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§ ita § - Apr 23, 2005 7:37:42 am PDT #2573 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The rest of the stuff looks like scripts and extras (and a bunch of text files). That's what I'm wondering about.


Steph L. - Apr 23, 2005 7:59:36 am PDT #2574 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

ita, I just made a folder called "FFView" in my Applications folder, and dragged all the stuff into it. I doubt that the extra stuff is necessary, but I just left it there.

I put all my applications in the Applications folder, and just made an alias for the dock for things I run most often.


§ ita § - Apr 23, 2005 8:13:30 am PDT #2575 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmmph. FFView doesn't like me very much. Shouldn't there be a way I can double click on a cbz and have it come up automatically? And it starts with the last page (and then continues to the first), or at least it has these first three issues.


Steph L. - Apr 23, 2005 8:17:54 am PDT #2576 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

FFView isn't big with the double-clicking on the cbz file to open it; that only seems to work when I haven't opened the application yet. Otherwise, I have to use the File menu (or the keyboard shortcut) to open a cbz.


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2005 12:14:38 pm PDT #2577 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Now, now I need a text editor -- one with syntax highlighting would be good, but it's mostly FTP open and save I need. A Mac version of UltraEdit or Crimson Editor is what I'm thinking of.

Any suggestions?


Tom Scola - Apr 24, 2005 12:24:20 pm PDT #2578 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

A lot of long-time Mac users swear by BBedit.

I use Emacs, though, so what do I know.


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2005 12:28:21 pm PDT #2579 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanks Tom (and Steph, for the FFview). I'm grabbing the 30 day version right now.

I also grabbed Panda for the main box. Not only is the version I could find a 30 day eval, it's desperately chatty.


Rob - Apr 24, 2005 1:29:01 pm PDT #2580 of 10003

Any suggestions?

BBEdit has syntax highlighting and FTP/SFTP file opening. Highly recommended. It has a 30-day demo.


Gris - Apr 24, 2005 2:25:05 pm PDT #2581 of 10003
Hey. New board.

TextWrangler, the free lighter editor by the people of BBEdit, does everything I need. Make sure you need more before dishing out the green for the big guy.

It appears to have FTP open, though I've never tried it out.


Typo Boy - Apr 24, 2005 9:39:02 pm PDT #2582 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

There is a usenet group I still get info from; the server does not quite meet usenet standards. (The date/time field is the wrong length or some such.) Something got frelled in a post, and I can no longer read it via thunderbird newsreader, though outlook newsreader works fine. (Basically in thunderbird, the frelled post shows up as the last post, nothing posted thereafter downloads, whereas outlook is able to skip the bad post and move on.)

So I need a new free newsreader, non-ad supported. Any thoughts?