Mac Basic

Settings

Keyboard Settings

This settings help macvim use exvim correctly.

Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard, select "Use all F1,F2,...."

Bash Profile

reference from: http://hayne.net/MacDev/Notes/unixFAQ.html

When a "login shell" starts up, it reads the file /etc/profile and then ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login or ~/.profile (whichever one exists - it only reads one of these, checking for them in the order mentioned).

Show hidden files in Finder

Open terminal and type:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Tips

capture screenshots on Mac OS X

• shift + cmd + 3: fullscreen snapshot.
• shift + cmd + 4: rect region snapshot.

The picture is saved on the desktop.

Terminal to Finder, Finder to Terminal

• in Terminal, type "open ." will open the Finder and locate in current working directory.
• in Finder, just drag the folder to Terminal.
  • or you can use http://code.google.com/p/cdto/

Go in Finder

In any Finder window or Open/Save dialog, you can hit Command + Shift + g to get a location bar from which you can directly type in the directory to go to.

Other Tips

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/400/mac-os-x-hidden-features-and-nice-tips-tricks

Tools

• compress
  • unrarx: http://www.unrarx.com/
  • KeKa: http://www.kekaosx.com/en/
• music player
  • cog: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cogosx/
  • vox: http://www.voxapp.uni.cc/
• installer
  • homebrew: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew
  • macports: http://www.macports.org/

Reference

• Copy Finder Path to Clipboard: http://macdevelopertips.com/applescript/copy-finder-path-to-clipboard-tip-2.html

Path

Libs and Includes

the libs/includes are in the /user/local/include and /user/local/lib

Hot Keys