I'm thinking of switching to Mac..
in [UK Mac]
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From: Elliott Roper on 21 May 2010 10:59 In article <85nfi1FssU2(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-21 12:36:08 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > > > In article <1jiud06.e8kjh7hfb4qoN%news{@bestley.co.uk>, Mark Bestley > > <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Or use a UK keyboard but choose the language setting to be Austrailian - > >> which just swaps # and � to be shift 3 and alt 3 > > > > Good trick that. Especially when commenting code in Emacs and you can't > > be arsed with a fancy input mode. Laconic comments with a slightly > > nasal twang are more readable later. > > That sounds like a good trick, but doesn't that also swap the "." and > the "?" keys? No.? Works as marked set to Australian on UK keyboard on 10.6.3 I don't think I have ever seen an Australian keyboard which differs from the British in that respect. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Chris Ridd on 21 May 2010 11:15 On 2010-05-21 15:59:23 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > In article <85nfi1FssU2(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd > <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-05-21 12:36:08 +0100, Elliott Roper said: >> >>> In article <1jiud06.e8kjh7hfb4qoN%news{@bestley.co.uk>, Mark Bestley >>> <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Or use a UK keyboard but choose the language setting to be Austrailian - >>>> which just swaps # and � to be shift 3 and alt 3 >>> >>> Good trick that. Especially when commenting code in Emacs and you can't >>> be arsed with a fancy input mode. Laconic comments with a slightly >>> nasal twang are more readable later. >> >> That sounds like a good trick, but doesn't that also swap the "." and >> the "?" keys? > No.? Works as marked set to Australian on UK keyboard on 10.6.3 > I don't think I have ever seen an Australian keyboard which differs > from the British in that respect. Ah, so it doesn't force you into AQI mode :-) -- Chris
From: Elliott Roper on 21 May 2010 11:18 In article <85nmc8Fb48U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-21 15:59:23 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > > > In article <85nfi1FssU2(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd > > <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2010-05-21 12:36:08 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > >> > >>> In article <1jiud06.e8kjh7hfb4qoN%news{@bestley.co.uk>, Mark Bestley > >>> <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Or use a UK keyboard but choose the language setting to be Austrailian - > >>>> which just swaps # and � to be shift 3 and alt 3 > >>> > >>> Good trick that. Especially when commenting code in Emacs and you can't > >>> be arsed with a fancy input mode. Laconic comments with a slightly > >>> nasal twang are more readable later. > >> > >> That sounds like a good trick, but doesn't that also swap the "." and > >> the "?" keys? > > No.? Works as marked set to Australian on UK keyboard on 10.6.3 > > I don't think I have ever seen an Australian keyboard which differs > > from the British in that respect. > > Ah, so it doesn't force you into AQI mode :-) Well played! You completely whooshed me! -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Ian Piper on 21 May 2010 14:45 On 2010-05-21 09:41:22 +0100, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> said: > - focus follows mouse is not available There is a utility that gives you focus following mouse and also the auto-raise windows on hover. I had it installed on my Mac for a while but somehow couldn't settle with it. It worked fine, it just seemed quite un-Mac-like somehow. In general, really, a Linux user should be able to make a very happy transition to the Mac. Those things that you really must have you can almost certainly get hold of as packages or source, and you may find that you prefer the Mac equivalents for a lot of them. Someone else mentioned TextWrangler. Apart from the cost this is a great tool. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Ian Piper on 21 May 2010 14:50
On 2010-05-21 19:45:27 +0100, Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> said: > On 2010-05-21 09:41:22 +0100, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> said: > >> - focus follows mouse is not available > > There is a utility that gives you focus following mouse and also the > auto-raise windows on hover. I had it installed on my Mac for a while > but somehow couldn't settle with it. It worked fine, it just seemed > quite un-Mac-like somehow. > > In general, really, a Linux user should be able to make a very happy > transition to the Mac. Those things that you really must have you can > almost certainly get hold of as packages or source, and you may find > that you prefer the Mac equivalents for a lot of them. Someone else > mentioned TextWrangler. Apart from the cost this is a great tool. > > > Ian. Oh, turns out that it's built-in: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031029203936659 This gives you FFM but not auto-raise. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --� |