Silas Sewell - Mac OS X http://www.silassewell.com/blog/tag/mac-os-x Infrastructure Development Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silassewell.com/ en hourly 1 OS X’s GNU Screen – Open in the Current Working Directory http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2008/04/05/os-xs-gnu-screen-open-current-working-directory/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT silas http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2008/04/05/os-xs-gnu-screen-open-current-working-directory/ How to get GNU Screen working properly in Mac OS X.

~/.bashrc

alias screen='export SCREENPWD=$(pwd); /usr/bin/screen'
export SHELL='/bin/bash -rcfile ~/.bash_profile';

case "$TERM" in 
    'screen')
         cd $SCREENPWD
         ;; 
esac

~/.screenrc

startup_message off
shell -$SHELL
]]> Four Ways to Make Safari Better http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2008/04/04/four-ways-make-safari-better/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT silas http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2008/04/04/four-ways-make-safari-better/
  • Force Safari to open a new window in a tab
  • Change Safari's default search engine (use with Keyfu to get Firefox-like keywords)
  • Set a search shortcut in Safari
  • Install AdBlock for Safari
    • ]]>         OS X GNU Screen Proper Bash Prompt http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2008/02/23/os-xs-gnu-screen-proper-bash-prompt/ Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT silas http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2008/02/23/os-xs-gnu-screen-proper-bash-prompt/ How to get GNU Screen working properly in Mac OS X.

    ~/.bashrc

    alias screen='export SCREENPWD=$(pwd); /usr/bin/screen'
export SHELL='/bin/bash -rcfile ~/.bash_profile';

case "$TERM" in
    'screen')
         cd $SCREENPWD
         ;;
esac

    ~/.screenrc

    startup_message off
shell -$SHELL
    ]]>         Better Terminal Font in OS X (GNOME) http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2007/11/18/better-terminal-font-os-x-gnome/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT silas http://www.silassewell.com/blog/2007/11/18/better-terminal-font-os-x-gnome/ With the release of Leopard (OS X 10.5) came a sufficiently usable Terminal (aka tabs). The only real complaint I had was the font.

    Terminal

    I ended up tracking down the default font used in the GNOME terminal and installed it using the steps below:

    1. Download Bitstream Vera Mono 1.10
    2. Extract the archive
    3. Double click on VeraMono.ttf
    4. Click Install Font
    5. From Terminal click Terminal->Preferences
    6. To the right of Font click Change...
    7. Select Bitstream Vera Sans for the Family
    8. Select 12 for the Size
    9. Close the Fonts window
    10. Enable Antialias text under Text
    11. Restart the Terminal
    ]]>