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Well, yes. Your point being? 1,403 Views / 24 Replies  
Well, yes. Your point being?
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Nov 1, 2002 at 08:10 PM, in Applications
I do most of my work at the command line, so what... 965 Views / 15 Replies  
I do most of my work at the command line, so what do you expect me to do? I use rm whenever I have the need to remove a file. Of course you should be careful with it, but it's not so dangerous that...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Nov 1, 2002 at 06:26 PM, in macOS
X11 can look like pretty much anything you want... 738 Views / 10 Replies  
X11 can look like pretty much anything you want it to. Your Window Manager defines what it looks like, not X11 itself.

I like having X run on top of Aqua myself. With a nice WM, properly themed,...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 26, 2002 at 06:20 PM, in macOS
I don't think anyone said that. ;) 2,843 Views / 30 Replies  
I don't think anyone said that. ;)
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 25, 2002 at 09:22 PM, in macOS
Wait a minute, elvis is a singer, too? I thought... 1,185 Views / 12 Replies  
Wait a minute, elvis is a singer, too? I thought elvis was a text editor. I guess the file system and the singer are named after the text editor. Weird. :)
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 16, 2002 at 04:26 PM, in macOS
It's perfectly OK to send a message to nil. ... 693 Views / 6 Replies  
It's perfectly OK to send a message to nil.

[nil release];

is legal and doesn't actually do anything.

The odds are, either source is not pointing anywhere meaningful, or it's being released...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 14, 2002 at 03:03 PM, in Developer Center
We would. ;) 1,654 Views / 26 Replies  
We would. ;)
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 13, 2002 at 09:44 PM, in macOS
It isn't. That's what the problem was ;) . 1,240 Views / 14 Replies  
It isn't. That's what the problem was ;) .
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 9, 2002 at 05:39 PM, in Developer Center
Aqua isn't the X Window System. This is: ... 4,266 Views / 103 Replies  
Aqua isn't the X Window System. This is:
http://www.xdarwin.org/
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 9, 2002 at 05:31 PM, in macOS
No, Red Hat doesn't have a PPC version. For PPC,... 545 Views / 3 Replies  
No, Red Hat doesn't have a PPC version. For PPC, there are the ones snct mentioned, plus Gentoo, and the now dead LinuxPPC.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Oct 7, 2002 at 03:37 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
You can't mount HFS+ partitions, but HFS should... 543 Views / 4 Replies  
You can't mount HFS+ partitions, but HFS should work normally. You could have a separate HFS partition to use for files shared between Mac OS and Linux, and keep your music files there.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Sep 27, 2002 at 05:41 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Re: linux & mac dual boot? (may be beginner question) 571 Views / 1 Replies  
Yes.



Yes. You'll use Yaboot ("Yet Another Bootloader") to start Linux, and you can set it up to show a OS selection screen. Depending on what distro you use, the installer may set this up...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Sep 25, 2002 at 03:06 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
1) You can run KDE applications in GNOME and vice... 495 Views / 2 Replies  
1) You can run KDE applications in GNOME and vice versa. You can also run both KDE and GNOME apps without a Desktop Environment. YDL seems to default into KDE, though. I don't think there's an option...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Sep 24, 2002 at 02:07 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
I don't know about the packaged installer, but... 969 Views / 5 Replies  
I don't know about the packaged installer, but you can get a copy of O'Caml with Fink (http://fink.sf.net/).
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Sep 19, 2002 at 08:13 PM, in macOS
grep -e wc diff perl -e xargs find ... 4,266 Views / 103 Replies  
grep -e
wc
diff
perl -e
xargs
find
emacs (although it can hardly be considered a mere command).
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Sep 14, 2002 at 09:08 PM, in macOS
The kid doesn't even know that American English... 793 Views / 8 Replies  
The kid doesn't even know that American English isn't the only dialect in the world.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 21, 2002 at 05:02 PM, in macOS
If you use pico, be careful not to mangle your... 1,381 Views / 27 Replies  
If you use pico, be careful not to mangle your line endings. You may want to look at the -w option.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 18, 2002 at 10:12 PM, in Applications
I use emacs. It's got everything I could want... 1,381 Views / 27 Replies  
I use emacs. It's got everything I could want (syntax highlighting, auto-indentation, auto-completion, built-in terminal, newsreader, tetris clone...), and on a modern computer speed's no problem.
...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 17, 2002 at 02:18 PM, in Applications
Also, to search press '/', and to exit press 'q'.... 628 Views / 3 Replies  
Also, to search press '/', and to exit press 'q'. You can type 'man more' for some info. 'more' is the name of the program that is (by default) used to view man pages.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 6, 2002 at 10:05 PM, in macOS
What does QE have to do with it? OpenGL screen... 1,343 Views / 10 Replies  
What does QE have to do with it? OpenGL screen savers should already be in GPU. And with the screen savers covering everything else up, compositing doesn't add up to much.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 6, 2002 at 04:14 PM, in macOS
There's a Sosumi theme for iTunes... It's not the... 890 Views / 11 Replies  
There's a Sosumi theme for iTunes... It's not the Aqua look, but it does change the look. You may want to take a look at what it does. It probably won't work in Jag[wire|uar], though.
...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 6, 2002 at 03:49 PM, in Developer Center
rm doesn't follow aliases. You must have made a... 2,035 Views / 43 Replies  
rm doesn't follow aliases. You must have made a typo, i.e.

