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Re: How Fragile is the TiBook? 1,905 Views / 24 Replies  
I don't quite know what you mean about the gap but I can give you some info about my experiences with my tiBook.

I got a 667 Mhz and carry it back and forth all the time to school in my backpack...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Dec 2, 2002 at 10:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: (vi or vim) vs bbedit 3,229 Views / 27 Replies  
What's wrong with "kitchen sinks"?

I started out using just vi (actually vim) and forced myself to learn all the commands. I always thought I would get around to learning emacs. Then one day when...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Dec 2, 2002 at 10:13 PM, in macOS
audo hum with firewire device 435 Views / 0 Replies  
I got a HD and plugged it into a firewire device. Works great... so I put my music on it. I can play music through the built in speakers just fine but when I plug a stereo to RCA adapter into the...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 8, 2002 at 10:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Linux Headaches 804 Views / 3 Replies  
1) Sounds like an odd server problem since it starts after you reboot the server. Check the ssh config files. Also are you trying to log in as root?

2) Debian uses SysV style booting... that said,...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 8, 2002 at 10:39 PM, in macOS
palm pilot form editor on OS X 406 Views / 0 Replies  
Any palm pilot programmers using OS X have a form editor they really like? I've been playing with pilrc, a java editor but I was wondering if anyone is using something else they like more?
-Chris
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Oct 21, 2002 at 11:47 AM, in Developer Center
java in schools 2,940 Views / 31 Replies  
I too have a teacher requiring java 1.4 for our assignments and fortunately we have some sun servers at school that we can login to so that we can do our assignments but I think Mac OS X is still a...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Oct 21, 2002 at 11:44 AM, in Developer Center
.bin svcd -> mpeg1 727 Views / 5 Replies  
I've downloaded a .bin file that is used to make a svcd but my dvd player doesn't play svcd's. It does play videocd however so what I want to do is convert the .bin file to a mpeg1 format and then...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Apr 3, 2002 at 08:40 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
emacs function keys and such 439 Views / 0 Replies  
I read on osxhints how to control iTunes via the command prompt (osascript -e '"'"'tell application "iTunes" to next track'"'") and now I want to set it up as a control sequence or a function key....
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Mar 19, 2002 at 03:32 PM, in macOS
Has anyone gotten CLisp to compile on os x? I... 674 Views / 12 Replies  
Has anyone gotten CLisp to compile on os x? I broke it up into the individual make's (as per the INSTALL file) to find where it's going wrong and it's breaking on "make lisp.run"
The errors I get...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Mar 7, 2002 at 03:22 PM, in Developer Center
Ok, I had it working at one point and then things... 495 Views / 3 Replies  
Ok, I had it working at one point and then things got messed up so I deleted the .ssh directory on both machines (server and client) and tried to start over again. I followed the directions step by...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Mar 5, 2002 at 12:49 PM, in Developer Center
cvs question 495 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a question about cvs...

