what's the program called? BlindTech Website: http://blindtechs.net Phone: (602) 488-9862 Visit our website, where we offer, tech support forums, free email, free shell accounts, free shoutcast services and more! Powered by Unix not Microsoft ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:33 AM Subject: Re: dot files and TextEdit from terminal [was Re: dot files andthegui:]
> Hey Louie, > > Did you know you can get a little proggy through darwin ports which > turns man files into files you can read from your desktop? i ran a > port list and saw it there. > > -- > Jonnie Apple Seed > With his: > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > On Dec 13, 2005, at 7:32 PM, louie wrote: > > Yes. Check out the man page for open. > At the command line type: > man open | col -b >desktop/open.txt > The above will create a file open.txt with the man info about open in > it. > Louie > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by the blind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 3:51 PM > Subject: Re: dot files and TextEdit from terminal [was Re: dot files > and thegui:] > > > > Thanks for both tips. does e then stand for text edit? > > > > -- Jonnie Apple Seed > > With his: > > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > > > > On Dec 13, 2005, at 5:49 PM, louie wrote: > > > > You can also use -e instead of -a then you need not type textedit > > on the command line. for example: > > open -e temp > > will open the temp file in textedit. > > Louie > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac > > OS X by the blind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:43 PM > > Subject: dot files and TextEdit from terminal [was Re: dot files > > and the gui:] > > > > > >> David, > >> > >> You can access TextEdit (and other Mac applications) directly from > >> terminal > >> with the "open -a" command syntax. For the case you describe of > >> wanting to > >> edit a dot file (such as .profile) that is normally hidden, type: > >> > >> open -a TextEdit .profile > >> > >> and the file will open in TextEdit. > >> > >> On Saturday, December 10, 2005, at 03:33AM, David Poehlman > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> When I open my home folder through the gui, , the . (dot) files are > >>> not visible. I can view them in windows and through terminal . . . > >>> I've got a .profile that's dot fprofile in my > >>> home folder and I can see it from my windows box but not when I open > >>> my home folder /users/davidpoehlman on my desktop. > >>> > >>> This [accessing dot files through gui] > >>> would be quite facilitative as I could use text edit to do > >>> editing when necessary instead of going into terminal, renaming the > >>> file and then editing it and renaming it or going through the > >>> network > >>> on the windows boxes. > >> > >> This also works for other apps (e.g. open -a Preview, etc.) > >> > >> You should also be able to drag and drop the file from your terminal > >> window into TextEdit (under Tiger) in the dock and have the > >> application > >> open up according to this MacWorld article: > >> > >> http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2005/11/textdrag/ > >> index.php > >> > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> Esther > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
