1. Flash without and IDE

    Not as tricky as it sounds, as long as you have the right stuff.

    First, the compiler: (Use Flex SDK mxmlc )

    Which you can then use to compile:

    mxmlc -compiler.debug -default-size 550 1204 -o="<swf location>" <your_actionscript>.as

    You’ll also need a debugger:
    Such as De MonsterDebugger which allows you to debug your swf.

    Notes:

    • Flash security policy means that debugging as a local file is a pain, set up a “site” that you can work from (a local server is best)
  2. Interesting Bash colour reference

    The PS1 variable in .bash_profile contains the formatting for the login bit of a terminal prompt.

    My PS1 variable: PS1="\[3[1;32m\]\u\[3[1;30m\]@\[3[0;34m\]\h\[3[1;30m\] \[3[0;30m\]\W \[3[1;30m\]\$\[3[0m\] " (green username@blue server: black location)

    PS1 variables:

     \a     an ASCII bell character (07)
     \d     the date  in  "Weekday  Month  Date"  format
            (e.g., "Tue May 26")
     \e     an ASCII escape character (033)
     \h     the hostname up to the first `.'
     \H     the hostname
     \j     the  number of jobs currently managed by the shell
     \l     the basename of the shell's terminal device name
     \n     newline
     \r     carriage return
     \s     the  name  of  the shell, the basename of $0
            (the portion following the final slash)
     \t     the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
     \T     the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
     \@     the current time in 12-hour am/pm format
     \u     the username of the current user
     \v     the version of bash (e.g., 2.00)
     \V     the release of bash,  version  +  patchlevel
            (e.g., 2.00.0)
     \w     the current working directory
     \W     the  basename  of the current working direcory
     \!     the history number of this command
     \#     the command number of this command
     \$     if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $
     \nnn   the character corresponding to the octal number nnn
     \\     a backslash
     \[     begin a sequence of non-printing characters,
            which could be used to embed a terminal control
            sequence into the prompt
     \]     end a sequence of non-printing characters

    PS1 Colours:

    Black       0;30     Dark Gray     1;30
    Blue        0;34     Light Blue    1;34
    Green       0;32     Light Green   1;32
    Cyan        0;36     Light Cyan    1;36
    Red         0;31     Light Red     1;31
    Purple      0;35     Light Purple  1;35
    Brown       0;33     Yellow        1;33
    Light Gray  0;37     White         1;37