Local Help Files

A collection of hopefully useful tips.

Patches

patch-1.5.16.trash.txt - update of Cedric Duval's trash patch (originally found here but copied locally for completeness)
(md5: d0bc85f30ba298472dcda47dae825b19)
patch-1.5.17.cd.purge_message.bk.1.txt - update of Cedric Duval's purge message patch (apply after trash) updated for mutt 1.5.17
(md5: 4e26858e9fe2eb96211714a3e3f55d88)

Vim tips and tricks: A set of slides based on my talk of the same name. (Swarthmore copy)

jEdit a multi-platform editor that is good for both coding and HTML/CSS authoring.

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)
- Stop mail, then run
```
    sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum
```
- http://www.hawkwings.net/
External monitors
- To fix a window that is off screen, open Script Editor in /Applications/AppleScript/ and run the following:
```
    tell application "Finder"
    set bounds of window 1 to {202, 103, 817, 508}
    end tell
        
```
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).

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