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From: JF Mezei on 13 Jan 2010 18:39 Jolly Roger wrote: > What are you actually trying to accomplish? Manager a server. (lots of config files to edit for instance).
From: Jolly Roger on 13 Jan 2010 23:40 In article <00ca2911$0$26904$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > > > What are you actually trying to accomplish? > > Manager a server. (lots of config files to edit for instance). I manage servers for a living. Accessing such files in the graphical user interface not only unnecessary - in some cases it's more trouble than it's worth, IMO. Are you not familiar with command-line text editors? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Paul Sture on 14 Jan 2010 13:53 In article <01075e46$0$6694$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Neill Massello wrote: > > > Command G drops down a "Go to the folder" entry box in OS X file > > dialogs. > > Doesn't seem to work for me. That's Shift Command G (on Leopard and before) > > > In 10.6, Command > toggles the display of invisible items in > > such dialogs. > > Works for me, but I needed to use USA keyboard to find the key combination: > > command shift period. (2 keys to the right of "M".) I'll have to look > at my custom keyboard config to see if commanbd shift period generates > the same character output as on the USA keyboard. Or if it is the actual > keycode that is used. I find _most_ key combinations within OS X itself (the same cannot be said of third party applications) work correctly using my local language layout. But I can toggle between that and US layout using the Input Menu System Preferences -> International -> Input Menu and click on "Show input menu in menu bar. I also have keyboard shortcuts Command Space and Alt Command Space to go to the previous/next language (IIRC this displaces the shortcut for Spotlight, but I'm happy with that). -- Paul Sture
From: Barry Margolin on 14 Jan 2010 21:37 In article <jollyroger-04B4F9.16482513012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <019522d7$0$24647$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > In Finder, one can "Go -> Go To Folder" and specify any valid "unix" > > path name (for instance /etc/postfix) and you get a finder window with > > the contents of that file. > > > > But in file selection dialogues, I can't seem to be able to get to this. > > > > In my mind, this used to be possible. > > > > Anyone know if there is a trick in standard file selection dialogues to > > specify a unix path name (and thus access normally hidden directories) > > Why bother? Hidden files are hidden for a reason - you normally > shouldn't need to access them from the user interface. What about the dot-files in your home directory? How do you edit your ..profile if you can't see it? Or if you use SSH, you need to edit your ~/.ssh/config file. I got around this by creating a symbolic link named sshdir that points to .ssh. I didn't know about Cmd-> to make dot-files visible. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Wes Groleau on 15 Jan 2010 00:06
Barry Margolin wrote: > What about the dot-files in your home directory? How do you edit your > .profile if you can't see it? Or if you use SSH, you need to edit your > ~/.ssh/config file. If you can't see .profile, then you're not using Terminal. And if you're not using Terminal, why do you need to edit .profile ? -- Wes Groleau He that complies against his will is of the same opinion still. -- Samuel Butler, 1612-1680 |