Removing plugins installed as svn:externals

I just had a problem with my svn repository after a couple of plugins I had installed as svn:externals (./script/plugin install -x http://blahblah) were no longer required and I wanted to remove them. Not something I’ve done before, but I found a handy article here, and all you have to do is this:

cd vendor/plugins
svn propedit svn:externals . --editor-cmd vi

Remove the lines that reference the plugins you wish to remove, then save and quit vi (shift-ZZ if you didn’t already know).

Then svn commit and you’re done :)

November 8, 2007 | Filed Under rails, subversion | Leave a Comment 

Bring back the flat dock in Leopard

Ok. Leopard is nice enough, but there are still a few niggles I have with it. One of those is the new dock.. shiny and cute as it is, I still prefer the old one. Fortunately the old (almost) one can be resurrected with these simple steps:

Edit: I’ve updated this article a little after some feedback from a friend of mine. Thanks Calum :-)

First run Terminal and type the following to make the switch:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES

Note: if you want to switch back to the shiny 3D dock, change that YES to a NO

Then restart the dock:

killall Dock

Tada!

November 6, 2007 | Filed Under leopard, mac | 1 Comment 

AJAX loader image generator

I was looking for a nice animated ‘loading’ image to make an AJAXified interface a little friendlier and I came across a handy little site. Once size obviously doesn’t always fit all, but if you want something quick and simple, try this.

October 31, 2007 | Filed Under ajax, interfaces | 1 Comment 

Leopard and (com.apple.dyld) Throttling respawn: Will start in n seconds

I don’t know exactly what causes this (I’ve only had a Mac a week!), but upon installing Leopard today and installing a couple of updates, the system felt a little sluggish and so I took a look at my Console, and it was brimming with messages like this:

10/28/07 1:06:33 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.dyld)
    Throttling respawn: Will start in 59 seconds
10/28/07 1:07:33 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.dyld)
    Throttling respawn: Will start in 59 seconds
10/28/07 1:08:34 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.dyld)
    Throttling respawn: Will start in 59 seconds
10/28/07 1:09:35 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.dyld)
    Throttling respawn: Will start in 59 seconds
10/28/07 1:10:39 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.dyld)
    Throttling respawn: Will start in 56 seconds

The fix for this is pretty simple, which I found here. But in brief, all you have to do is type this in a Terminal:

sudo update_prebinding -force -root /

Then reboot, and that should fix it :-)

October 30, 2007 | Filed Under leopard, mac | Leave a Comment 

Pro-gress ;-)

I finally have my Mac! Through a series of unfortunate events, my PC finally gave up the ghost, and with a little help from my Mum (thanks Mum!) I have a shiny new MacBook Pro. And it’s awesome. Ruby development is super fast, and actually so is everything else. It’s got a 1.8Ghz dual core Intel processor and 2GB of RAM, and I can’t make it break a sweat. I’ve already started reading the Apple documentation, and its yummy, so at some point in the future I hope I’ll be releasing some kick ass OS X software. Woo!

October 30, 2007 | Filed Under ramblings | Leave a Comment 

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