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I could do that. However, I was sort of hoping... 752 Views / 3 Replies  
I could do that. However, I was sort of hoping that looking at the sourcecode to pbcopy would help me understand NSPasteboard. I am a newbie (at least to Cocoa), and my first attempt at writing...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 6, 2002 at 12:49 PM, in Developer Center
pbcopy sourcecode 752 Views / 3 Replies  
Does anyone know if the sourcecode is available for pbcopy? I searched Apple's website and came up with sourcecode for all sorts of UNIX stuff (awk, cal ... just about everything) but pbcopy wasn't...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 6, 2002 at 01:11 AM, in Developer Center
So the Roland UA-30 works with OS X? Someone was... 1,366 Views / 33 Replies  
So the Roland UA-30 works with OS X? Someone was offered to sell me one used, but he didn't think it worked with OS X. Do you need any special drivers?

Actually, I was also wondering if anyone...
Posted by JBL, on Jan 14, 2002 at 03:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
Connecting to the USA store mine "crapped out" at... 685 Views / 7 Replies  
Connecting to the USA store mine "crapped out" at 217.9 MB, about 1 MB short of where IE said the file was supposed to end. However, when I double clicked on the resulting "incomplete" dmg file, it...
Posted by JBL, on Dec 14, 2001 at 07:15 PM, in macOS
I am not quite sure what you are asking for. If... 699 Views / 12 Replies  
I am not quite sure what you are asking for. If you take the obvious solution to the traveling salesman problem (find the shortest route through n points) takes n! time. (This is faster than...
Posted by JBL, on Nov 25, 2001 at 11:25 PM, in Developer Center
It has to be doing something more than what 9.x... 680 Views / 7 Replies  
It has to be doing something more than what 9.x does because it runs down the battery much faster (on a TiBook 500). Unless there is some magic way to put it in deeper sleep that I don't know about,...
Posted by JBL, on Nov 25, 2001 at 11:33 AM, in Developer Center
? Searching the archives over there I see a lot... 665 Views / 10 Replies  
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Searching the archives over there I see a lot of discussion about trying to get this to work but I don't see any real solutions. Do you have a more precise pointer?

Thanks.
Posted by JBL, on Nov 4, 2001 at 03:32 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Do you mean usr/bin? It is in my path so I am not... 486 Views / 3 Replies  
Do you mean usr/bin? It is in my path so I am not sure why it isn't in yours. I don't really know where it is traditional to put things like this (I would be interested in the answer also). However,...
Posted by JBL, on Nov 3, 2001 at 11:09 AM, in macOS
I may have some of the details wrong here but I... 441 Views / 2 Replies  
I may have some of the details wrong here but I believe the finder hides files if either their name begins with a . (that is the normal unix thing) or if they appear in a file called ".hidden". My...
Posted by JBL, on Nov 3, 2001 at 03:11 AM, in macOS
Printing problems (no transparancy) 477 Views / 0 Replies  
I am trying to create a very simple graphing program. The point of the program is to be able to graph many transparent lines so that you can quickly judge the variation between different samples by...
Posted by JBL, on Nov 2, 2001 at 02:49 AM, in Developer Center
Check out TinkerTool... 436 Views / 4 Replies  
Check out TinkerTool (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11967&db=mac).
Posted by JBL, on Oct 28, 2001 at 11:29 AM, in macOS
Check out TinkerTool... 401 Views / 4 Replies  
Check out TinkerTool (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11967&db=mac).
Posted by JBL, on Oct 28, 2001 at 11:29 AM, in macOS
You might check out QuicKeys... 415 Views / 1 Replies  
You might check out QuicKeys (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11412&db=mac). I haven't used it but it seems like it might do what you want. The reviews on VersionTracker for this first...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 28, 2001 at 11:20 AM, in macOS
You might check out QuicKeys... 341 Views / 1 Replies  
You might check out QuicKeys (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11412&db=mac). I haven't used it but it seems like it might do what you want. The reviews on VersionTracker for this first...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 28, 2001 at 11:20 AM, in macOS
Thanks to all! Gawk is exactly what I was... 1,564 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks to all!

Gawk is exactly what I was looking for!
Posted by JBL, on Oct 25, 2001 at 10:09 AM, in macOS
"Who is going to buy an iPod?" Not me. I... 1,588 Views / 61 Replies  
"Who is going to buy an iPod?"

