I did. nothing. I heard the sound meaning there's nothing there, the hollow pop sound as I call it. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Interact with the text window then try reading, that sometimes works in cases > like these.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Yeah I tried that and it opeend a blank document with a n odd title in text >> edit. lol! >> On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >>> Sarah, >>> >>> Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the >>> command, these are important to get right... >>> >>> 1. There is a "pipe" or "OR bar" as some might call it, (In US >>> keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. >>> This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the >>> left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes >>> sense. >>> >>> 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an >>> option instead of a file name argument. >>> >>> HTH >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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