Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-23 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Yes, there is not the usual clicking sonicon we're accustomed to for each char when you enter the password in a terminal session. There's no feedback, but it is being captured. For instance, one command that will ask for your password is: sudo -i Now, if you really want to hear you

Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
d and hit enter. From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Date: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 9:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com , Jonathan C. Cohn Subject: Re: Password in the Terminal Jonathan, I have no issue with having to respond to a security request. I just am not sure of th

Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yes, just type the password and hit enter. From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Date: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 9:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com , Jonathan C. Cohn Subject: Re: Password in the Terminal Jonathan, I have no issue with having to respond to a security reque

Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Ok should have looked in the Terminal user guide. Will try running the command again later on. Cheers. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -Helen Keller My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/22/2024 5:34 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn

Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
il: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/22/2024 5:34 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: that is the way it is supposed to work. Even for sighted people. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 22, 2024, at 8:24 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hello, When I ran something in the Terminal, I was asked f

Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
that is the way it is supposed to work. Even for sighted people. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 22, 2024, at 8:24 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, > When I ran something in the Terminal, I was asked for the password. I got > no feedback from

Re: Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread Maurice A. Mines
Hi I think it may be a celerity process to prevent unotherised things from happening. > On Jan 23, 2024, at 01:24, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, > When I ran something in the Terminal, I was asked for the password. I got > no feedback

Password in the Terminal

2024-01-22 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Hello, When I ran something in the Terminal, I was asked for the password. I got no feedback from Voiceover so wondering how I should enter it. Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -Helen Keller My e-Mail: ancient.al

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-12-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/11/23 21:22, Jonathan Cohn wrote: There is also a dedicated SR for for the terminal. I heard about it but I have not  actually tried it out at all. It doesn't seem to support braille output, so it isn't an option for me. -- The following information is important for all memb

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-12-01 Thread Brandon Olivares
So what’s the benefit of this Terminal screen reader over just using VoiceOver? I’ve used the terminal in Mac since I got my first Mac 13 years ago and never had a problem with it. > On Dec 1, 2023, at 7:17 AM, Kelly Ford wrote: > >> Jonathan, > > Thanks for the pointe

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-12-01 Thread Kelly Ford
Jonathan, Thanks for the pointer on that terminal screen reader. Instal was a snap and it works great for what it does. Alpine and Lynx are working well for example as are basic terminal commands and reading the output. Kelly On Nov 30, 2023, at 8:22 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: There is also

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-11-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There is also a dedicated SR for for the terminal. I heard about it but I have not actually tried it out at all. We discussed it at the NY Public Library Mac VoiceOver discussion that occurs monthly on Saturdays. Apple Vis link below: https://www.applevis.com/blog/announcing-tdsr-command-line

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-11-30 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/11/23 07:28, Kelly Ford wrote: Does anyone have a suggestion on how to read Terminal windows with VoiceOver on the Mac a line at a time? While interacting with the terminal widget, VO-Up/Down-Arrow should read the text a line at a time. -- The following information is important for

Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-11-30 Thread Kelly Ford
Hi, Does anyone have a suggestion on how to read Terminal windows with VoiceOver on the Mac a line at a time? When I change VO to lines, everything is still read a word at a time. Kelly -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-09-06 Thread Cara Quinn
stem cursor is definitely in the Terminal window, > I interact with it (VO+Down Arrow), and then when I go into Quick Nav and > move around, I'm stuck in the title bar. If I don't go into Quick Nav, it's > just as if I pressed Up Arrow to recall previous shell commands. > &g

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-09-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Perhaps your cursor tracking is turned off? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Aug 31, 2022, at 7:45 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: > > That's the odd thing. The system cursor is definitely in the Terminal window, > I interact with it (VO+Down Arrow), and then whe

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-09-01 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Is cursor tracking on? Maybe that could be the issue? /A > 1 sep. 2022 kl. 01:45 skrev Steve Matzura : > > That's the odd thing. The system cursor is definitely in the Terminal window, > I interact with it (VO+Down Arrow), and then when I go into Quick Nav and > move

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-09-01 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 31/8/22 19:45, Steve Matzura wrote: That's the odd thing. The system cursor is definitely in the Terminal window, I interact with it (VO+Down Arrow), and then when I go into Quick Nav and move around, I'm stuck in the title bar. If I don't go into Quick Nav, it's jus

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-08-31 Thread Steve Matzura
That's the odd thing. The system cursor is definitely in the Terminal window, I interact with it (VO+Down Arrow), and then when I go into Quick Nav and move around, I'm stuck in the title bar. If I don't go into Quick Nav, it's just as if I pressed Up Arrow to recall prev

