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- Vi Input Manager
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Hacks, Open Source, Developer
Okay, this one is going to appeal to a very small audience (command line jockeys), but I suspect it will make those few people very happy. Vi Input Manager is, well, an OS X Input Manager that "patches the Cocoa Text System to add a Vi-like command mode." So in any Cocoa application with a text field (e.g. a form in Safari) you can enter "command-mode (typically, by hitting escape in Vi), [and] ordinary Vi commands can be typed and the text field will be updated accordingly." So basically, if you've invested years getting all those Vi commands in muscle-memory now you can capitalize on it in your favorite Cocoa applications (emacs fans don't shoot the messenger).
Vi Input Manager is Open Source and a free download, but donations are requested.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/vi-input-manager/#comments - Interarchy 8.5 & Interview
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Interviews
I'm a Transmit fan myself, but we seem to have a house policy of noting updates of the old-school (if you will) Mac FTP client Interarchy. Well it has been bumped to version 8.5, and has a new owner: Nolobe. In addition, TUAW favorite John Gruber has an interview up with Interarchy's original author Peter N Lewis and the new one Matthew Drayton. Perhaps the most interesting revelation is that the app is still mostly written in that bane of my middle school years: Pascal!
Version 8.5 has some interesting new features like integration with the Terminal, AppleScript support, and a new Dock Menu. Check it out at Nolobe.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/interarchy-8-5-and-interview/#comments - Scrivener - the word processor with a cork board
Filed under: Software, Productivity
Scrivener is a new word processor made for the messy, non-linear and notecard-slinging writers out there. Merlin Mann has been raving about it, and I can understand why: Scrivener's entire UI and workflow is designed around managing the pieces of whatever you're working on, allowing you to organize things like thoughts, outlines, pictures and dialog snippets with folders and keywords. The most interesting organizational feature, however, is a unique cork board UI on which you rearrange virtual notecards that contain summaries of whatever is in the document they represent. Hopefully, this allows many a college student and screen writer to stop jamming real cork boards in their bags when meeting for group projects.
Scrivener doesn't stop there: multiple document editing, full-featured outlining, full-screen editing and format-friendly exporting all round up quite a v1.0 debut. A 30-day demo is available, and a license runs $34.99.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/scrivener-the-word-processor-with-a-cork-board/#comments - More on Geocoding Your Photos: GPSPhotoLinker and Geotagger
Filed under: iLife, Software, Freeware
Earlier this week we posted on PhotoInfoEditor a small application for geocoding (adding location information to the metadata of digital photos). Well that seemed to shake some geocoding fans out of the woodwork, and so now we have a couple more ways to do it (both also donationware). First, Brian wrote in to let us know about GPSPhotoLinker from Jeffrey Early, a small application that will automatically insert geocoding info into pictures by linking the photo to a GPX format log file from a stand-along GPS receiver. In other words, you need to have a GPS receiver with you and on while you're out and about taking pictures. When you get home you upload the log file and the pictures to your Mac and GPSPhotoLinker will compare the time stamps of your pictures to the GPX log file locations and insert the appropriate latitude and longitude into the photos' metadata. Needless to say, for this to work properly requires that the camera and the GPS receiver's internal clocks be synchronized.
In the comments on the PhotoInfoEditor post, Craig Stanton brought our attention to his two related applications for geocoding using Google Earth. First Geotagger allows you to mark photo locations using Google Earth 4. You just "position Google Earth (version 4 only) over the location you wish to insert into your images, then drag your images (jpegs only) onto the Geotagger icon" and the photos will be tagged. For iPhoto users, Craig also has an iPhoto 6 plugin, iPhotoToGoogleEarth. that "will export photos for viewing in Google Earth" (obviously this only works if the photos already have the location metadata in them).
