osx

Is there a way to open (arbitrary) core dumps with Xcode?

Looking for an alternative to command line gdb for examining core dumps on OSX - is there some way to get Xcode to open arbitrary core dumps w/ debugging symbols? ...

How do I create an NSArray with string literals?

I'm attempting to create an NSArray with a grouping of string literals, however I get the compile error "Initializer element is not constant". NSArray *currencies = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Dollar", @"Euro", @"Pound", nil]; Could someone point out what I'm doing wrong, and possibly explain the error message? ...

Import mysql database in osx

Hi, I have a mysql dump generated from phpmyadmin in a windows environment, when i try to import in osx (using mysql command line) there are encoding problems, the databases have the same encoding and collation. I've also noticed that this problems occurs also when i try to import a diferent database from a unix virtual machine. When ...

I am trying to use gnu screen on mac

I have ~/.bash_profile which I would like to be invoked every single time a new GNU screen is created so that all my aliases work in GNU screen as they work in terminal. At this time this is what my ~/.screenrc looks like. hardstatus on hardstatus alwayslastline hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %m/%d %C...

Zlib not available in OS X?

I am trying to install a python library and receive this error after downloading an egg file. Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.5/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c7-py2.5.egg Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 10, in <module> use_setuptools(min_version=min_version) File "/Users/tylo/Downloads/Archive...

XCode can't find headers in /usr/include

Hi all, I'm trying to use standard system header files in my C++ XCode project: #include <openssl/bio.h> #include <openssl/ssl.h> #include <openssl/err.h> The build fails and it complains: "Openssl/bio.h: No such file or directory" I added /usr/include to the "Header Search Paths" in Project settings, but that doesn't fix it. I CO...

How can I set environment variables depending on directory

If I have 'export BLA="hey there"' in .profile in my home directory, how can I change this later in other directories just by cd into the other directory? Also, is there a way to just set a new environment variable when I cd into a directory. My first attempt was to just make another .bashrc file in the directory where I want the change...

Curious about python installation paths, especially on OSX.

First: I'm running Macports. No problems with that, except: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin which is the value of sys.exec_prefix, for my macports python even though: /opt/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ seems to be quite a logical place to put things, /opt/local being the macports --prefix, as...

How do I make a Mach-O binary from an object file?

I have an object file, which I'd like to make into a Mach-O binary(I'm on Mac OS 10.6). Running ld -e _main source.o /usr/lib/libc.dylib produces the following output: ld: symbol dyld_stub_binding_helper not defined (usually in crt1.o/dylib1.o/bundle1.o) for inferred architecture x86_64 How can I reference libc using ld? ...

Using the Android SDK on a Mac, Eclipse is really slow. How can I speed it up?

I'm using Eclipse + the Android SDK on a Mac running Snow Leopard to develop Android apps. Thing is, Eclipse is really slow - like, it "beach balls" for a few seconds when changing tabs. Is there anything I can do to improve it's performance? ...

Carbon C Event Handlers for movement of scroll bar of window

Hello All, I am trying to find how can we catch the events of that whenever a scroll bar is moved. Scroll bar can also be moved programmatic-ally so, mouse scroll events wont work here. I am using Carbon, Mac Thanks, Rahul ...

How to determine if an application is using the GPU

I'm looking for a way to determine how to know whether an application is using the GPU with Objective-C. I want to be able to determine if any applications currently running on the system have work going on on the GPU (ie: a reason why the latest MacBook Pros would switch to the discrete graphics over the Intel HD graphics). I've tried ...

Is there a way to set "Keep in Dock" setting while installing AIR app in Mac?

Hi, I am mainly a windows programmer and need to ask this to Mac experts. Is there a way to set "Keep in Dock" setting while installing AIR app in Mac? So that when user does a quit from the dock menu the app remains there, unless user does a "Remove from dock" manually, instead of the default where user has to do a "Keep in Dock" m...

Purge complete Python installation on OS X

I’m working on a recently-upgraded OS X Snow Leopard and MacPorts and I’m running into problems at every corner. The first problem is the sheer number of installed Python versions: altogether, there are four: 2.5, 2.6 and 3.0 in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework 2.6 in /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ (MacPorts insta...

get text from running application window (osx)

Hi, I'm very very new to OSX/UNIX and i was wondering how i would go about getting a certain text from a application window. Explanation: App1 is running, it has a textfield with changing data. I start app2 and i want the data in the textfield from app1 available in app2. (i did not write app1 its a commercial app) I guess it should p...

Error when using --static option with macrubyc

I want to create a binary executable for a relatively simple script that would not require people to install macruby or HotCocoa. The script is here. I've understood that I want to use the --static option for the compiler and I'm using the following command: macrubyc -o postprocessor --static postprocessor.rb I get the following error...

How to make a plugin for [Path] Finder to browse zip-archives as folders?

What really surprises me is lack of some essential functionality in Finder, when one migrates from Windows to OS X. One of the things is a possibility to open an archive as a folder, i.e. staying in the directory tree and being able to drag and drop files from the archive to folders in the tree, sidebar etc. What would you do to enable ...

warning: Insecure world writable dir when I run a ruby or gem command

Not sure why I'm getting this, but I just installed RVM, the new Ruby 1.9, and reinstalled a bunch of gems, and I get this /Users/johnsmith/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.1-p378/bin/gem:4: warning: Insecure world writable dir /opt/local/bin in PATH, mode 040777 Everything still runs otherwise, but I was wondering if there was a way I could get ...

Crashing the OS X Pasteboard

I have an application that reads in text by emulating CMD-C copy commands and reading the pasteboard - unfortunately this the only way to achieve what I need. Occasionally, as this is under development, once in a while I do something wrong (I don't think it's related to the copy command) and the app crashes. Once in a while, this has a...

Qmake does not specify a valid qt

After installing Qt SDK for Open Source C++ development on Mac OS by following the respective steps Note for the binary package: If you have the binary package, simply double-click on the Qt.mpkg and follow the instructions to install Qt. . Yes, that is all I have done to install Qt on MacOsX. Everything was going fine, until I run a ...