Short Q.: What does this exception mean? "EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)" Full Q.: How can I use this error log info (and thread particulars that I omitted here) to diagnosis this app crash? (NB: I have no expertise with crash logs or OS kernels.) In this case, my email client (Eudora) crashes immediately on launch, every time, after no appar...
I want to be able to run a text editor from my app, as given by the user in the TEXT_EDITOR environment variable. Now, assuming there is nothing in that variable, I want to default to the TextEdit program that ships with OSX. Is it kosher to hardcode /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit into my app, or is there a better w...
I'm sure this is a newbie question, but every time I've compiled/dl'ed a new version of vim for os x, running vim on the command-line opens up the gvim app. I just want to upgrade the console version (so I can, for example, have python compiled in to use omnicomplete). ...
Here is the directory layout that was installed with Leopard. What is the "A" directory and why the "Current" directory in addition to the "CurrentJDK"? It seems like you can easily switch the current JDK by move the CurrentJDK link, but then the contents under Current and A will be out of sync. lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Jun 14 ...
Is there any programming interface or CLI for changing network or file sharing settings in OS X Leopard? ...
I'm looking for a program that I can install on a Mac that will tell me how many bytes I download each day, and store that info in such a way that I could later view the results. Limiting by ports (80, 443, 21, 22) would be awesome as well. Does such a thing exist? ...
What happens to exceptions raised while in myMethod: if it is invoked via NSObject's performSelectorOnMainThread:withObject:waitUntilDone:? In particular, can I catch them in the scope of the call to performSelectorOnMainThread like this... @try { [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(myMethod) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:Y...
Sampling with Activity Monitor/Instruments/Shark will show stack traces full of C functions for the Python interpreter. I would be helpful to see the corresponding Python symbol names. Is there some DTrace magic that can do that? Python's cProfile module can be useful for profiling individual subtrees of Python calls, but not so much for...
I'm trying to commit to an SVN server hosted on my school's network. I have installed SVN 1.5.2 with binaries downloaded from CollabNet here. The error reported is: svn: Commit failed (details follow): svn: MKACTIVITY of '/opensvn/cs598r/!svn/act/defe271c-f33b-4851-a706-b2906301fed0': authorization failed (http://dna.cs.byu.edu) That'...
I'm a Linux guy and I'm used to copying directory trees with cp -a. OS X doesn't have -a option on cp... but it does have the ditto command. I'm reading the man on ditto now, but is there anything I should specifically be looking out for? ...
As a dyed in the wool Windows dev I surprised myself bought a Mac and I feel such a beginner again. I'm basically looking to get up to speed quickly and need advice on making the transition as an experienced windows dev to OSX. Can you recommend any development books specifically in the area of getting up and running using Apache, Pytho...
I just recently got my first mac. I do lots of programming on windows but now I want to get into Mac development. What are some languages i should know or tools i should use to get started with mac development? ...
I know there is a command line syntax for adding custom stacks to the OSX Leopard dock besides the "Downloads" which comes by default. What is it? ...
I know I can cycle through my tabs using cmd+{ or cmd+}, but is it possible to select a specific tab (i.e. cmd+3 for the third tab in iTerm) in Leopards' Terminal.app? ...
I have multiple branches of a project checked out, each under their own directory (pretty standard). src/branch1/some/code/directories src/branch2/some/code/directories I often find myself wanting to copy selected files from one branch to another. An example would be copying cvsignore files, or intellij module files. The pseudocomm...
Update: Thanks for the suggestions guys. After further research, I’ve reformulated the question here: Python/editline on OS X: £ sign seems to be bound to ed-prev-word On Mac OS X I can’t enter a pound sterling sign (£) into the Python interactive shell. Mac OS X 10.5.5 Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 17 2008, 19:35:17) European keyboar...
I've been unable to build P4Python for an Intel Mac OS X 10.5.5. These are my steps: I downloaded p4python.tgz (from http://filehost.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/tools/) and expanded it into "P4Python-2007.3". I downloaded p4api.tar (from http://filehost.perforce.com/perforce/r07.3/bin.macosx104x86/) and expanded it into "p4api-2007.3....
I'd like to be able to switch the sound output source in Mac OS X without any GUI interaction. There are tools to do control the sound output, such as SoundSource and an applescript to open the preferences dialog. What I am looking for is something that switches the preference instantly, like SoundSource but it has to be scriptable. T...
I have a bad habit of using the cursor keys of my keyboard to navigate source code. It's something I've done for 15 years and . This of course means that my navigating speed is limited by the speed of the keyboard. On both Vista and OS X (I dual boot a MacBook), I hate my key repeat rate turned all the way up. But in Visual Studio, and ...
I want to update a list of storage devices as the user inserts USB keys, adds external disks and mounts disk images. IOKit's IOServiceAddInterestNotification looks like the way to go, but the obvious use of registering general interest in kIOMediaClass only gives you notifications for unmounting of volumes and then only sometimes. What'...