sudo rm -rf / Previous\ Systems

or some such, thus trashing your system. Be careful with sudo! Check what you're typing twice!
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 6, 2002 at 02:42 PM, in macOS
*cough* GCC 3.1 *cough cough* 1,713 Views / 32 Replies  
*cough* GCC 3.1 *cough cough*
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 6, 2002 at 02:21 PM, in macOS
That scroll bar isn't part of the theme, it's... 849 Views / 3 Replies  
That scroll bar isn't part of the theme, it's part of that terminal application (at least, I think... IceWM doesn't have its own terminal, does it?). Actually, it looks like the one from the 'modern'...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 5, 2002 at 09:29 PM, in macOS
On the other hand, Christians used to kill people... 1,796 Views / 31 Replies  
On the other hand, Christians used to kill people who said the Earth was round. Luckily Mac users never did anything like that (although a few years ago anyone who suggested the Mac should have a...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 4, 2002 at 10:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
By that logic, OS X is 'just UNIX', not 'just Mac... 832 Views / 12 Replies  
By that logic, OS X is 'just UNIX', not 'just Mac OS'. And I'd say that's closer to the truth. And by the way, it is pronounced 'Oh Ess Ten'.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Aug 2, 2002 at 10:09 PM, in macOS
AFAIK Slackware is only available for x86. 604 Views / 6 Replies  
AFAIK Slackware is only available for x86.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 30, 2002 at 02:36 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
For a start, char l[MAX]; makes more sense... 614 Views / 11 Replies  
For a start,
char l[MAX];
makes more sense than
char l[1024];

Anyway, when you call fgets(), you pass a pointer to the memory where it will put the string. In the original version, you were...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 22, 2002 at 07:03 PM, in Developer Center
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 677 Views / 28 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by dreilly1:
<strong>I've...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 22, 2002 at 06:19 PM, in macOS
No way for me. My ISP includes 5 e-mail addresses... 1,311 Views / 75 Replies  
No way for me. My ISP includes 5 e-mail addresses (or was it 7? I can't remember.), 10MB of space, and a web mail service. So basically there's no way I'm paying for the same thing. Only now I have...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 17, 2002 at 12:56 PM, in macOS
Let me just offer my perspective here. I was once... 1,239 Views / 79 Replies  
Let me just offer my perspective here. I was once one of the anti-CLI Mac zealots. I ridiculed Windoze for having a CLI. Now OS X has introduced me to UNIX, and I have seen what I've been missing. I...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 17, 2002 at 12:03 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 639 Views / 22 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Cipher13:
<strong>Prob...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 15, 2002 at 08:19 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by IUJHJSDHE:
<strong>...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 12, 2002 at 03:04 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't want... 975 Views / 17 Replies  
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't want a Mac version of that propaganda game.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 11, 2002 at 02:31 PM, in Gaming
Similar problems here. I've got a SuperMac c500,... 639 Views / 22 Replies  
Similar problems here. I've got a SuperMac c500, 88MB RAM, 6GB HD (I've tried with a different HD, too: a 1 GB. That's not the problem), a USB card, and a Rage 128 pulled from a B&W G3. What happens...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 10, 2002 at 01:04 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
For the record, the Orc box will become the... 735 Views / 21 Replies  
For the record, the Orc box will become the standard.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 7, 2002 at 09:29 PM, in Gaming
Performance is adequate on a G3/350/512MB/32MB... 984 Views / 21 Replies  
Performance is adequate on a G3/350/512MB/32MB Radeon PCI. I can turn a few graphics settings up with no effect. This makes sense, seeing as the processor is the weak link.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 7, 2002 at 09:23 PM, in Gaming
At the lower angle, you can see farther off into... 992 Views / 49 Replies  
At the lower angle, you can see farther off into the distance, so there's more stuff for the game to draw.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 7, 2002 at 09:09 PM, in Gaming
&lt;OFFTOPIC&gt;The 'd' generally means... 893 Views / 48 Replies  
&lt;OFFTOPIC&gt;The 'd' generally means Development, not 'Delta'.&lt;/OFFTOPIC&gt;
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jul 1, 2002 at 11:16 PM, in macOS
Well, you can use the same OS 9 system by itself... 525 Views / 15 Replies  
Well, you can use the same OS 9 system by itself and as Classic.

