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I've just released an update to Man Reader - my Mac app that provides a GUI for reading man pages.
All the details about the update are here: https://troz.net/post/2025/man-reader-2.1/ but the main feature of this release is that it stops the app from crashing when you type fast into the search field.
You can buy or update via the Mac App Store at https://apps.apple.com/app/id522583774
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Man Reader app icon
@nixCraft
And yet it seems to be common practice nowadays to ask google how to do something, find a shell command on some arbitrary web site, and copy/paste it onto the local machine without ever understanding what it does.
If you're on a unix box and need to access the terminal (for any reason whatsoever) but don't know the basics of a shell (sh/bash/zsh/etc), you have a problem.
As for LLM, the only concern I would have is whether the `tmuxai` command can be assured to run the command it says it's running. I don't see any issue with `rm -i ./logs/debug-*.log`, especially with the `-i` flag present.
would you give LLM (AI) to run commands on your macOS, Linux, FreeBSD or Unix machine? Fuck no. I survived this long without this crap and I will be fine. Do not want. Go away.
#ai #unix #linux #macos #freebsd
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AI-Powered Terminal Assistant Screenshot that can run Linux and Unix commands for you.
If you ever accidentally end up inside vi or vim or neovim by reading some tutorials online, you can quit it by pressing Escape, colon ( : ), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return. It is simple as that. Modern version of VIM even tells you that on welcome screen. No need to panic.
#UNIX #linux #macos #freebsd #vim
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vim welcome screenshot showing version number and info about how to exit and get help about vim.
OK - so I will give a chance to #BSSG from @stefano, maybe this time my observations and notices find easier way to be published.
Anyway assuming they #nano is available on classical #macOS installation is too optimistic 😉 (EDITOR env var was not set).
I strongly suggest to put #vi (#ed is also save default 💥). Where is the place to put such suggestions?
If you know Deluxe Paint ("DPaint") for the Amiga (and MS-DOS), you know that it's one of the best pixel editors ever.
@PyDPainter is a free, faithful DPaint resurrection, and the latest release includes a macOS beta version…
https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter/releases/tag/v2.1.0
#DPaint #amiga #MSDOS #PixelArt #graphics #art #artist #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #commodore #1980s #Mac #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #macOS #digital #DigitalArt
Strong suspicion I could swap out #macOS for #Linux, do better with #Minecraft and most everything else, and not do much worse at macOS-specific stuff like #GarageBand and Messages under #OSXKVM (https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).
Anyone done this, or something similar?
@siracusa At the very least, if you can *only* have popup buttons that “hug" the title of the selected item, at least lower the compression resistance on the label so it truncates. This is NOT how you build UI. Look how the label will go into its own row if it doesn't fit vertically.
An extremely odd-to-me thing:
#macOS Safari has recently started collecting empty windows hidden away from view. Right-clicking on the Dock icon will regularly show three or four “Start Page" entries (my default when opening a new window) that just like… respawn…? or something.
I don't create them, they're not active or in view, but they keep cropping up even after I close each one.
Getting Started: macOS Apps with SwiftUI http://leanpub.com/courses/leanpub/macos-apps-with-swiftui by Grace Huang is the featured course on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #appdevelopment #macOS #SwiftUI
Do any operating systems other than #Linux (#Windows, #macOS, #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, etc) have an API for non-blocking file IO?
I know Linux has that in #io_uring, which can do almost any IO operation (even fsync) in the background and tell you when it's done, but is that the only OS with such a feature?
A new #blog post appears!
I built a native GCC 14.2.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger PowerPC.
https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250329.html
#macos #macosx #tiger #powerpc #power #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #solaris #illumos #gcc #llvm #clang #compiler #compilers #assembler #linker #toolchain #freesoftware #opensource #gnu
"… would love to switch to another platform but whenever I try KDE or GNOME my experience is always ‘not quite as bad as Windows’, …"
For more than two decades, I was a huge fan of Apple's OS. Yosemite was the killer, I switched to PC-BSD.
Now, preparing to switch from FreeBSD to Linux:
– whilst I do miss the excellent aspects of Mac OS X, the worst aspects are so bad that I'll never switch back
– I can barely tolerate Microsoft's desktop environment, and that's not because I'm anti-Microsoft
– KDE Plasma ticks more boxes than any other DE.
YMMV :-)
#Apple #FreeBSD #Linux #Microsoft #macOS #MacOSX #KDE #Plasma #Windows
rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250408062403 #openbsd #openrsync #rsync #macos #apple #freesoftware #libresoftware
that is how do it. what about you? sudo -i? sudo -s? su -? gksudo? runuser? pkexec? See https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/linux-run-command-as-different-user/ for more on those commands.
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Linux meme: Winnie the Pooh prefers sudo -i over repeatedly using sudo.
Did you know there are 12 applications hidden in a secret folder in the System Library on your Mac?
Lesson 1 in #UIUX... your buttons should not be moving targets. Especially if they're toggles.
Look at how if I toggle on "Transactions" and then toggle it off, I am no longer in the bounds of that button. TF?!
I have a feeling this was designed for touch and touch only. It wouldn’t matter there because you lift your finger after tapping…
Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week as users look to avoid subscription costs. That’s the highest download number since 2023. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix like systems. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html