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How to Compile for OS X in Linux or Windows?

I would like to port my C/C++ apps to OS X. I don't have a Mac, but I have Linux and Windows. Is there any tool for this? ...

Running Ant with JDK 1.6 on Mac OS X

I am having a problem running Ant with JDK 1.6 on Mac OS X. Even though Java application versions is set to Java SE 6 in OS X's Java Preference, executing java -version in Terminal also shows java version "1.6.0_07", Ant still seems to use JDK 1.5 to be using JDK 1.5 as it does not see JDK 1.6 classes when compiling my code. I understan...

Best database admin software for mac?

What's the best database admin software for OSX? maintain database schema and data run queries convert schema from one database type to another datapump to move data around schema diff tools, ideally able build a script to update a schema easy to use Databases I'm interested in are MSSQL PostgreSQL MySQL Firebird (SQLite) Prefe...

Development for iPhone on PPC-based computer

It has been said elsewhere that developing for iPhone requires an Intel-based computer, but this doesn't seem to be the case according to the few introductory Apple docs I've read. See this for example, which says merely, "To develop applications for iPhone OS, you need a Mac OS X computer running the Xcode tools." Can anyone provide a r...

How can I set up ssh via kerberos on MacOS 10.5 (Leopard)?

I am the de facto mac sysadmin for a few mac labs on a campus that is primarily Windows, and we have the Macs configured to do single login via Kerberos and get their directory info via LDAP and NFS. This works fine for someone physically sitting at the machine, but I am running into a brick wall when it comes to sshing into these machi...

Accessing data member of RootViewController in another class

I am developing an iPhone application using Objective-C. I want to access a data member which is of type NSMutableArray of the RootViewController class in another class. I tried making the array static. But I would like to have a non static array. How do I achieve this? ...

Increasing Heap size for SQuirreL SQL on Max OS X

Hi, I'm running SQuirreL SQL (2.6.8) on Max OS X. I'm running out of heap space when trying to create a Table script. Can anyone tell me how to configure SQuirreL SQL to start up with a higher jvm heap size? I'm rather new to developing on Macs, so assume I'm ignorant. Thanks. ...

MD5 hash calculates differently on server

Hi Everyone, I am running some code that I have written in C which calls the md5 hashing functionality from a hashing library that someone else wrote (md5.c & md5.h). The odd behavior I have been seeing is: hashing working perfectly = I hash a string, and it comes out to the exact hash that I have verified it to be with multiple other...

Use rsync to copy only hidden files

I want to back up all the hidden files and directories in my homedir using rsync, but not the non-hidden files and directories. For example, given this directory listing: drwxr-xr-x 7 sophie sophie 238 31 Mar 08:45 . drwxr-xr-x 15 sophie sophie 510 31 Mar 08:14 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 sophie sophie 4 31 Mar 08:12 .foo drwxr-xr-x ...

Launching Ruby without the prefix "Ruby"

I'm on OS X (with bash) and a newbie at unix. I want to know if it's possible to amend some file such that to run a ruby program, I don't need "ruby file.rb", but instead can just run "ruby.rb". Is there a reason NOT to do this? Thanks! ...

osx & windows development -- for newbies

hello, my background: i've been developing web applications using php and javascript for the past ten years. before that, i've developed applications using turbo pascal for DOS. in my opinion application and web application development are two different kinds of development (at least it's what i think when i remember back the old days o...

Why is this bash prompt acting strangely/disappearing, and how do I fix it (OS X)?

I admit that I use a somewhat long-winded bash prompt: --(username)-(Wed April 01|12:00:00)--(~ $ Recently, I got the bright idea to change it so that depending on the exit value from the previous command, if success, the interior elements of the ()'s would be green, and if failure, they would be red. I got it working for the most par...

Is there some sort of tool or helper to port an MFC/C++ app to OS X/Cocoa?

I have a significant codebase written in MFC and am tasked with creating a port for Mac OS X. I know that I'm going to have to roll up my sleeves at some point and do alot of grunt work to get everything working correctly, but are there any tools out there that might get me partway? ...

Bug fixed with four nops in an if(0), world no longer makes sense.

I was writing a function to figure out if a given system of linear inequalities has a solution, when all of a sudden it started giving the wrong answers after a seemingly innocuous change. I undid some changes, re-did them, and then proceeded to fiddle for the next two hours, until I had reduced it to absurdity. The following, inserted...

Import an existing python project to XCode

I've got a python project I've been making in terminal with vim etc.. I've read that XCode supports Python development at that it supports SVN (which I am using) but I can't find documentation on how to start a new XCode project from an existing code repository. Other developers are working on the project not using XCode - They won't mi...

How to setup cscope with aquamacs on MacOS?

Can you please tell me how can I setup cscope with aquamacs on MacOS? I have followed a link from Google saying how to build a cscope database for my source code. But how can I invoke cscope with aquamacs? Thank you. ...

Creating mouse cursor/pointers in OS X Leopard

I have a small gif that I can use as a mouse pointer with a browser by doing something like: .myclass { cursor: url("mycursor.gif"); } This works OK except that the hotspot is in the wrong place. Anyone know of any OSX Leopard software I can use to set the hotspot? I might be able to do it with Rezilla but I don't know ...

Where does the Bazaar OS X installer put the executable?

I recently installed Bazaar on my Mac laptop and I'm trying to get bzreclipse working. In order to do that, I need to tell it where the bzr executable is. I can't figure out where the installer put it. Anyone know what the default location is for this? ...

What is the easiest way to have a local LAMP installation for web development on mac OS X ?

I'm new to mac os x. In the Windows XP world, there are packages available, like easyPHP, wampserver, uniformserver, that enable you to have a local webserver complete with php, mysql configured via an automatic installer. Really handy. I need the same on my new mac. I know mac os x comes with a local webserver. Is this already with php...

Arrow keys does not work in cscope in Terminal on Macos

Hi, I am running cscope in Terminal on Macos by using 'cscope -d'. But the arrow keys (UP/DOWN arrow) do not work, as i need to navigate from 1 query to another. Can you please tell me how can I fix that? Thank you. ...