Hi Josh Thanks. I'm in the middle of doing a clean Lion install but will have a read up on it when I'm done - if I get anywhere with it I'll post back to let you know. Thanks again for taking the time to reply!
Aston On 23 Nov 2011, at 18:17, Joshua Ballanco wrote: > Hey Aston, > > Again, this isn't a question particularly specific to MacRuby, but (since I > was just playing with it the other day) you might have a look at the > documentation for "ipfw". It can be a bit confusing and intimidating at > first, but one of the many (many, many) things that you can do with ipfw is > route traffic bound for one interface on the local machine to a different > interface (and back again to the original, if you like). The only downside is > that you need administrator permissions to configure ipfw...but then you > would need that, regardless of the specific mechanism, to alter traffic > routing on a machine. > > Cheers, > > Josh > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:16 AM, az...@gmx.net <az...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi Josh - on the same theme, would it be possible to create an app (in > MacRuby) where I could intercept web connections (/urls) and block if need be? > > I'm thinking about creating a website limiter - where you can set time limits > or time-frames for certain websites. I'm guessing something like it might be > possible as Little Snitch intercepts network connections :/ > > Thanks in advance. > > Aston > > > On 20 Nov 2011, at 00:37, Joshua Ballanco wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM, az...@gmx.net <az...@gmx.net> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Is it possible to make a Lion app(/option) with MacRuby which allows you to >> change the opacity (alpha value) of other apps/windows via the View menu? >> >> So say I have a PDF open in Preview, I'd go to: view menu > transparency, >> and then set it to 50% >> >> Is this possible? Would it be a pain to do? I don't think I've seen any >> MacRuby apps that add functionality to other apps like this so am guessing >> it's not trivial. >> >> Hi Aston, >> >> Forgive the quick and dirty description... Properties of an application's >> windows are controllable by the operating system or the application itself. >> Allowing a different application access to the window is, generally >> speaking, a violation of process separation. That said, you might look into >> SIMBL. It allows you to inject code into a running process. Not as a >> separate process, but it is possible to modify an already running process. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> - Josh >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
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