend it enough if you are developer looking for what is essentially a hyper scriptable notepad for programmers.