I'm running a remote cvs and I want to connect to it using Project Builder. I've been playing around with project builder and apparently CVS is enabled but all the...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Feb 28, 2002 at 10:45 PM, in Developer Center
file merge 548 Views / 1 Replies  
I was using apple's Project Builder to write a little program as I am trying to learn ObjC. I changed the interface slightly and added some new class objects and when I go to create code, a file...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 30, 2002 at 01:29 PM, in Developer Center
icon question 392 Views / 1 Replies  
I didn't quite know where to ask this but I figured this would be the spot. In the finder window, the icons at the top (Computer, Home, Favorites, Applications) don't seem to be in...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 18, 2002 at 10:25 PM, in Developer Center
Thanks, yes the quotes work and I didn't know... 489 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks, yes the quotes work and I didn't know about the {5} option. Also, yes I could use awk to do the pattern matching as well except I don't know awk all that well and it only took me a few...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 15, 2002 at 10:16 PM, in macOS
grep and pattern matching bug 489 Views / 2 Replies  
I was doing some homework and I have a huge file I need to process data with. Anyway, I was using awk to display the data and then grep to match and the line: grep -c -E [01][01][01][01][01] wouldn't...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 15, 2002 at 03:15 PM, in macOS
X Tip: Save as PDF 366 Views / 1 Replies  
Ok, I saw the save as pdf option constantly greyed out before in the preview program (except when I had a pdf file open) and it constantly frustrated me. I then started looking for a program to open...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 8, 2002 at 10:15 AM, in macOS
grep and awk are 2 of my favorite commands. ... 4,268 Views / 103 Replies  
grep and awk are 2 of my favorite commands.
ssh - a good replacement for telnet (secure shell, I use it all the time)
vi - favorite editor emacs is ok but I still like vi more"crontab -e" for...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 5, 2002 at 02:51 PM, in macOS
grep and awk are 2 of my favorite commands. ... 1,070 Views / 67 Replies  
grep and awk are 2 of my favorite commands.
ssh - a good replacement for telnet (secure shell, I use it all the time)
vi - favorite editor emacs is ok but I still like vi more"crontab -e" for...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 5, 2002 at 02:51 PM, in macOS
Also you can download fink which is kindof like... 1,070 Views / 67 Replies  
Also you can download fink which is kindof like debian (linux) apt-get. In other words it will download programs, compile and install them for you. It has fortune as well as many other programs....
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 5, 2002 at 02:25 PM, in macOS
Also you can download fink which is kindof like... 4,268 Views / 103 Replies  
Also you can download fink which is kindof like debian (linux) apt-get. In other words it will download programs, compile and install them for you. It has fortune as well as many other programs....
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Jan 5, 2002 at 02:25 PM, in macOS
I know with my old laptop (a toshiba) I had it... 484 Views / 10 Replies  
I know with my old laptop (a toshiba) I had it plugged in most of the time and it actually wore down the battery life. I also have a few friends with laptops who have noticed the same thing. To try...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Dec 14, 2001 at 08:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The new exhaust I put on my motorcycle... cools... 785 Views / 35 Replies  
The new exhaust I put on my motorcycle... cools off REALLY quick. Nice and light too.
-Chris
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Dec 5, 2001 at 05:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I've used an optical mouse and didn't really... 433 Views / 2 Replies  
I've used an optical mouse and didn't really notice that much of a drop in normal battery power. Over thanksgiving I used my uncle's targus optical mouse which was nice because it was small and...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 29, 2001 at 04:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
zero halliburton makes a nice computer case which... 645 Views / 1 Replies  
zero halliburton makes a nice computer case which I have been thinking about getting. I just don't know if I really need something like that... the web page is: http://www.zerohalliburton.com/ ...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 29, 2001 at 04:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Shortcuts 396 Views / 1 Replies  
I saw a linked folder and tried to find a way to duplicate it. I couldn't find a way to do it in the gui but hapily, you can do 'ln -s /existing_file ./link' and it shows up. Anyone know an easy way...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 28, 2001 at 03:51 PM, in macOS
ok, after fooling around with it for a while I... 464 Views / 2 Replies  
ok, after fooling around with it for a while I finally watched the lights on the hub and realized that it was the cable that was flaky... Everything works now.
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 28, 2001 at 03:39 PM, in macOS
multiple os x desktops 414 Views / 1 Replies  
I was wondering if it is possible to have multiple os x desktops similar to X Windows? I know you can have multiple desktops with xfree86 but I'd also like to be able to do it with os x... anyone...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 28, 2001 at 09:19 AM, in macOS
smb crashing 464 Views / 2 Replies  
Ok, I have a Linux server running samba and I connect my Powerbook using os x to it. No problems there... however when I start to copy large ammounts of data it seems to crash my powerbook. Linux...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 28, 2001 at 09:16 AM, in macOS
keymapping 439 Views / 1 Replies  
I was wondering if there is any way to remap your keys under os x? Specifically I want to map the caps lock key to the control key. Anyone have any clues? I know how to do it in UNIX but I'm assuming...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 27, 2001 at 02:07 PM, in macOS
well.... UNIX has two features that can help you,... 656 Views / 19 Replies  
well.... UNIX has two features that can help you, the crontab and at. the crontab is a little more complicated and probably now what you want. It runs in the background and can be set up to run...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 26, 2001 at 11:29 AM, in Applications
Thanks, Disk Utility does the trick. I'm kindof... 527 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks, Disk Utility does the trick. I'm kindof new to mac's, I'm mostly a UNIX guy and I just got my powerbook recently so I'm learning all about os x now.
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 26, 2001 at 11:12 AM, in Applications
erase CD-RW 527 Views / 3 Replies  
Anyone know how to erase a CD-RW in os x? I have a que fire firewire drive and I can burn cd's and cd-rw's but for some reason I can't erase them. Right now I have to reboot into os 9 to erase a cd.
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 25, 2001 at 01:27 PM, in Applications
asf 646 Views / 1 Replies  
Anyone know what program I need to run a .asf file in OS X?
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 23, 2001 at 09:38 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
os x and windows hard drives 767 Views / 3 Replies  
my uncle is bringing home his windows firewire drive over thanksgiving. My question is, will I be able to just plug this into my powermac and have it automatically recognize it or will it try and...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 21, 2001 at 12:36 PM, in macOS
Final Cut Pro 2.0 on OSX 3,303 Views / 3 Replies  
Final Cut Pro 2.0 requires Mac OS 9.1 or later. However, it says "not certified to run in Mac OS X or in Classic-mode" so does this mean it may or may not work? Has anyone used it in OSX? I just...
Posted by Christopher Flynn, on Nov 14, 2001 at 09:35 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
 
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