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/more-on-geocoding-your-photos-gpsphotolinker-and-geotagger/#comments - Rogue Amoeba's Paul Kafasis at Infinite Loop
Filed under: Macworld, Odds and ends, Interviews
According to Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba, about the same time as he sat down with our very own David Chartier for TUAW Podcast #18, he also gave an interesting interview to the good folks over at Ars Tehnica's Infinite Loop. They talk about a Rogue Amoeba's focus on audio, the controversy our own Laurie Duncan helped to start over what Paul dubbed The Delicious Generation, and more. So if you haven't already, first go listen to the podcast then check out the interview and you'll have more than met your recommended daily allowance of cool Mac audio developer news.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/rogue-amoebas-paul-kafasis-at-infinite-loop/#comments - Apple Store FireSale
Filed under: Odds and ends, Apple, Deals
I found myself in the local Mall yesterday, and like any other red-blooded Mac fan I was inescapably drawn to the soft white glow of the huge Apple. Negotiating my way to the back I ran into a "FireSale" table with refurbished and demo units (note the Apple characteristic FireSale). Some of the discounts weren't that impressive ($20 off an iPod nano), but one deal in particular seemed quite good: a refurbished 17" iMac for $799.95 (the sign said it was a Core 2 Duo, but I suspect that was a typo; besides even the Core Duo iMac is a great computer-I'm posting on one right now).
In addition to Apple products they had a number of demo floor units from third parties (scanners, printers, etc.), some with even greater discounts (percentage-wise). The sales guy indicated that everything came with regular manufacturers warranties. This may not be news to some of you, but for the others this might be a good opportunity to get a great deal on a refurbished Mac, though it's not like you needed another reason to check out your local Apple Store anyway! In addition to the in-store specials, the online Apple Store also some refurbished Macs for those of you not lucky to be close to a glowing Apple (including a Core Duo 17" iMac for $799, which makes me think the in-store sign was probably wrong).
On a side note, my local Apple Store did have the new Airport Extreme in stock.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/apple-store-firesale/#comments - To Tag or Not to Tag: Punakea and SpotMeta
Filed under: Software, Productivity, Tips and tricks
Everybody knows about the endless wars: Mac vs. PC, Coke vs. Pepsi, Tags vs. Hierarchical Filing... Well, okay, so the last one isn't quite as long-running, but it does seem like a point of controversy. A nice article on theappleblog about Spotlight and meta-data has gotten me thinking again about the whole tagging thing. The file folder metaphor is so strongly embedded in the way many of us long-time computer users think that it's sometimes hard to appreciate the benefits of new ways of doing things. I still instinctively crave hierarchical folder systems and was very happy, for instance, when iTunes finely gained folders (and remain annoyed that Yojimbo doesn't support nested Collection Folders). That said, as big of a stick in the mud as I normally am, del.icio.us (especially with Pukka) and some other tagging implementations have finally got me seeing that tags are definitely useful. At the end of the day, of course, there's no need to choose since neither filing method is exclusive of the other, so I think I'll continue to use both for the foreseeable future.
All of that was a lead-in to a couple of applications that make tagging with OS X easier. Of course, the best thing would be if Leopard included an official tagging mechanism, rather than the improvised systems involving Spotlight comments, but even if it does not there are some tools out there worth looking at if tagging is your thing. First there's Punkaea (donation requested) from nudge:nudge. Punakea features a drawer that pops out of the side of your screen onto which you can drag and drop files. When you do so, it will pop up a small dialog allowing you to define tags for that file. You can then search for tags with Spotlight or use the Tag Cloud within Punakea's browser window to find your files. Punakea can even be set to manage files you drop into it. That is, you can define a folder for Punakea to manage, and whenever you drop a file onto Punakea's application icon it will ask you for the tags and then move that file to the folder, in essence creating a non-hierarchical filing system.
SpotMeta, an open-source project from Ben Summers, takes a different approach, which is more integrated into the Finder, but also seems a bit more limited as to the practical number of tags possible. With SpotMeta you must first define your tags or "keys"in the application, and then whenever you want to tag a file, you just right-click in the Finder and select "Edit Metadata with SpotMeta...". (or alternatively you can select the file and then hit SpotMeta's Hotkey combo). This will bring up an editing window in which you can chose one of your pre-defined "keys" or tags. Finally, when you want to find you tagged files, you can just use Spotlight directly or search by Kind with the Finder search box.
Of course, in addition to these two applications, there's also the very handy File Tagging plugin for Quicksilver.Thanks to Steve for the SpotMeta tip!
[Edit: fixed SpotMeta description; turns out it's not as new as I had thought]
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