On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Eneko Gotzon Ares <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm start learning UNIX. > Please, is there a canonical way, may be a font, for write UNIX commands > among normal text?
I tried my best to understand the above but failed miserably. Yet going out on a limb: - To type UNIX commands on a Mac you must use the Terminal application normally found in the Utilities folder in the Launchpad - Regarding fonts, I personally use the "Pro" theme (white on black) with the Menlo 18pt font - this set-up is easy to read and allows me to comfortably code on the shell. You may need to adjust the font size depending on your monitor. - Mac OS X defaults to the "bash" shell so if you are reading a Unix book some things may not work as expected There are tons of Unix and Linux tutorials out there and for basic stuff it will get you going. Mac OS X is largely based on FreeBSD, that is on the BSD family of Unix so maybe the FreeBSD Handbook might be of help, particularly: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/basics.html Linux tutorials (which are plentiful) will work as well, but remember that Mac OS X is more BSD-like with some Linux accents like the bash shell. MacPorts is a project that provides a "port" system on the Mac. A ports system allows you to download and compile (generally) Open Source software designed for Unix-like Operating Systems to the Mac. You shouldn't need great Unix knowledge to use MacPorts, apart from basic usage of the shell, and learning the MacPorts documentation available here: http://guide.macports.org On this list I would suspect that you won't get much help for learning how to use your Mac OS X as a Unix box, but rather more specifically on problems with MacPorts. I don't know of any generic list for using the Mac as a Unix box, but perhaps others do and can pitch in their 0.02. Best, -- Alejandro Imass > Thanks! > -- > Eneko Gotzon Ares > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
