I'd like to have a python program alert me when it has completed its task by making a beep noise. Currently, I use import os and then use a command line speech program to say "Process complete." I much rather it be a simple "bell." I know that there's a function that can be used in Cocoa apps, NSBeep, but I don't think that has much ...
I'd like to start experimenting with Cocoa and programming for Mac OSX. I'm not terribly concerned with Objective C syntax/constructs/bheaviors at this point, but more curious as to an efficient setup on in terms of an editor and/or IDE that will get me going quickly. Is there any IDE even remotely similar to Visual Studio (since that'...
What is the best mac based or even better cross platform UML Application available both costed and opensource / freeware? ...
What would you recommend for OS X development of a graphical application like those possible in WPF? My specific background is in Smalltalk & Java, but I currently work mostly in DHTML/.NET (ASP.NET/C#). ...
I'm a complete Xcode/Objective-C/Cocoa newbie but I'm learning fast and really starting to enjoy getting to grips with a new language, platform and paradigm. One thing is though, having been using Visual Studio with R# for so long I've kind of been spoiled with the coding tools such as refactorings and completion etc and as far as I can...
I searched for this and found Maudite's question about text editors but they were all for Windows. As you have no doubt guessed, I am trying to find out if there are any text/code editors for the Mac besides what I know of. I'll edit my post to include editors listed. Free Textwrangler XCode and DashCode Mac Vim Smultron Aquamacs and...
I'm a bit newbieish when it comes to the deeper parts of OSX configuration and am having to put up with a fairly irritating niggle which while I can put up with it, I know under Windows I could have sorted in minutes. Basically, I have an external disk with two volumes: One is an HFS+ volume which I use for TimeMachine backups. The ot...
Which do you use? I am just in the process of installing sqlite3 from MacPorts (Mac version is 3.1.3 and Python 2.5 seems to be linked to a newer version, fileformat is new...) and have to download all the tools I'm sure fink allready knows about again = so far I have allways found everything with fink... Which of the two do you use? ...
I'm going to be working on some iPhone apps so I've been given a golden ticket to buy a Mac. However the golden ticket isn't worth that much, and I'm thinking iMac. Now, Macs are great, I love 'em and use 'em at home, but I know that the iMac is geared more towards the average consumer than the professional. Is an iMac going to be powerf...
I’m thinking about trying some development for the iPhone, is it possible to install Leopard inside VMWare? I already have a pretty high spec PC with a comfy setup that I’d like to use, or do I need to buy a real Mac? ...
I want to programatically create an NSTextView. How can I determine the correct frame height so that the view displays one line of text in the current default font? ...
I know that MAC OS X 10.5 comes with Apache installed but I would like to install the latest Apache without touching the OS Defaults incase it causes problems in the future with other udpates. So I have used the details located at:http://diymacserver.com/installing-apache/compiling-apache-on-leopard/ But I'm unsure how to make this the 6...
So you know a lot of Mac apps use "bundles": It looks like a single file to your application, but it's actually a folder with many files inside. For a version control system to handle this, it needs to: check out all the files in a directory, so the app can modify them as necessary at checkin, commit files which have been modified a...
I'm starting developing with Flex on my Mac but i don't find good tools to ease the development (apart from Flex Builder). What is your favourite choice for Flex development on Mac? ...
I am considering buying an Apple MAC book Pro, are than any pitfalls developing C#/.NET code in a Virtual Machine running on a MAC? For this purpose, is it better to run Vista or XPPro? ...
I'm curious for all your Mac users out there which virtualization software you use and why? I've been a VM Ware user for Windows for years and have been running Parallels on my Mac (mainly because VM Ware was in Beta when I got Parallels). I'm curious if many folks have had experience with both, which may be better, pros and cons of ea...
Can anyone recommend a good repository viewer for Git, similar to gitk, that works on Mac OS X Leopard? (I'm not saying gitk doesn't work) Of course I would like a native Mac application, but as I haven't found any, what are the best options to gitk? I know about gitview, but I'm looking forward to evaluate as many alternatives as poss...
Is there a good, native Mac tool to view Mercurial repositories, similar to gitnub for Git? ...
I was wondering if InputManagers are still part of Leopard and if there is a good example that would show me what are the use of it? ...
Is there anything similar on Windows what would achieve the same as the InputManager on OS X? ...