MacTeX 2008 has just been released. Here are some of the new features: Packages in TeX Live 2008 can be updated over the internet. This is a major advance in the distribution. See documentation about the TeX Live Manager for details, and read the tlmgr man page. Additional documentation for the Mac is forthcoming; see […]
SecureMac has reported an AppleScript Trojan Horse in the wild. They recommend running MacScan 2.5.2 to fix the vulnerability. For those not afraid of Terminal fu, there is an easier fix: $ sudo chmod 0555 /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent
Version 1.4 of Aquamacs, the Aqua-native build of Emacs, has just been released, and has a number of interesting features making it an even better OS X citizen: New multi-tabbed interface similar to Safari. This makes switching between open files faster and more intuitive. Full screen editing now available. This allows you to focus just […]
Daringfireball reports that a Leopard Security Configurartion book from Apple was produced by Framemaker 6.0 available in Classic only. It is pathetic that Framemaker is not available on OS X since it is available on Windows and UNIX (Isn’t OS X UNIX?). I don’t think that everything typeset with an Apple computer should be done with […]
OpenInGitGui is an AppleScript droplet that allows you to open Git-Gui from the Finder. Install it in /Applications/Scripts (create the Scripts directory if it does not already exist), and drag the icon to the toolbar of your Finder. Select a folder containing your git repository and click the Git icon. Sounds easy. It is. Though […]
Git allows you to visually inspect your commit history with Gitk. Which is great. But on OS X it looks a bit crap set against the polish of the OS and native apps. If you are a Git-using geek still addicted to the Mac aesthetic, fear not! GitNub is for you… GitNub is not as […]
Despite my deep aversion to it, I still have Microsoft Word 2004 on my hard disk. Largely because administrators keep sending me Word docs, not to edit but simply to read, many of which have complex tables that TextEdit fails to render sufficiently well to be usable. (When will people learn to send PDFs? There […]
Continuing our ongoing text editor roundup for OS X, I am pleased to report that SubEthaEdit 3.1 has just been released. The world’s best collaboration text engine just got better. SubEthaEdit now supports: Automatic port mapping making communication over the internet easier—no manual configuration required Inviting your iChat buddies Friendcasting—the ability to connect to a […]
Navigating the command line on Apple’s terminal can be frustrating. The arrow keys only allow you to move one character at a time. So if you have typed a long command, say: $ perl texWordCount.pl /Users/markkalderon/Documents/TheHub/Research/Metamerism/Drafts/metamerism.tex and you realize you have forgotten an option, in this case -T: $ perl -T texWordCount.pl /Users/markkalderon/Documents/TheHub/Research/Metamerism/Drafts/metamerism.tex it can […]
As I mentioned in my initial post, learning about the UNIX underpinnings of OS X was a revelation. While I would never like to work exclusively in a text based terminal, a lot of UNIX utilities can be exploited by writers as well as coders. While visual editing familiar from word processors tends to obscure […]
One of the unexpected benefits of OS X was my rediscovery of UNIX. Prior to that, I had dim memories of a rarely used UNIX account when I was in college in the mid-eighties. The GUI of the newly installed Macs in some of the computer labs was a welcome relief from what I regarded […]
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