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-08-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
Interact with the part that says “shell, text”. I use terminal every day and it works fine for me. > On Aug 31, 2022, at 8:25 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: > > And I do that how? > > > On 8/30/2022 7:18 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> >&g

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-08-31 Thread Steve Matzura
And I do that how? On 8/30/2022 7:18 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: On 30/8/22 18:32, Steve Matzura wrote: Has something changed in Terminal? I used to be able to review the screen contents simply by interacting with the window and moving the cursor around. Now, I can

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-08-30 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/8/22 18:32, Steve Matzura wrote: Has something changed in Terminal? I used to be able to review the screen contents simply by interacting with the window and moving the cursor around. Now, I can't get the cursor off the title bar any more. What, if anything, has changed? This s

Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-08-30 Thread Steve Matzura
Has something changed in Terminal? I used to be able to review the screen contents simply by interacting with the window and moving the cursor around. Now, I can't get the cursor off the title bar any more. What, if anything, has changed? TIA -- The following information is importan

Re: how to use terminal to unzip to a folder

2022-07-29 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Acopy of the   Man page formatted for the browser can be found at: https://ss64.com/osx/zip.html Though typing "man zip" in the terminal is guaranteed to give you the man page for the version of zip you have on your computer.  for Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Jul 27, 2022, at 1

Re: how to use terminal to unzip to a folder

2022-07-28 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
> browser can be found at: > https://ss64.com/osx/zip.html <https://ss64.com/osx/zip.html> > Though typing "man zip" in the terminal is guaranteed to give you the man > page for the version of zip you have on your computer. > for > > >

Re: how to use terminal to unzip to a folder

2022-07-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ve option to compress only files newer or older than a specific date or to move files from one archive to another. Acopy of the Man page formatted for the browser can be found at: https://ss64.com/osx/zip.html <https://ss64.com/osx/zip.html> Though typing "man zip" in the terminal

how to use terminal to unzip to a folder

2022-07-27 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
Dear List, Can someone help me with this problem? I want to use terminal, or a shortcut, to look in the downloads folder, Find all zip files and extract them to a folder in my home directory called Books. Here is what I come up with no good results. ditto -x -k *.zip ~ % [200~/Users/robert/Books

Re: Terminal and voiceover

2022-06-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
Jun 2022, Brandon Olivares wrote: I'm a programmer so I spend lots of time in the Terminal. I've never had any issue with it. Sometimes VoiceOver won't read every single line, but before an important operation where I want to read all the output, I press cmd+K to clear the sc

Re: Terminal and voiceover

2022-06-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
I'm a programmer so I spend lots of time in the Terminal. I've never had any issue with it. Sometimes VoiceOver won't read every single line, but before an important operation where I want to read all the output, I press cmd+K to clear the screen and so the only output is from t

Re: Terminal and voiceover

2022-06-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
Thanks for the warning. I do not use any Linux speech as it is for the same reason this quest for voiceover took so long. Granted I have scores of possible apple things to do long before considering work in the terminal, but I have even less reason to spend energy in that direction. Thanks

Re: Using the terminal (was Re: basic finder question)

2022-06-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
explanation though. Kare On Sun, 26 Jun 2022, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Hello, The tab completions in the terminal are controlled by the shell being used. I believe Catalina is using an older bash, and that new accounts created with Big Sir and newer use zsh because of some licensing issues with the bash

Terminal and voiceover

2022-06-26 Thread Jonathan Cohn
No, voiceover does not work flawlessly. There are times when only the first couple and last couple lines are spoken. I think that if information is written in multiple blocks, then this occurs. Also, by default terminal has a infinite scroll back, and voiceover can visit all of this. So if you

Re: Using the terminal (was Re: basic finder question)

2022-06-26 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, The tab completions in the terminal are controlled by the shell being used. I believe Catalina is using an older bash, and that new accounts created with Big Sir and newer use zsh because of some licensing issues with the bash shell. Zsh can get quite complicated in configuring

Using the terminal (was Re: basic finder question)

2022-06-26 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
> On 26 Jun, 2022, at 20:03, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Perhaps I should ask this differently. > Can one move from the apple desktop into terminal using voiceover and work > equally as well? > could I work in programs in the terminal using voiceover, just as I can use >

Re: Terminal will not shut up even when i'm in another window

2021-11-18 Thread Michael Marshall
s@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Michael Marshall > mailto:mightymaggie...@gmail.com>> > Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 14:59 > To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries <m

