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Hmmm. Changing the term type to ansi helped a...	2,156 Views / 7 Replies
Hmmm. Changing the term type to ansi helped a little bit, but it's still problematic. If I do a long listing in one virtual screen, scrollbar scrolling seems to work, at least at first. If I go to...
Posted by JNI, on Aug 26, 2004 at 09:06 PM, in macOS

Yeah, I can do the scroll/copy mode thing, but...	2,156 Views / 7 Replies
Yeah, I can do the scroll/copy mode thing, but it's just not what I'm looking for - it's modal, a bunch of extra awkward keystrokes, doesn't work with my scroll wheel, arrow/page keys etc. etc. At...
Posted by JNI, on Aug 23, 2004 at 09:17 PM, in macOS

So the OP's descriptions seem pretty much on...	781 Views / 11 Replies
So the OP's descriptions seem pretty much on target to describe the architectural differences. But can someone describe some real practical differences? The description says that there is less...
Posted by JNI, on Aug 23, 2004 at 05:54 PM, in macOS

no screen scrollback in Terminal	2,156 Views / 7 Replies
I've recently gotten hooked on screen. I've used emacs a lot, especially to have multiple shells running in the same window, splitting windows and as a development IDE. But I like the lightweight...
Posted by JNI, on Aug 23, 2004 at 05:01 PM, in macOS

Not to get into a semantic or religious argument,...	604 Views / 7 Replies
Not to get into a semantic or religious argument, but it is more than 'theoretically possible', it is absolutely possible, and done by likely thousands of people every day. The Apple engineers say...
Posted by JNI, on Jul 19, 2004 at 08:42 PM, in macOS

Ah, OSXvnc - that seems to be the common issue. I...	608 Views / 6 Replies
Ah, OSXvnc - that seems to be the common issue. I run Gimp and other X11 stuff, but that is not new for me. I did just install the latest OSXvnc, and that seems to correlate. Maybe I'll look into...
Posted by JNI, on Jul 19, 2004 at 08:15 PM, in macOS

File named '0' intermittantly created at filesystem root	608 Views / 6 Replies
Every once in a while I get a file named '0' (zero) with 0 bytes of content created in my root directory. Has anyone else seen this? I added an 'add item' folder action to the folder to get...
Posted by JNI, on Jul 19, 2004 at 03:51 PM, in macOS

When I first installed Panther on a separate...	604 Views / 7 Replies
When I first installed Panther on a separate partition from my Jaguar installation I wanted to share my home folder for both. I was a bit concerned about the ~/Library folder compatibility, so I...
Posted by JNI, on Jul 19, 2004 at 03:28 PM, in macOS

You can't get a dialog with no buttons, but you...	7,167 Views / 5 Replies
You can't get a dialog with no buttons, but you can define only one button. What I've seen done for cases like this is to create a single button dialog with a bullet (option-8) for the button title....
Posted by JNI, on Jun 12, 2004 at 12:00 PM, in Developer Center

First off, to put something into the pasteboard,...	602 Views / 1 Replies
First off, to put something into the pasteboard, you use pbcopy. pbpaste is for getting stuff out. pbcopy takes its input from stdin, so you you can do something like this: date "+%b\|%e\|%g" \|...
Posted by JNI, on Jun 7, 2004 at 08:57 PM, in macOS

Yeah, when you use the Archive command in the...	2,052 Views / 1 Replies
Yeah, when you use the Archive command in the Finder contextual menu it will always add Mac meta-data to the archive. It's kinda broken. I can see the need for it when the source file has...
Posted by JNI, on May 18, 2004 at 03:54 AM, in macOS

Re: Can't build any applications/projects on new Powerbook	640 Views / 2 Replies
crt1.o should be in /usr/lib. Did you check to see if it is there? If so, maybe the permissions are screwed up on that folder? When you installed OS X, did you install the BSD subsystem stuff?...
Posted by JNI, on May 12, 2004 at 12:52 PM, in Developer Center

OnMyCommand also has a contextual menu item that...	601 Views / 9 Replies
OnMyCommand also has a contextual menu item that will copy the full path of items selected in the Finder into the Clipboard. OMC is a great utility if you haven't tried it. It allows you to add...
Posted by JNI, on May 12, 2004 at 12:45 PM, in macOS

'Back in the day' when I used CW and MPW I think...	1,162 Views / 6 Replies
'Back in the day' when I used CW and MPW I think I remember that the .o formats of their static object libraries were different between the two, so you had to have separate CW and MPW compatible .o...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 28, 2004 at 12:16 AM, in Developer Center

I tried it out, and MPW does indeed seem to work...	1,162 Views / 6 Replies
I tried it out, and MPW does indeed seem to work in the Classic environment. I haven't tried compiling anything yet, but I assume it will work since the MPW shell seems to work fine. You can get...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 27, 2004 at 12:16 PM, in Developer Center