Anyway, to share files between Mac and Linux, you'll need an HFS partition. They'll both be able to read this. OS X can't read...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jun 15, 2002 at 09:43 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
You can wipe one partition and re-initialize it... 525 Views / 15 Replies  
You can wipe one partition and re-initialize it without affecting the other partitions. You can also leave part of your drive unpartitioned and create partitions later.

Also, why are you planning...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jun 14, 2002 at 12:35 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Just because it's open source doesn't mean that... 763 Views / 12 Replies  
Just because it's open source doesn't mean that they stop making money from it. They don't have to release the assets if they release the source, so you'd still need a CD to play. That's what Id does.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on Jun 10, 2002 at 10:25 PM, in Gaming
This is my Mac: ... 3,627 Views / 211 Replies  
This is my Mac:
http://homepage.mac.com/mybulkmail/mac-icons/8449.png
model name: Power Macintosh G3 Series
model id: 8449
processor: PowerPC G3
speed: 350 MHz
optical drive: CD-R/RW
CD-ROM...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 21, 2002 at 10:53 AM, in macOS
I have a UMAX SuperMac with the first of those... 761 Views / 13 Replies  
I have a UMAX SuperMac with the first of those symbols. My NEC monitor and my HP printer have it, too. It seems like a standard symbol.
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 16, 2002 at 12:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
One thing you should note is that this will not... 1,965 Views / 69 Replies  
One thing you should note is that this will not be an Aqua app- you're still writing unix stuff for now, not Cocoa. If you can write a CLI version of this, you will probably then know enough C to...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 10, 2002 at 04:38 PM, in Developer Center
Programmers all have to start somewhere, and... 1,965 Views / 69 Replies  
Programmers all have to start somewhere, and generally, that somewhere is the command-line. You need to know the basics of programming before you can start making GUI apps with Cocoa, so stick with...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 9, 2002 at 05:23 PM, in Developer Center
Starcraft is essential, the Baldur's Gate series... 808 Views / 12 Replies  
Starcraft is essential, the Baldur's Gate series is great and Icewind dale and Diable 2 are good if you're more into hack & slash. Then, on the shareware front, like cdhostage said, the Avernum...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 9, 2002 at 01:49 PM, in Gaming
Well, you could use Project Builder, or do it by... 1,965 Views / 69 Replies  
Well, you could use Project Builder, or do it by hand.

To use PB, open it up, and choose New Project... from the file menu. Now, select the Standard Tool project type (it might be Standard C tool...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 9, 2002 at 12:00 AM, in Developer Center
Hold on, the only thing we've seen here is the... 1,689 Views / 125 Replies  
Hold on, the only thing we've seen here is the Aqua Blob of Pausing (ABOP), not the regular pointer. For all we know, it may just be an anti-aliased version of the current one, nothing more. Moki...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 8, 2002 at 12:55 AM, in macOS
It's possible run accelerated 3D on one monitor... 652 Views / 7 Replies  
It's possible run accelerated 3D on one monitor and still have the other monitor going normally, but most games intentionally blank all monitors. The idea is to prevent distraction. I used to do this...
Posted by Jeff Binder, on May 8, 2002 at 12:00 AM, in macOS
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