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From: JF Mezei on 15 Jan 2010 23:58 Leonard Blaisdell wrote: > "bbedit <path to filename>" in terminal works well providing you have > BBEdit installed. The file will be opened, edited and saved seamlessly. > I don't think TextWrangler does this, but I stand to be corrected. TextWrangler is a Apple GUI app, but it sets itself as the applicartion to be used by the "edit" line command. so I can "edit .profile" and it spawns a detached process that pops textwrangler up on the GUI display. And with regards for the need to . files in GUI users, many X-windows applications (which are GUI) do make use of . files as well. In fact, there are quite a few . files created, and I have a directory called .dvdcss which I suspect was created by VLC.
From: JF Mezei on 16 Jan 2010 00:09 Michelle Steiner wrote: > Type it in the file-name text field. OK, I was in the process of refuting your reply... BUT... There is only one text entry field in a file sleection dialogue. It is a spotlight entry field and causes a search for files containing the characters you have typeds (by default, once the dialogue changes, you can click on "file name" to cause the search to be on file name). HOWEVER: If you do not click on that text field before entering the /, it then does pop up a "go to folder" dialogue. So you have to ensure that your character is typed without clicking on the spotlight field first. Prior to 10.6, you would type the / in that text field and it would then let you specify a unix path.
From: Steven Fisher on 16 Jan 2010 02:41 In article <jollyroger-DFB3AC.15522115012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <0197ef4a$0$10141$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > Wes Groleau wrote: > > > > > I haven't installed TextWrangler on this disk, but if I remember right, > > > it has a directory view that allows double-click on a filename to edit, > > > which also shows dot-files. > > > > > > It has "open" and "open hidden" separate menu options. I guess for a > > "user" that uses text wrangler for editing text, the "open" is fine and > > that person doesn't want to see the crud and hiden files/directories. > > > > But for a system manager, "open" should, by default, show everything. > > Having to remember to always use "open hidden" is a nagging thing. > > That's what Command-Shift-. is for, though. It works in most every file > dialog I know of. Oh, that's a NICE tip. Thanks. Steve
From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 09:09 In article <0197ef4a$0$10141$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > Wes Groleau wrote: > > > I haven't installed TextWrangler on this disk, but if I remember right, > > it has a directory view that allows double-click on a filename to edit, > > which also shows dot-files. > > > It has "open" and "open hidden" separate menu options. I guess for a > "user" that uses text wrangler for editing text, the "open" is fine and > that person doesn't want to see the crud and hiden files/directories. > > But for a system manager, "open" should, by default, show everything. > Having to remember to always use "open hidden" is a nagging thing. File an enhancement request to TextWrangler's authors for an extra preference? -- Paul Sture
From: VAXman- on 16 Jan 2010 09:20
In article <jollyroger-9F5B1E.21013315012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> writes: >In article <00A979AB.500C7556(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>, > VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > >> In article <jollyroger-0C8C6D.17183215012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly >> Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> writes: >> >> >Most every experienced system manager I know is not put off by the >> >command line. Quite the contrary, they appreciate that in many ways, >> >it's much more efficient than graphical user interfaces. >> >> Familiarity breathes contentment. Put your OSX experienced system manager >> in front of a VMS system and let's see how far he goes. JF is used to the >> command line wherein commands predicate function. For example, if you want >> to search for a string in a file, the command is SEARCH, not grep. If you >> wanted to copy a file it's COPY, not cp; RENAME, not mv; DELETE, no rm. I >> think you could be a little fairer as he tries to understand what seems to >> be a rather cryptic interface for someone coming from a well organized and >> concise system. > >It seems like you're saying showing hidden files in the Finder is useful >as a learning tool, to help someone get familiar with the Unix file >system that is normally obscured. I don't recall ever having done that >to learn the Unix file system, myself; but whatever gets the job done. >: ) I'd been on unix long before I touched OSX. I'll bet many here, as the true Mac zealots, who came up through the ranks of the Mac predecessors to OSX are not that well versed in unix -- the underpinnings of OS X. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" |