I really love OS X. Things are done right or can be easily changed… for the most part.
A few though, need to be configured through secret command line incantations.
I’ve finally ran across a way to add the full path of the directory into the Finder.
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
There are more customizations available from the command line here.
I ran across a great menu shortcut on Leopard.
Cmd-Shift-/ (aka. Cmd-?)
Now just type in your menu command and the result comes up like quicksilver/spotlight.
Hit enter and volia!
A few weekends ago, I was at Ann Arbor Startup Weekend. It was a great weekend. We had a functional alpha/beta at the end of the weekend. This was despite the, to put it mildly, congested wifi.
A lot of folks are very reliant on the internet for information. Understandably so, but it doesn’t work in a weak and no wifi situation.
Using gem_server to get your documentation each time seems like a lot of work.
Enter Bashfully Yours, Gem Shortcuts.
By setting up my bash to load up gem documentation, I’m able to get documentation faster then you can off the web.
gemdoc hpricot
Done!
Try it out. It might even inspire you to help out with documenting a few gems.
I’ve been a long time VI user. Not a vi-ninja but definitely comfortable using the vi methodology.
Having used Block Mode editting in Textmate, I really needed to find a way to do the same in vi.
Volia!
Ctrl-V with ‘c’, ‘I’, and ‘A’ are the magic commands in vi
I’ve recently made changes to my bash profile after getting sick and tired of managing multiple environments in one profile.