Archive for September, 2008

Update GetBundle to use a custom subversion binary

Posted by michael on September 24th, 2008 under OS X
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GetBundle currently ships with it’s own svn binary from the 1.4 branch, but it is easy enough to make it use a different one.

Open TextMate
Go to TextMate > Preferences > Advanced
Click Shell Variables
Add a new variable called TM_SVN and set it to the path of the binary you want to use

Close the preference pane and [...]

Uninstalling subversion (or any package you’ve compiled manually)

Posted by michael on September 22nd, 2008 under Hacks
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I compiled subversion 1.4.4 and its dependencies (apr, neon) from source when I first got my Macbook, before I had installed MacPorts. Recently I wanted to upgrade to subversion 1.5, and also remove any trace of my previous compile, so I went to my src folder where I had subversion untarred and tried:
~/Documents/src/subversion-1.4.4$ make uninstall
make: [...]

Free OS X screencasting (with VNC)

Posted by michael on September 15th, 2008 under OS X
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You can use vnc2swf and a VNC server on OS X (any OS really, but these instructions are for OS X) to easily and quickly make your own screencasts. There is a bit of preparation involved, but nothing strange. These are the steps you have to follow (on OS X 10.4.11, Tiger):
Install Xcode Tools, Apple [...]

Better iTerm keyboard shortcuts

Posted by michael on September 15th, 2008 under OS X
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iTerm is a cool terminal replacement for OS X (tabs, bookmarks, and profiles off the top of my head); I’m still using Tiger, I think Leopard’s terminal app has been improved, but I’m not sure how it matches up to iTerm.
I like to use Command (Apple key) + left and Command + right to [...]