Re: Terminal will not shut up even when i'm in another window

2021-11-18 Thread 'ja...@jasonjgw.net' via MacVisionaries
To redirect standard output and standard error to a file, you should be able to use Command &> filename From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Michael Marshall Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 14:59 To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Terminal

Re: Terminal will not shut up even when i'm in another window

2021-11-18 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, I should clarify a couple of things. When I'm running these commands, I command tab out of the terminal and just start using the computer normally. I don't have a great deal of experience with the terminal actually so I don't know how to output text to files or anything like

Re: Terminal will not shut up even when i'm in another window

2021-11-18 Thread 'ja...@jasonjgw.net' via MacVisionaries
Michael Marshall Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 05:04 To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Terminal will not shut up even when i'm in another window hey all, I run a series of terminal commands to separate audio files using demucs. This is quite a long process and t

Terminal will not shut up even when i'm in another window

2021-11-18 Thread Michael Marshall
hey all, I run a series of terminal commands to separate audio files using demucs. This is quite a long process and today, a strange problem has started, it could be the system update but even when I'm not in the terminal window, VO still tells me what is going on in terminal. This can

Re: Moving files from old drive to new drive using terminal

2021-06-07 Thread Caitlyn Furness
>>> >>> Hi! >>> Is the old drive on the same Mac? >>> /A >>> >>>> 7 juni 2021 kl. 18:37 skrev Caitlyn Furness >>> <mailto:caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com>>: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>&g

Re: Moving files from old drive to new drive using terminal

2021-06-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn
old drive on the same Mac? >> /A >> >>> 7 juni 2021 kl. 18:37 skrev Caitlyn Furness : >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What is the terminal command for moving files from one volume to another? >>> >>> I know there is “mv” in there, b

Re: Moving files from old drive to new drive using terminal

2021-06-07 Thread dan d.
command as it leaves the original files in case there is a problem, the mv move command erases the source files. Let me know and I will provide the exact command syntax to use. On Mon, 7 Jun 2021, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > Hi, > > What is the terminal command for moving files from one

Re: Moving files from old drive to new drive using terminal

2021-06-07 Thread Caitlyn Furness
the same Mac? > /A > >> 7 juni 2021 kl. 18:37 skrev Caitlyn Furness : >> >> Hi, >> >> What is the terminal command for moving files from one volume to another? >> >> I know there is “mv” in there, but don’t remember the spaces and other >> stuf

Re: Moving files from old drive to new drive using terminal

2021-06-07 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Is the old drive on the same Mac? /A > 7 juni 2021 kl. 18:37 skrev Caitlyn Furness : > > Hi, > > What is the terminal command for moving files from one volume to another? > > I know there is “mv” in there, but don’t remember the spaces and other stuff.. > > Th

Moving files from old drive to new drive using terminal

2021-06-07 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, What is the terminal command for moving files from one volume to another? I know there is “mv” in there, but don’t remember the spaces and other stuff.. Thanks, Cait -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
ch are all the terminal commands for installing that application. Some applications, though, are just a simple copy-and-paste from the disk image (.DMG) into the Application folder. On 3/26/2021 12:50 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Is there a terminal command for installation of an app? Thank

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Thanks I got that part! Very helpful, though Cait > On Mar 26, 2021, at 6:43 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: > > I should point out that you can just copy the file from finder and paste it > into terminal. That will paste the full path. > > >> On Mar 26, 2021, at 17:32

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Barry Hadder
I should point out that you can just copy the file from finder and paste it into terminal. That will paste the full path. > On Mar 26, 2021, at 17:32, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > > Wow, ok. Will try this.. > > Thanks for all the help! > > Cait > > >> O

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
; wrote: >>>> >>>> So how would I open the pkg file? when I have tried this before, it just >>>> opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the >>>> terminal.. >>>> >>>> I have a printer I want to instal

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Barry Hadder
gt;>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 12:07, Caitlyn Furness >>> wrote: >>> >>> So how would I open the pkg file? when I have tried this before, it just >>> opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the >>> terminal.. >>>

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Steve Matzura
I open the pkg file? when I have tried this before, it just opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the terminal.. I have a printer I want to install, but the normal installer keeps hanging. wondering if I can get around this with the terminal.. Thanks! Cait On Ma

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Applications > >> On Mar 26, 2021, at 12:07, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >> >> So how would I open the pkg file? when I have tried this before, it just >> opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the >> terminal.. >> >> I have a

