My editor of choice for most of what I do on the Mac (when I’m not in the shell using Vim) is Textmate. I recently came across a neat plugin called the Textmate Minimap. Essentially this plugin opens a map across the side of your Textmate window (like another drawer on the other side) and allows you to scroll full screens. You can move the editing window screen by screen in the minimap. This is equivalent to a visual page down.
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Erics Tech Blog Thoughts, musings, and other idealistic (sometimes useful) systems and development hoopla.
Textmate Minimap Plugin
25 Feb 2010 — ericGit GUI on Mac OS X
6 Nov 2009 — ericI have been using Git a lot lately and have found a lot of things I like better in Git than in Subversion. The one major item that was really bothering me was that there wasn’t really too many Git clients that could help you visualize the repository. I mean show merges, commits, branching, blame, etc. Seeing that CVS and Subversion have been around for a lot longer, there are many clients for them and now that I have been using Git for a while on the command line, I decided to take a look again.
What I am looking for is simple. I want 2 things:
- In the typical Mac style, I want a great looking interface. I want to be able to see who did what, when, and why (assuming good commit messages from the developers).
- Easy navigation through all the features. I am not planning on using any of the commands visually, I am still an archaic command line junkie.
One of my favorite features of git coming from Subversion is the ease of branching. I branch for everything now that I am using git. So in order to best track my changes, I was hoping for something to help me visualize my branches. I didn’t count this specifically in my desires because it wasn’t a requirement to be acceptable, but it definitely would have helped to tip the scales.
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Apple Steps Up With Multitouch Mouse
20 Oct 2009 — ericA while ago I wrote about how Apple needed an external multi-touch solution and that you can use your iPhone until then. Apple did it and now released the Magic Mouse.
To quote Apple, “It’s the world’s first multi-touch mouse.” It’s a wireless mouse that attaches to any computer that has a keyboard, mouse and Bluetooth via Bluetooth. It’s sleek just like everything else Apple makes. But the best part is that (as of now), its only $69. Good work Apple.
I could go on and on about why I think its cool and what it can do, but why waste time on my website reading a summary, just check it out on Apple’s web site: http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/
iPhone as Trackpad
8 Jun 2009 — ericI just wrote a blog post about an external trackpad for the Mac with multi-touch (found here). But wouldn’t it be cool if someone wrote an app that allows you to tether your phone to your laptop and use it as a multi-touch trackpad?
All you would have to do is open the app on your phone and you’d be able to control the mouse on your screen. You can control your lights from your phone and your iTunes from your phone, so why not your mouse? For all i know the app might already be out there. If it is, someone tell me, otherwise, someone write it 
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