Not me. I wonder what the market is supposed to be. Mp3s are really hot with college students, but $400 is a lot for college students. In my experience, people who...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 23, 2001 at 05:02 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
or MacGSView... 669 Views / 4 Replies  
or MacGSView (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10273&db=mac)
Posted by JBL, on Oct 21, 2001 at 10:07 PM, in Applications
iBooks to the families of the firefighters. 560 Views / 5 Replies  
iBooks to the families of the firefighters.
Posted by JBL, on Oct 21, 2001 at 02:33 AM, in MacNN Lounge
PS What is "shell interpretation"? 1,564 Views / 8 Replies  
PS What is "shell interpretation"?
Posted by JBL, on Oct 17, 2001 at 07:13 PM, in macOS
Thanks, I will try out pico. I am really hoping... 1,564 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks, I will try out pico. I am really hoping for a method that doesn't involve opening each file though, i.e. something where I can just type "translate *.dat" and all of my files will magically...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 17, 2001 at 07:11 PM, in macOS
Trust me, if awk did this automatically I would... 1,564 Views / 8 Replies  
Trust me, if awk did this automatically I would never even have noticed that different OSs have different line endings (actually I guess I knew that but it still came as something of a shock that my...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 14, 2001 at 11:36 AM, in macOS
Actually the idea that physical events are solely... 1,764 Views / 85 Replies  
Actually the idea that physical events are solely caused by other physical events is more an issue of definition than anything else. For example, when people first came up with the idea of magnetic...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 14, 2001 at 11:29 AM, in MacNN Lounge
What happened to all the msgs posted on the 13th? 436 Views / 5 Replies  
Everything posted between 3am on the 13th and just now (12:30 EDT) seems to have disappeared.
Posted by JBL, on Oct 14, 2001 at 12:33 AM, in macOS
Multiple record separators in awk? 1,564 Views / 8 Replies  
I would like to write an awk script that will have multiple record separators (specifically I would like the script to work the same for Apple, UNIX and Windows line ends). It appears that field...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 12, 2001 at 09:33 PM, in macOS
I am using my PowerBook G3 which still has 8.5.1... 809 Views / 34 Replies  
I am using my PowerBook G3 which still has 8.5.1 on it (yeah, primative I know). Anyway, the trackpad does the same thing. However, the trackpad control panel has an option to make the tracking 1:1....
Posted by JBL, on Oct 10, 2001 at 11:34 PM, in macOS
drawing mathematical "images" 423 Views / 0 Replies  
I would like to be able to create graphic objects based on mathematical functions. For instance, I would like to create a gabor patch which is defined as an object whose grey level as a function of x...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 9, 2001 at 06:53 PM, in Developer Center
Okay, I don't have an Epson printer so I am not... 470 Views / 1 Replies  
Okay, I don't have an Epson printer so I am not sure about this, however, these options usually appear in the print dialog box.
Posted by JBL, on Oct 8, 2001 at 11:57 PM, in macOS
Just go to www.apple.com (http://www.apple.com) ... 541 Views / 7 Replies  
Just go to www.apple.com (http://www.apple.com) and click on developer. Sign in (or register if you aren't a member) and... click on "download" a thousand times and get denied access 999 times. The...
Posted by JBL, on Oct 2, 2001 at 12:29 AM, in Developer Center
Thanks! It looks like most of the dropped frames... 495 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks! It looks like most of the dropped frames were due to the calls to update the GUI. I'll see if I can figure out what is causing it to drop the few it still drops. I am not sure why it takes it...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 24, 2001 at 05:22 PM, in macOS
Are Framerates Complete BS? 495 Views / 6 Replies  
I don't actually play computer games. I do, however, run experiments on human visual processing that require extremely smooth animation. I have been trying to figure out, whether it is possible to do...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 23, 2001 at 06:58 PM, in macOS
You are dashing my hopes! I find this to be the... 559 Views / 14 Replies  
You are dashing my hopes! I find this to be the single most annoying thing about OS X. They really need to fix it!
Posted by JBL, on Sep 23, 2001 at 06:07 PM, in macOS
Drawing mathmatically defined patterns 440 Views / 0 Replies  
I would like to draw objects on the screen that are defined by simple mathematical functions like "greylevel = sin(x)" or "greylevel = max(0, 256 - x^2 - y^2)." If one knows the screen resolution,...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 19, 2001 at 01:20 AM, in Developer Center
Care to go into detain about why you don't like... 627 Views / 15 Replies  
Care to go into detain about why you don't like RBrowser. I haven't used it a lot but it seems pretty intuitive and has worked well for me.
Posted by JBL, on Sep 12, 2001 at 06:04 PM, in Applications
Thanks! I have been reading the fink-users... 731 Views / 13 Replies  
Thanks! I have been reading the fink-users mailing list for a week now. To tell you the truth, it is a little intimidating. There is a lot of talk about CVS and various things which I have no idea...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 10, 2001 at 06:56 PM, in macOS
So (just to make sure I have this straight) the... 731 Views / 13 Replies  
So (just to make sure I have this straight) the xfree86-rootless package is the same as the xfree86-server package except that one has XDarwin 1.0 (which doesn't allow rootless operation) and the...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 10, 2001 at 12:58 AM, in macOS
I will probably buy Mesa when they add a Median... 529 Views / 6 Replies  
I will probably buy Mesa when they add a Median function and error bars for their charts. It looks pretty good. For the moment I am using AppleWorks 6.2.

