I did not use the Powerbook today, I've been busy
converting my DirectX code over to OpenGL. I have been
planning to do this for some time since DirectX does not
conform to Happymakinggames' cross-platform
ideals.
At least I found that GLUT tutorial for Xcode yesterday
that has put my mind at ease regarding the porting process from Windows to MacOSX.
Scott sent some more information
regarding the screenshot
information.
You don't have to use Grab to take screenshots in OS
X. These keyboard combos will work as well:
Shift/Command(Apple key)/3 -- screenshot of
entire desktop.
Shift/Command(Apple key)/4 --
pointer becomes crosshairs, allowing you to drag-select
an area of your desktop to capture (releasing
mouse button captures the image).
Shift/Command(Apple key)/4/spacebar --
crosshairs become camera icon when you release the keys,
allowing you to select an object on your desktop to
capture by hovering over it (clicking mouse button
captures image). This one is really cool.
Images
are saved to your desktop as pdfs -- "Picture 1."
Glad you're enjoying the Mac -- keep
telling your friends!
Take care,
Scott
This is great information. Not that Grab is bad, I actually
really like Grab since it lets me save the screenshot anywhere
I like. Scott's method means not having to run Grab before
taking screenshots which is an obvious timesaver. The PDF
saving put me off at first, but this turned out to be a
Windows user's fear and experience with PDF files. With MacOSX
I can open the PDF and export it to another file format, very
handy. With Windows I would have to purchase Adobe's Acrobat
or find some other software to allow me to export from a PFD
file.
Two people mentioned some more
information about Quicksilver.
Eytan (Full email is here)
Hi,
Saw your link in MDN then followed to your
blog and thought you might like to know what the
Quicksilver for Mac OS X is:
Quicksilver (
http://blacktree.com/apps/quicksilver/
) is an evolving structure for manipulating any form of
data. The current modules include a launcher, a
clipboard recorder, and a shelf.
Install it, and
read this handy how-to (
http://vjarmy.com/archives/2004/03/quicksilver_a_b.php
) from an enthusiastic user and be amazed. The core
functionality of QS is open source, code to be released
in a few months.
Have fun and good for you
on the switch
:)
Cheers,
Ke
I did a search for Quicksilver yesterday, the only
things that turned
up were the clothing brand, some theme and a software company.
This handy application did not, maybe it appeared a little
deeper in the Sherlock Internet search.
I did use Quicksilver today to try it out. My user account
on the Powerbook is not very "populated" yet so the only
things I played with were the preferences panel, catalogue
panel and using Quicksilver to open up Safari with bookmarks
from Mozilla. Quicksilver is a handy utlity and will take me a
little time to get the full hang of. I do like utilities that
keep my hand on the keyboard when I am already on the
keyboard. If I want to look at
Slashdot
while writing some code all I need to do is Apple+Space and
Quicksilver will pop up and I enter slash press return and
Safari opens up with Slashdot!
I will definitely have to go through the documentation for
Quicksilver. A great use would be to use it to bring up web
searches and help documentation while
programming.
Update: the www,vjarmy.com tutorial is updated regularly, to find new tutorials visit
www.vjarmy.com search results for Quicksilver.
