I'm thinking of switching to Mac..
in [UK Mac]
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From: Pd on 22 May 2010 09:29 Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > 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: > > >> That sounds like a good trick, but doesn't that also swap the "." and > > >> the "?" keys? > > > No.? > > > > Ah, so it doesn't force you into AQI mode :-) > > Well played! You completely whooshed me! There should be a smiley for <applause> -- Pd
From: Jim on 22 May 2010 09:30 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > Ah, so it doesn't force you into AQI mode :-) > > > > Well played! You completely whooshed me! > > There should be a smiley for <applause> I think the nearest is \o/ Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 22 May 2010 09:49 On Fri, 21 May 2010 16:15:20 +0100, 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 :-) Oh, very good! Cheers - Jaimie -- "I have an asteroid named after me. Isaac Asimov's got one too. It's smaller and more eccentric." -- Arthur C. Clarke
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 May 2010 10:37 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: [snip] > The only marks I have against TW are that it can't open large files It can open large files; it just can't open files bigger than 384MB. SimpleText can't open large files - nothing bigger than 32K. > <http://faq.barebones.com/do_getanswer.php?record_id=36> and of course > the perennial upgrade costs do start adding up. Absolutely - the price is disgraceful, what they charge for Textwrangler. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: zoara on 24 May 2010 08:34
chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 21/05/10 10:59, T i m wrote: > > On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:41:22 +0100, chris<ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > >> p.s. Magsafe is worth a hellovalot more that a tenner! > > > > I agree that's a pretty god idea. Out of interest has anyone copied > > it > > somehow? > > I've asked that before and the response is that it is probably > patented/trademarked to the hilt. It is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagSafe | Apple owns US patent 7,311,526 [...] for this technology". I second the idea that MagSafe is worth more than a tenner - I'd worry about buying a laptop without it. Not only does it avoid accidental damage, it also means you can be a lot more relaxed about where you string cables (having said that, while you can't really trip on a magsafed cable, you *feel* like you're going to trip enough that you react and end up tripping over your own feet). -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |