I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home.
S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my > command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it > correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. > > Jon > instantaenious. > > On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to >> 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. >> >> Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. >> >> S >> On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: >> >>> I was playing around with making fun of "droid" adds. So I created a sound >>> file... >>> >>> say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello "droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone" >>> >>> I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not >>> have to switch to the finder. >>> >>> In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will >>> find useful. >>> >>> An example but not too usefull. >>> >>> man say | open -f >>> >>> This command will create a manual for the "say" command and then open that >>> manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). >>> >>> Have fun with this, >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
