Comments for Zak Mandhro's Blog http://mandhro.com Zak Mandhro's Blog On Random Software Stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on 8 things Mac OS could do better by Zak Mandhro http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3244 Zak Mandhro Sun, 04 May 2008 13:29:58 +0000 http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3244 The other way around: "Switching From OS X to Ubuntu: 10 Things I Miss" http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2007/switching-from-os-x-to-ubuntu-ten-things-i-miss/ The other way around:
“Switching From OS X to Ubuntu: 10 Things I Miss”
http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2007/switching-from-os-x-to-ubuntu-ten-things-i-miss/

]]> Comment on 8 things Mac OS could do better by Zak Mandhro http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3231 Zak Mandhro Sat, 03 May 2008 15:12:57 +0000 http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3231 See http://www.nabble.com/Inkscape-native-Mac-OS-X-build---look-improvements-td14733036.html for an update on Inkscape native UI for Mac OS. See http://www.nabble.com/Inkscape-native-Mac-OS-X-build—look-improvements-td14733036.html for an update on Inkscape native UI for Mac OS.

]]> Comment on 8 things Mac OS could do better by Zak Mandhro http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3230 Zak Mandhro Sat, 03 May 2008 12:57:46 +0000 http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3230 It's May 2008, and I finally have Java 6 on my Mac. I'm not holding my breath for Java 7. Carl: Thanks for the great tip! Regarding X11, I am running Leopard and X11 is just as bad. I am glad they moved to Xorg, but the Mac OS graphical shell is still not integrated with X11. It’s May 2008, and I finally have Java 6 on my Mac. I’m not holding my breath for Java 7.

Carl: Thanks for the great tip! Regarding X11, I am running Leopard and X11 is just as bad. I am glad they moved to Xorg, but the Mac OS graphical shell is still not integrated with X11.

]]> Comment on 8 things Mac OS could do better by Carl Williams http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3202 Carl Williams Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:18:21 +0000 http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-3202 re: the startup scripts, the startup and shutdown scripts on my version of OS X (10.4.xx) look for and, if they're present, run /etc/rc.local and /etc/rc.shutdown.local, so if you want you can drop in shell scripts like the ones on SysV systemsto scan through scripts in an rc directory and run them in order according to name. (You could replace /etc/rc and /etc/rc.shutdown, but these might be altered by software updates) There are no runlevels on a BSD based system like Mac OS X, so no point in SysV's multiple rc directories. I think the X11 issue is being worked on - OS X 10.5 (leopard) has a different X11 implementation based on Xorg rather than XFree86, though it was a bit buggy at release. (Not tried it personally - I'm using 10.4) re: the startup scripts, the startup and shutdown scripts on my version of OS X (10.4.xx) look for and, if they’re present, run /etc/rc.local and /etc/rc.shutdown.local, so if you want you can drop in shell scripts like the ones on SysV systemsto scan through scripts in an rc directory and run them in order according to name. (You could replace /etc/rc and /etc/rc.shutdown, but these might be altered by software updates)

There are no runlevels on a BSD based system like Mac OS X, so no point in SysV’s multiple rc directories.

I think the X11 issue is being worked on - OS X 10.5 (leopard) has a different X11 implementation based on Xorg rather than XFree86, though it was a bit buggy at release. (Not tried it personally - I’m using 10.4)

]]> Comment on Using MySQL Full Text Search with Rails by Mysql Download http://mandhro.com/2006/11/20/using-mysql-full-text-querying-with-rails/#comment-3101 Mysql Download Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:51:43 +0000 http://www.mandhro.com/2006/11/20/using-mysql-full-text-querying-with-rails/#comment-3101 Hi Finally I found a site the has some good information on Mysql Download. I was searching around and found your post Using MySQL Full Text Search with Rails, thanks for the good info..I'll be checkin back soon. Hi Finally I found a site the has some good information on Mysql Download. I was searching around and found your post Using MySQL Full Text Search with Rails, thanks for the good info..I’ll be checkin back soon.

]]> Comment on Making Firefox work with Dual Screen on Linux by shaiton http://mandhro.com/2006/10/20/making-firefox-work-with-dual-screen-on-linux/#comment-3080 shaiton Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:12:42 +0000 http://www.mandhro.com/2006/10/20/making-firefox-work-with-dual-screen-on-linux/#comment-3080 very usefull but it is a capital "P" !!! firefox %u -P SecondScreen Cheers very usefull but it is a capital “P” !!!

firefox %u -P SecondScreen

Cheers

]]> Comment on 8 things Mac OS could do better by Tom http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-2770 Tom Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:31:58 +0000 http://mandhro.com/2007/06/26/8-things-mac-os-could-do-better/#comment-2770 Go back to linux. Go back to linux.

]]> Comment on Using MySQL Full Text Search with Rails by coolpositive http://mandhro.com/2006/11/20/using-mysql-full-text-querying-with-rails/#comment-2643 coolpositive Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:53:21 +0000 http://www.mandhro.com/2006/11/20/using-mysql-full-text-querying-with-rails/#comment-2643 I can’t seem to get this to do anything. I unzipped this into vendor/plugins, and ran rake db_schema_dump. The db/schema.rb file still has the same add_index call which fails on the TEXT field. Do I need to do something else to install the plugin? I can’t seem to get this to do anything. I unzipped this into vendor/plugins, and ran rake db_schema_dump. The db/schema.rb file still has the same add_index call which fails on the TEXT field. Do I need to do something else to install the plugin?

]]> Comment on Designing Databases with ActiveRecord Conventions by Zak Mandhro http://mandhro.com/2006/06/16/designing-databases-with-activerecord-conventions/#comment-1865 Zak Mandhro Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:36:41 +0000 http://www.mandhro.com/?p=5#comment-1865 Dan, Thanks for the comment. I agree. The actual value for ID doesn't matter, it's there to let the relational database do it's internal data structure. In the case of Oracle, a single sequence should work in most cases, as long as it's set to capacity. For MySQL, SQL Server (and DB2?) you don't have to worry about managing sequences objects. - Zak Dan,

Thanks for the comment. I agree. The actual value for ID doesn’t matter, it’s there to let the relational database do it’s internal data structure. In the case of Oracle, a single sequence should work in most cases, as long as it’s set to capacity. For MySQL, SQL Server (and DB2?) you don’t have to worry about managing sequences objects.

- Zak

]]> Comment on Family2.0 Famiva is live, FINALLY! by Jamal http://mandhro.com/2007/03/21/family20-famiva-is-live-finally/#comment-1850 Jamal Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:30:07 +0000 http://mandhro.com/2007/03/21/family20-famiva-is-live-finally/#comment-1850 Checked out Famiva. Looks nice. Great idea. Checked out Famiva. Looks nice. Great idea.

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