Local Help Files
A collection of hopefully useful tips.
Patches
Mutt
Vim
General Software
- jEdit a multi-platform editor that is good for
both coding and HTML/CSS authoring.
Unix Software
- Procmail tips for local users
- Make -- a program for compiling code
Mac Software
- To upload and download software, you'll want Fugu
- MacPorts: a collection of Unix tools ported to the Apple's OS X. These are just some frequently used commands for me.
- I've been having problems with LaTeX Equation Editor since I upgraded to 10.5 -- specifically, the font displayed was unusable. However, I downloaded the source and built an intel version of it an everything seems to be working better. LaTeX_Equation_Editor 1.3 (intel)
- Adesso AKB-805MAC a "natural" style keyboard for the mac (command keys in the right place). Now with drivers supporting 10.5 (Mac drivers)
Mail (10.4.x)
External monitors
Favicons
Safari sometimes doesn't display them. Just stop Safari and then remove
the icon cache located at:
~/Library/Safari/Icons/
iSync Nokia 6086
I found this post at
Howard Forums that contained the changes needed to get my 6086
working. (I've put the content of the change below in comments just in
case).
QuickLook
Find new tools at http://www.quicklookplugins.com/
and restart via
qlmanage -r
from the command line.
Last Modified: February 12, 2008 - Benjamin A. Kuperman