You might also be able to use MPW in Classic...	1,162 Views / 6 Replies
You might also be able to use MPW in Classic mode. Not sure, I've never tried it. But that would be a free solution.
Posted by JNI, on Apr 24, 2004 at 06:56 PM, in Developer Center

Re: Stupid Undo (warning, rant topic)	625 Views / 6 Replies
Yeah, that bugs me too. It goes against the Mac UI guidelines - anything destructive should either alert the user and confirm the deletion, or be un-doable. Whenever I post more than a few lines I...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 24, 2004 at 06:37 PM, in macOS

It's all semantics. Whether or not that is...	856 Views / 11 Replies
It's all semantics. Whether or not that is trivial is a matter of opinion. :) My point was that compilers don't 'modify' source - they 'generate' stuff. [edit: just clarification of my point,...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 24, 2004 at 06:26 PM, in Developer Center

Uh, I see your smiley, but this is not...	856 Views / 11 Replies
Uh, I see your smiley, but this is not technically correct. A compiler doesn't modify source, it generates object code from source code. (Well, some compilers generate intermediate assembler code,...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 23, 2004 at 04:53 PM, in Developer Center

Re: Re: Re: 10.3.4 seeded to developers	2,811 Views / 58 Replies
Actually, this isn't really the core of what pre-binding does. It may cache the locations of the files (though I don't see that described in the developer docs) but the main thing is that it caches...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 23, 2004 at 04:42 PM, in macOS

Re: Annoying "Save As" behavior: bug or feature?	771 Views / 9 Replies
I would call it a feature. Say you had a file named "Yes Concert 4.17.04.txt" and there was already one named "Yes Concert 4.17.04.jpg". You want to save the picture file with the same name as the...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 19, 2004 at 02:28 PM, in macOS

I agree that ASS is overkill if all you want to...	2,061 Views / 5 Replies
I agree that ASS is overkill if all you want to do is the same operation to all files dropped onto the applet and don't need any significant user interaction. But if you want to do any kind of medium...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 6, 2004 at 03:49 PM, in Developer Center

Re: AppleScript drag-and-drop application that performs terminal command?	2,061 Views / 5 Replies
There's a Drag and Drop example in /Developer/Examples/AppleScript Studio folder. You could either modify it (make a private copy first so you still have the original) or you could use it as a guide...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 6, 2004 at 03:08 PM, in Developer Center

Re: Why? and I'm sick of it....	1,349 Views / 34 Replies
Apple has acknowledged this recent problem at the mac.com support site. They know the problem is happening frequently as of late and are investigating the cause. They are apologizing, and stating...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 6, 2004 at 02:57 PM, in macOS

Re: Re: Re: carriage return/newline to space delineated	653 Views / 3 Replies
That file has LF endings, not CRs. So you would need to change your regexp to replace instances of '\n'. I find this simple kind of thing easiest to do on the command line with 'tr'. No regular...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 1, 2004 at 11:05 PM, in macOS

Huh? How does that have nothing to do with the...	1,503 Views / 26 Replies
Huh? How does that have nothing to do with the filesystem? HFS and FAT are filesystems, aren't they? Any replacement would be a filesystem, right? Reading and writing a file implies a filesystem, no?...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 1, 2004 at 05:52 PM, in macOS

Under the Language settings there is a checkbox...	781 Views / 5 Replies
Under the Language settings there is a checkbox for 'Enable Objective-C Exceptions'. That may only work for Xcode 'native targets', I'm not sure. There is also a way to add it to the options sent...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 1, 2004 at 12:43 PM, in Developer Center

I think that compatibility with all possible...	1,503 Views / 26 Replies
I think that compatibility with all possible Macintosh file types is probably very important to them. Even 5 years from now people might want to open up an older file with old tax records in it, or...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 1, 2004 at 12:22 PM, in macOS

Re: Re: Re: File Finding with Applescript?	570 Views / 3 Replies
I looked a bit into this and found that because the UI capabilities of a simple AppleScript are so limited, it becomes a problem if you want to show a list of more than a few entries. It would...
Posted by JNI, on Apr 1, 2004 at 12:12 PM, in Developer Center

Hmmm. There are tons of places to find AS info....	919 Views / 6 Replies
Hmmm. There are tons of places to find AS info. Of course the definitive site is Apple's developer pages. The top level is here: http://www.apple.com/applescript/developers/ Yeah, most of it...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 31, 2004 at 05:08 PM, in Developer Center

Funny, I did the same thing. I was looking for a...	919 Views / 6 Replies
Funny, I did the same thing. I was looking for a learning project for AppleScript Studio. I wanted something that was more than just a useless set of buttons and handlers. I created an app that does...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 30, 2004 at 07:06 PM, in Developer Center

Oops. sorry, it must be a seed only. It's been...	625 Views / 6 Replies
Oops. sorry, it must be a seed only. It's been out for more than a month, so I guess I assumed it was released by now. At the risk or losing my account for violating my NDA, the problem you have...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 28, 2004 at 02:56 AM, in Developer Center

