MethylBlue Blog » productivity http://www.methylblue.com/blog The Future Comes Second Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Spotlighting the London Underground http://www.methylblue.com/blog/osx-spotlight-and-the-tube/ http://www.methylblue.com/blog/osx-spotlight-and-the-tube/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:23:28 +0000 Max Howell http://www.methylblue.com/blog/?p=299
  • Download the Tube Map pdf from TFL
  • Save it somewhere you won’t delete it, eg ~/Documents/
  • Spotlight search for a tube map, eg Command-space, Tufnell Park

    Spotlight will open the map with the Tufnell Park highlighted! :) So now you know where it is and what line to get.

    OS X is awesome.

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    1. Save this script to /usr/local/bin/svn (ie. c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\svn)
    2. Ammend the svn variable
    3. chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/svn

    As long as /usr/local/bin is first in the path, you can use TortoiseSVN for the good bits, and the command line svn client for the rest.


    #!/bin/sh
    # Use TortoiseSVN from the cli
    # Public Domain, Max Howell 2008

    path=$2
    test -z $path && path=.
    test -e $path && path=`cygpath -wa $path`

    svn='/cygdrive/c/progra~1/TortoiseSVN/bin/TortoiseProc.exe'

    function svn
    {
    "$svn" /notempfile /command:"$1" /path:"$path" &
    }

    case $1 in
    up | update) svn update;;
    ci | commit) svn commit;;
    log) svn log;;
    props) svn properties;;
    browse) svn repobrowser;;
    *) /usr/bin/svn $@;;
    esac

    You can also use your ssh key from cygwin through TortoiseSVN. Some details here.

    But the gist is use this, C:/cygwin/bin/run C:/cygwin/bin/ssh, in the ssh program box in TortoiseSVN network settings.

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