Sorry, I saw it in passing. to access the port list, at a command
prompt, type "port list" without the quotes. It is a long list.
also, I found that if you run sudo port self update -d instead of
sudo port selfupdate, you see more stuff done during the update.
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On Dec 15, 2005, at 6:44 AM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.net wrote:
ir......
you don't know?
how do you access the port list?
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From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: dot files and TextEdit from terminal [was Re: dot
filesandthegui:]
I don't know, but it's in the port list.
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On Dec 15, 2005, at 6:33 AM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.net wrote:
what's the program called?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
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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.
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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
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
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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?
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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
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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