Actually, I read someplace that the...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 9, 2001 at 01:32 PM, in Applications
I have been using Canvas since 3.5 when I started... 510 Views / 6 Replies  
I have been using Canvas since 3.5 when I started using it as a vector graphics program. Since then they have added a lot of stuff. That might make it seem like bloatware, but (as a non-graphics...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 9, 2001 at 12:51 PM, in Applications
Okay,I finished the installation and everything... 731 Views / 13 Replies  
Okay,I finished the installation and everything (else) worked the way your instructions say they should except that xfree86-server doesn't seem to give me a choice between full screen and rootless...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 9, 2001 at 12:30 PM, in macOS
Oops. I was responding to Angus_D's response,... 731 Views / 13 Replies  
Oops. I was responding to Angus_D's response, without noticing that ndptal85 had also responded.

Thanks, I'll put myself on the fink-users mailing list. It isn't too high traffic is it?

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Posted by JBL, on Sep 2, 2001 at 10:29 AM, in macOS
Hmmm. Has something changed? Anyway, I am pretty... 731 Views / 13 Replies  
Hmmm. Has something changed? Anyway, I am pretty much a unix newbie but I am trying to learn so I thought I would try your fink installation guide. Unfortunately things didn't go quite the way I was...
Posted by JBL, on Sep 2, 2001 at 01:53 AM, in macOS
Thanks. That worked! But I am a little unclear... 1,112 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks. That worked! But I am a little unclear about what is happening. You say "crontab -e" creates a crontab file, but where is this file and what is it called (I can't seem to find any such file)....
Posted by JBL, on Aug 22, 2001 at 09:27 PM, in macOS
How do you use cron? 1,112 Views / 12 Replies  
Can someone give a decently detailed explanation of how to use cron for a unix newbie?

Thanks!
Posted by JBL, on Aug 19, 2001 at 09:07 PM, in macOS
Where can one find specs on how quickly LCD... 624 Views / 20 Replies  
Where can one find specs on how quickly LCD displays change state (or whatever the equivalent of phosphor rise and decay times are for LCDs)?
Posted by JBL, on Jul 23, 2001 at 01:16 AM, in Mac Desktops
Where can one find specs on how quickly LCD... 913 Views / 25 Replies  
Where can one find specs on how quickly LCD displays change state (or whatever the equivalent of phosphor rise and decay times are for LCDs)?
Posted by JBL, on Jul 23, 2001 at 01:16 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
How hard is it to implement DDR? 725 Views / 13 Replies  
How hard or expensive can it be to implement DDR? Why hasn't Apple done this? I was really expecting to see it on the new G4s.
Posted by JBL, on Jul 19, 2001 at 06:24 PM, in Mac Desktops
That's great news, but if Apple doesn't go with... 1,613 Views / 98 Replies  
That's great news, but if Apple doesn't go with the DDR how are they going to beat the PCs on overall performance?
Posted by JBL, on Jul 11, 2001 at 01:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
I think it is pretty silly to quote this award as... 1,277 Views / 51 Replies  
I think it is pretty silly to quote this award as evidence for the need for tort reform. There is a 100% chance that the award will be reduced on appeal. Mistakes will get made in any system and that...
Posted by JBL, on Jun 7, 2001 at 10:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The classic recipe for corruption. 877 Views / 48 Replies  
The classic recipe for corruption.
Posted by JBL, on Jun 7, 2001 at 10:38 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Republicans don't have to be bipartisan because... 877 Views / 48 Replies  
Republicans don't have to be bipartisan because they have God on their side. That is why they didn't even have to compromise with people in their own part. That is why they are on there way to being...
Posted by JBL, on Jun 7, 2001 at 03:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I think I agree with Kosmo but there are a bunch... 448 Views / 20 Replies  
I think I agree with Kosmo but there are a bunch of factors to consider. First, unless your parents are pretty old they will probably get another computer in 5 yrs and that computer isn't going to...
Posted by JBL, on May 14, 2001 at 02:20 PM, in macOS
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