Absolutely. While I'm on OS X, I'll sometimes fire up X11 in fullscreen mode, using ion as the window manager. Nothing like clearing out the visual+mental space to get some coding or writing done.
My biggest problem is I almost always use Emacs as well. Does anybody know how to prevent Screen from capturing the C-a keystrokes when in programs like Emacs?
First thing you do to increase productivity is turn off all the blinkenlight widgetry. Even if the frenetic distractions every second don't give you seizures, they'll certainly slow your mental processes down.
Then, open a web browser in one window and a terminal in the other and get to work you slacker!;)
Of course I'll never use FireFox or Opera more than casually since they use their own Windows-style widgets and as a result the Cocoa keyboard commands don't work:-(.
I've recently made the switch to OS X, and this is one of the few aspects of Windows that I miss.
Not *quite* the same thing, but if you go to the Keyboard & Mouse System Preference, then to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, you'll find at the bottom "Full Keyboard Access" -- change that to All Controls and you'll be able to tab to most controls. In that same Preference tab you'll find a metric crapload of navigation shortcuts for moving keyboard focus among windows, Dock, menus, etc.
Also, there are a ton of sometimes poorly documented Mac UI keyboard shortcuts that even long-time users don't know about, but which will speed your usage tremendously. There are various places to learn about them -- the Help menu in the Finder is a start, but also see http://www.macosxhints.com/ for the occasional gem.
And finally, as I mention elsewhere in this story, if you haven't tried http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ you haven't experienced Macintosh.:)
I've been using vim for a while now and have discovered myself getting really impatient with other text editors, or even text fields in browsers, without my favorite movement, deletion, and other shortcuts. Makes mutt seem even more attractive since I can use vi for its editor.
I've got a few links here for how-tos on setting bash in vi mode (set -o vi) and subsequent usage, and setting up Firefox with vi/vim keybindings.
And as I mentioned the other day, I knew I had gotten thoroughly adjusted to using vim when I tried to save and close a TextEdit document with:wq and was confused for a moment why it wasn't working.;)
I have to agree that we have placed too much emphasis on the GUI where a nice key command would suffice. On OS X, I can't survive without Quicksilver, which has been referred to as a GUI CLI, combining the best of both. It can also function as a sort of "glue app," interfacing between Terminal programs and GUI apps.
We'll know the most brilliant -- and useful -- ones if they *don't* get totally freaked after they find out the 'simulated' games were real and contact the queen.
That would probably be next to impossible to accomplish, as Apple's relationship with the cartel is crazy enough as it is.
Now what might more than possible is a flag that says "Indie". Same effect as what you said and less chance of causing grief, plus the Indies get some good PR. Win-win-win.
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Oh, and it's called "bozo-cam".
;)
Not KlownKam?
Absolutely. While I'm on OS X, I'll sometimes fire up X11 in fullscreen mode, using ion as the window manager. Nothing like clearing out the visual+mental space to get some coding or writing done.
Although it's an older version, ion is available in Fink unstable, as is ratpoison.
My biggest problem is I almost always use Emacs as well. Does anybody know how to prevent Screen from capturing the C-a keystrokes when in programs like Emacs?
Do a man screen and read about flow-control.
First thing you do to increase productivity is turn off all the blinkenlight widgetry. Even if the frenetic distractions every second don't give you seizures, they'll certainly slow your mental processes down.
;)
Then, open a web browser in one window and a terminal in the other and get to work you slacker!
Of course I'll never use FireFox or Opera more than casually since they use their own Windows-style widgets and as a result the Cocoa keyboard commands don't work :-(.
Have you tried Camino?
http://www.caminobrowser.org/
New beta versions out are reportedly spiffy.
I've recently made the switch to OS X, and this is one of the few aspects of Windows that I miss.
:)
Not *quite* the same thing, but if you go to the Keyboard & Mouse System Preference, then to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, you'll find at the bottom "Full Keyboard Access" -- change that to All Controls and you'll be able to tab to most controls. In that same Preference tab you'll find a metric crapload of navigation shortcuts for moving keyboard focus among windows, Dock, menus, etc.
Also, there are a ton of sometimes poorly documented Mac UI keyboard shortcuts that even long-time users don't know about, but which will speed your usage tremendously. There are various places to learn about them -- the Help menu in the Finder is a start, but also see http://www.macosxhints.com/ for the occasional gem.
And finally, as I mention elsewhere in this story, if you haven't tried http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ you haven't experienced Macintosh.
I've been using vim for a while now and have discovered myself getting really impatient with other text editors, or even text fields in browsers, without my favorite movement, deletion, and other shortcuts. Makes mutt seem even more attractive since I can use vi for its editor.
:wq and was confused for a moment why it wasn't working. ;)
I've got a few links here for how-tos on setting bash in vi mode (set -o vi) and subsequent usage, and setting up Firefox with vi/vim keybindings.
And as I mentioned the other day, I knew I had gotten thoroughly adjusted to using vim when I tried to save and close a TextEdit document with
Apparently, I also can't survive without putting the protocol in the URL: http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
I have to agree that we have placed too much emphasis on the GUI where a nice key command would suffice. On OS X, I can't survive without Quicksilver, which has been referred to as a GUI CLI, combining the best of both. It can also function as a sort of "glue app," interfacing between Terminal programs and GUI apps.
Don't be an asp.
I'll climb back in my box now...
;D
Appropriately enough, given a story about The Gimp.
The bare naked truth: I can buy a 128MB USB 2.0 flash drive for $10-12 and put songs I actually like on there.
Shill for rich musicians much?
Microsoft shares? Did I read that right?
;D
Yep. And you get one of your own for (at the moment) $27.91.
In English "Pajamas" is "Pyjamas". Its not a mispelling, its just the crazy American way of spelling the work.
;D
Yep! Just like our crazy American way of using apostrophes to indicate a contraction, even for pronouns!
We'll know the most brilliant -- and useful -- ones if they *don't* get totally freaked after they find out the 'simulated' games were real and contact the queen.
Shakespeare wrote video games?
Only this one, and in a teapot.
That would probably be next to impossible to accomplish, as Apple's relationship with the cartel is crazy enough as it is.
Now what might more than possible is a flag that says "Indie". Same effect as what you said and less chance of causing grief, plus the Indies get some good PR. Win-win-win.
The people who work for Microsoft aren't evil monsters...
;D
No, of *course* they aren't.
They just work for one.
But happily, I'm a WoW addict, and I can sleep at night.
;)
Aren't those two things mutually exclusive?
Darwin is opensource under a BSD license unless I am incorrect. (I dont use macs)
Actually, it's the APSL (Apple Public Source License).
Full Darwin information here.
Or better yet, the rather risque 'man woman'. ;)
I was so hoping this was going to be a new uber graphics version of Nethack.
;)
Turn on anti-aliasing for your terminal font.
In Soviet Russia, Source Opens You.
Looks like in a the Zelda 3 pics, he's holding a GameBoy up, with what I imagine is the same game on it. Nice!
clutching a picture of Princess Leia and moaning like a wookie?
Never mind that, what about the people clutching a picture of Chewbacca and moaning like Princess Leia?!