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Unix Gems for Mac OS X
Publish Date: Jul. 6, 2004
Mac OS X users benefit from the platform's Unix underpinnings every time they launch their system. But the Unix heritage brings more to the table than power and stability; it also includes dozens of time-tested, useful utilities. In this article Kevin O'Malley shows you three Unix gems he thinks you'll start using right away.
BBEdit: Its Unix Support Doesn't Suck Either, Part 2
Publish Date: Apr. 30, 2004
In part one of this two-part series, Kevin O'Malley introduced you to BBEdit's Unix support features. Now, he shows you how to put BBEdit to work via filters, scripts, and more.
BBEdit: Its Unix Support Doesn't Suck Either, Part 1
Publish Date: Apr. 27, 2004
In this first article of a two-part series, Kevin O'Malley introduces you to BBEdit's Unix support features. He also includes a nifty hack for listing the songs on your iPod, copying songs from your iPod to iTunes, and playing a song in iTunes -- all from within BBEdit.
LaTeX: It's Not Just for Academia, Part 2
Publish Date: Mar. 5, 2004
In Part 1 of this two-article series, Kevin O'Malley introduced you to the popular installations of LaTeX for Mac OS X. Here in Part 2 he takes you inside document creation and shows you how to accomplish basic writing tasks.
LaTeX: It's Not Just for Academia, Part 1
Publish Date: Feb. 3, 2004
LaTeX is not a word processor. It's a document preparation system that produces typeset-quality output. LaTeX has as much, if not more, utility as commercial word processors. It's rock solid, has a long history of use, a large user base, and best of all, it's free. Kevin O'Malley covers the versions of LaTeX available for Mac OS X.
Version Control on Mac OS X, Part 3
Publish Date: Aug. 29, 2003
In his last article, Kevin O'Malley showed you the ins and outs of CVS. Now, in this
final article of the series, he looks at creating software releases using the CVS
tag and branch commands, as well as some Mac OS X GUIs for interacting with a
CVS repository.
Version Control on Mac OS X, Part 2
Publish Date: Aug. 8, 2003
In his first article of this series, Kevin O'Malley looked at what version control is, its terminology, and what systems are available under Mac OS X. Here in Part 2, he shows you one of the most popular version control systems, CVS, on a sample project under Project Builder.
Version Control on Mac OS X, Part 1
Publish Date: Jul. 18, 2003
At heart, CVS and other version control tools are vital for projects that involve multiple developers. As the Mac continues to gain favor in the developer community, we thought that a complete overview of version control would be an useful series residing on the Mac DevCenter. Kevin O'Malley begins this exploration today with a look at what version control is, its terminology, what systems are available under Mac OS X, and some basic examples.