*emacs

Finally a nice Emacs command: M-x viper-mode

GitX

While I am generally speaking a terminal fan, I started to like GitX, an OS X git GUI.

iOS

Just why did Apple decide to rename "iPhone OS" to "iOS"?
This will make searching for Cisco IOS literature and tips & tricks a pain!

Print vs. Display

Smart: "Print color output is different than screen color output because of one huge reason: print is subtractive output, while a light source like a monitor or the sun is additive output." -- Comment, AVSForum

What I am doing...

This Federal News Radio podcast covers part of my current work.

ctags & vim

The problem with Exuberant Ctags is that .h are by default C++, not C. Consequently, letting Ctags read only the header files is not enough - unless you want to have missing exports. An easy solution is to add the following definition to your "global" Makefile:

CTAGS_OPTS = -f .tags \
    --fields=+aS --c-kinds=+p --extra=+q \
    --langmap=C:.c.h --totals

Your directory-specific Makefile will look like this:

tags:
  @ctags $(CTAGS_OPTS) *.h $(SOME_OTHER_DIR)/*.h

Obviously, you want vim (and OmniCppComplete) to look for your new ".tags". Just add the following to your .vimrc:

set tags=.tags;$HOME

The ";" at the end tells vim to start looking for a ".tags" in the current directory, and if not found to go up one level, etc.

eMails

Sorry for not responding to my emails, but (a) I'm busy (b) had to reinstall my system (c) I will not have private Internet access for a few days.

Shadow-less Stickies

The Stickies.app windows clearly look better w/o shadow. Here is how you can get rid of the shadow:

1. Open Terminal.app
2. $ cd /Applications/Stickies.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/StickiesDocument.nib
3. $ plutil -convert xml1 -o keyedobjects.plist keyobjects.nib
4. Open "keyedobjects.plist" with vim (or the Property List Editor)
5. Replace the "NSWTFlags" value with "1886916608"
6. Save and quit
7. $ mv keyedobjects.nib keyobjects.nib.org
8. $ plutil -convert binary1 -o keyedobjects.nib keyedobjects.plist