Quote: Originally posted by Dom: Concerning MySql, it actually seems to work. After the installation, type : mysql_install_dbsafe_mysqld & mysql Oops, it shoul…

how to make mysql run at startup??? thanks

Whenever I install the iTools Beta for MacOSX Beta (I've ripped out X and reinstalled twice now) ... some UNIX commands in the terminal window cease to function. For example, I ca…

If you try to run this product, the text in the editor is all jacked up--but only for source files (those that are color coded). For plain text, it seems ok. Does anyone knw if th…

Has anyone out there managed to get Apache to use Tomcat as an Application Server? If so, could you post the mod for it (or directions for how to get it to work.) I would prefer …

http://www.whatispopular.com/article...to_tomcat.html

That how-to only configures Tomcat to run in stand-alone mode, NOT as an Apache module. I really need to have Apache using Tomcat. ------------------

Hi, I want to mount a unix nfs to a location in OSX. On OSX fstab is devided into 3 files fstab.hd, fstab.rd and fstab.sd. Do I put the mount point in one or all three files? Or d…

I can't answer your question, but I have a similar question: does anyone know how to mount a drive elsewhere in the filesystem than at / ? If I try unmounting one of my drives in…

Any one have any recommendations for a good text editor for OSX? I have used BBEdit for the last few years and have loved it and only wish that they would release a Carbon or Coc…

Quote: Originally posted by zscgeek: Any one have any recommendations for a good text editor for OSX? vi BABY! The father of BSD UNIX is none other than Bill Joy…

I recomend PICO for a text editor from the command line (also included in OSX). VI is like a loaded gun thats allways pointing at your head. PICO is much more user friendly wherea…

Yes I know about vi. I have worked with unix systems for years and have gotten very good at vi. :-) However what I am looking for is something along the lines of a BBEdit style ed…

I was struggling with the same problem. I don't want to run Classic but I really miss BBEdit. I've been switching between vi, TextEdit (Apple's replacement for SimpleText) and je…

html edit does some syntax highlighting, and when the developer tools are released, Project Builder might work... I don't know of any other app besides bbedit that has the batch …

Quote: Originally posted by zscgeek: that has COLOR syntax highlighting, powerful find and replace and the ability to use the mouse when I want to and use the keyboard i…

Where can I get gvim? And has it been ported to OSX? Thanks, RJ

Get vi, vim, or Emacs. You should be able to get them from http://www.gnu.org/. If you're looking for books to learn them, go to the O'Reilly & Associates catalog page at htt…

Someone mentioned TextEdit. It is fairly barebones, but if you add Mike Ferris's "TextExtras" package, you get a few additional features that make it more useful to developers and …

Quote: Originally posted by zscgeek: Yes I know about vi. I have worked with unix systems for years and have gotten very good at vi. :-) However what I am looking for i…

Quote: Originally posted by Pukku: Well, there is an x version of Emacs (actually, even a Mac version, I understand). So I imagine it won't be too long before it gets…

Though Apple's TextEdit isn't a good code editor (I LOVE rainbow editors), I thought I'd add a little to the community's knowledge. You can use it for simple text editing -- the sa…

Quote: Originally posted by MacBigot: alias TextEdit '/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit &' Unfortunately, it does not seem to take command line par…

Thanks for the info. I didn't know about the open command. Very useful. I did know about '\!*' before the '&', but I had a typo which prevented it from working, so I assumed it…

Trans-tex software has a carbonized version of Tex-Edit available (shareware) now. It doesn't have many of the developer-oriented features that BBEdit has (e.g. syntax coloring) b…