I have to disagree with the assertion that Xcode...	1,440 Views / 6 Replies
I have to disagree with the assertion that Xcode can't be used for 'real' Java development. I have used it to create a number of small and medium size apps, AWT, Swing and command line, and haven't...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 26, 2004 at 02:38 AM, in Developer Center

I believe this was a known issue with Xcode 1.1...	625 Views / 6 Replies
I believe this was a known issue with Xcode 1.1 and it has been fixed in 1.1.1.
Posted by JNI, on Mar 26, 2004 at 02:18 AM, in Developer Center

Carbon apps are still being used and even...	1,503 Views / 26 Replies
Carbon apps are still being used and even developed today, which means they could be creating files that use resource forks. So unless you are absolutely sure that you aren't going to ever use any...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 26, 2004 at 02:13 AM, in macOS

Re: gcc not working	545 Views / 5 Replies
edit: removed brain fart
Posted by JNI, on Mar 21, 2004 at 02:59 PM, in Developer Center

Re: Applescript for BBEdit	664 Views / 3 Replies
Just a minor clarification - Terminal is scriptable, but it is not recordable. Two different animals. Hardly any apps are recordable anymore, which is a shame, as it's very cool when they are. To be...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 21, 2004 at 01:51 AM, in Developer Center

Re: Re: awk question	819 Views / 10 Replies
FYI, the sar command is in OS X too. At least in Panther - don't know about Jaguar. Yet another cool *nix tool I never knew about, until now. Thanks. edit: I can't get your example to do...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 21, 2004 at 01:29 AM, in macOS

Re: uploading files to server from Finder	513 Views / 2 Replies
It seems that the ftp client built into the Finder only mounts sites read only. I'm not sure why that is the case, but I've never been able to get it to mount sites as writable. It kind of make me...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 19, 2004 at 10:33 PM, in macOS

Re: Re: Re: Re: Can OS X shell be made Case Sensitive?	1,503 Views / 26 Replies
I'm not saying I don't believe you, but can you post a reference that states this? I don't see any mention of that in this tech note: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#HFSX I...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 17, 2004 at 11:33 PM, in macOS

see man bash and search for 'sensitive'. There...	1,503 Views / 26 Replies
see man bash and search for 'sensitive'. There are a couple of different options you can set: completion-ignore-case nocaseglob
Posted by JNI, on Mar 17, 2004 at 11:28 PM, in macOS

Re: Re: Can OS X shell be made Case Sensitive?	1,503 Views / 26 Replies
This is not entirely true. The shell can be set either way, and the filesystem can be set either way. And then there are some interaction issues between the two. It depends on what commands you are...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 17, 2004 at 04:26 PM, in macOS

I know I've seen on the Java dev forums lots of...	1,689 Views / 35 Replies
I know I've seen on the Java dev forums lots of discussion of the insane overhead of the Java classloaders in finding classes within jar files, pulling them out, possibly decompressing them, byte...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 15, 2004 at 03:27 AM, in macOS

From what I understand, when you quit apps the...	1,689 Views / 35 Replies
From what I understand, when you quit apps the system still keeps around what it can in memory (and therefore possibly swap) for those apps for the case that you might start the same app again. That...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 09:17 PM, in macOS

The simple answer is yes. For example on OS...	1,086 Views / 15 Replies
The simple answer is yes. For example on OS X you can write an application that combines C, C++, ObjC, Java and AppleScript. You could also package scripting language scripts into the application...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 08:36 PM, in Developer Center

I still don't see how your condition points to...	1,689 Views / 35 Replies
I still don't see how your condition points to the VM system working poorly. If you have run out of physical memory, you have to swap no matter whether it is to one file or to many. I would guess...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 05:47 PM, in macOS

Not to get in the way of your fun little debate...	3,560 Views / 57 Replies
Not to get in the way of your fun little debate here, but keyboards, mice and graphics cards are not presented to the Mac users as files. First off, the /dev tree is hidden to the normal user....
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 05:32 PM, in macOS

Yeah, sorry, I thought about mentioning the whole...	1,086 Views / 15 Replies
Yeah, sorry, I thought about mentioning the whole Java applet thing and SS stuff, but my post started getting too long. And plus, the poster being a beginner, I didn't think it was worth going back...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 05:03 PM, in Developer Center

Re: File Finding with Applescript?	570 Views / 3 Replies
I don't think the Find feature of the Finder is scriptable. I don't see it anywhere in the Finder dictionary. I think your best bet would be to call through to the BSD subsystem 'find' command...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 01:06 PM, in Developer Center

There is no simple answer to your question, but...	1,086 Views / 15 Replies
There is no simple answer to your question, but here are some things to be aware of in making a choice of what to learn. If you want to write applications that themselves are cross-platform, then...
Posted by JNI, on Mar 14, 2004 at 12:47 PM, in Developer Center

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