Please help me track down an article (or documentation) about an OS9 Mac setup regime that was heavily text-based, emphasizing how to set up a Mac with keyboard macros, desktop-accessible text snippets and very specific keyboard macros.
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posted by mph
on Dec 13, 2012 -
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I'm on a mac. A colleague sent me an Excel file (.xls) which I looked at in Excel 2011. It looks fine. I would like to save the file in some sort of text format, so that I can open Terminal and look at it in less. I realize that the columns won't align nicely, that's fine. What I don't want are all the weird characters that show up (from differently formatted line endings, etc). I've tried saving as "Tab delimited text," but that has the problem with the line endings. Which format should I use?
posted by bluefly
on Aug 16, 2012 -
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Remember editing text (I mean,
writing) with a pencil? Like you would as a teacher or senior editor correcting somebody else's manuscript?Can I do something like that on my Mac (10.5.8)? I've been using Preview to add highlights, notes and simple graphic elements, but what I want is...
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posted by dpcoffin
on Aug 8, 2012 -
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I need to go through text files, each containing hundreds of lines, and copy a specific part of each line, and then add all those parts together into one long line, each part separated by a comma. But how?
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posted by Unhyper
on May 9, 2012 -
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Is there a text editor under Mac OS X which can split a plain text file using a string as delimiter?
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posted by yclipse
on Apr 9, 2012 -
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I need to animate text (short quotes, one or two sentences each) for a video presentation. Are there any (free or cheap) softwares other than Keynote/Powerpoint that do this?
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posted by ddaavviidd
on Apr 7, 2011 -
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MacFilter! How do you keep your documents organized? Is there an iTunes-ish program for organizing and working with lots of text files?
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posted by 2oh1
on Jan 10, 2011 -
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Text on my Mac pro's monitor is behaving oddly, with intermittent horizontal bars of static across the lines of text. I think it might be the video card. Is it about to die?
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posted by Joe in Australia
on Jan 3, 2011 -
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I'm finally getting an iPhone when the new model is released. I have questions about integrating an iPhone with a Mac. Also: how can I save a little money on my soon-to-be hefty AT&T bill?
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posted by 2oh1
on Jun 5, 2010 -
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I'd like an ApplesScript that will let me increase or decrease the quote level of text that I've selected (like using ⌘' and ⌥⌘' in Mail).
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posted by davextreme
on Jan 21, 2010 -
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I really like the idea of text-based programs like WriteRoom (Mac) or DarkRoom (Windows). Are there similar applications for other purposes?
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posted by jfricke
on Dec 1, 2009 -
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For years I've been using Homesite on a PC, which was a great text editor. Now I've switched to Mac and all the text editors I find pale in comparison, despite the fact that Homesite hasn't been updated in years. Help me find one that I'll like.
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posted by lsemel
on Nov 19, 2009 -
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[MomFilter] Looking for a reasonably cheap, reliable printer (for printing text) for an iMac. Leaning towards laser as the experiences with inkjets have been that bouts of little use lead to still full, yet dry and thus worthless ink cartridges.
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posted by blueberry
on Jun 21, 2009 -
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OSX application for displaying text as one line and scrolling it sideways - like a news ticker?
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posted by djgh
on Nov 6, 2008 -
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Can anyone recommend some easy HTML editing and uploading tools for a mac? (ftp, text editor)
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posted by handee
on Jun 14, 2007 -
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Script-fu for arbitary text: Across applications (but especially in text editors) I want to be able to (a) right click on a bit of selected text (b) have the usual contextual menu pop up upon doing so, but with options to (c) send said text to an arbitrary script (perl, python, whatever) and (d) potentially have the selected text replaced by script results, if the context is right. What are my best options for both the Mac and Windows?
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posted by namespan
on Feb 25, 2006 -
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Are there any text editors for the Mac that will let me write in full-screen mode--i.e., with, say, yellow text on a black background, and no menu bar, dock, desktop, and so on?
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posted by josh
on Oct 14, 2004 -
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