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
when I have tried this before, it just >> opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the >> terminal.. >> >> I have a printer I want to install, but the normal installer keeps hanging. >> wondering if I can get around this with the terminal

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Barry Hadder
Try using the installer command. sudo installer -pkg -target /Applications > On Mar 26, 2021, at 12:07, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > > So how would I open the pkg file? when I have tried this before, it just > opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
So how would I open the pkg file? when I have tried this before, it just opens into a regular installer and not something I could paste into the terminal.. I have a printer I want to install, but the normal installer keeps hanging. wondering if I can get around this with the terminal

Re: terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Steve Matzura
Many applications come with a file with a .PKG extension. That's a text file inside of which are all the terminal commands for installing that application. Some applications, though, are just a simple copy-and-paste from the disk image (.DMG) into the Application folder. On 3/26/2021

terminal command for installing an app?

2021-03-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Is there a terminal command for installation of an app? Thanks, Caitlyn -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, p

Re: Looking for Terminal command to create Catalina install disk

2021-02-27 Thread Steve Matzura
This article <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372> tells it all. On 2/26/2021 10:21 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hello List, Do any of you have the terminal command to create a bootable installer for Catalina? Thanks -- The following information is i

Looking for Terminal command to create Catalina install disk

2021-02-26 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hello List, Do any of you have the terminal command to create a bootable installer for Catalina? Thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member&#

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-10 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Thank you, I changed the key commander. > On Feb 10, 2021, at 10:06 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > > When you open terminal you are in your home folder. Use just > ~/documents/"time of Day.applescript" for the copy. Note, if a file or > directory name contains s

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-10 Thread dan d.
When you open terminal you are in your home folder. Use just ~/documents/"time of Day.applescript" for the copy. Note, if a file or directory name contains spaces enclose it with quotation marks as shown. That script is an example used in a key commander that comes with os10, s

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 9/2/21 4:18 pm, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: I need help with this terminal copy file command. I need it to overwrite the existing file in the destination. cp ~ % /Users/robert/Documents/Time\ Of\ Day.applescript ~/Library/Scripts/VoiceOver/ That appears to me to be

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I was looking for a way to copy the file from documents to HD\Library\scripts\VoiceOver\ But maybe terminal is not the way to go, I like your suggestion of using a apple script and save it as a app. I modified the time of day script to speak the time followed by month day & year, but a

Re: Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread Jonathan Cohn
script to your Library scripts directory on login? I'll be glad to help with any specifics. Jonathan > On Feb 9, 2021, at 16:18, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Dear List, > I need help with this terminal copy file command. > I need it to overwri

Terminal copy file command help needed

2021-02-09 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Dear List, I need help with this terminal copy file command. I need it to overwrite the existing file in the destination. cp ~ % /Users/robert/Documents/Time\ Of\ Day.applescript ~/Library/Scripts/VoiceOver/ Every time Mac OS updates, it replaces this file that I customized. Thank you, Robert

Repair permissions in Terminal

2020-05-23 Thread Traci Duncan
Ok all, I’ve read the article I’ll paste below and I’ve Googled a few of the steps, but I can’t get beyond the terminal point. I successfully type resetpassword and the reset password screen pops up in the background. I focus VoiceOver on it, but I don’t know how to get to the icon to select

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-04 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
If that does work, it would only work in the Terminal so using homebrew would be the way to install. I have not tried this myself. Best, Janina Anders Holmberg writes: > Hi! > Have you tried to install brltty on the mac for braille use in terminal? > I am a bit unsure on how to inst

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-04 Thread dan d.
When in terminal make sure to set interact with text. If there are multiple ommand output lines one can use vo+up and down keyss to review the output line by line. Vo+a will read from cursor down. Many commands are shortened versions,ie. cp for copy, mv for move and so forth. Often using a

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-04 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
for braille use in terminal? > I am a bit unsure on how to install it in terminal. > There are to many components for my brain. > /A > >> 3 maj 2020 kl. 21:52 skrev 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>: >> >&

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Have you tried to install brltty on the mac for braille use in terminal? I am a bit unsure on how to install it in terminal. There are to many components for my brain. /A > 3 maj 2020 kl. 21:52 skrev 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries > : > > Thanks so much for this

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-03 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Thanks so much for this info, Janina. I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this or not, but when you get into commands that do more than simple, one line responses, you’ll probably find that VoiceOver… Just doesn’t do so well in the Terminal. Then, you may want to check out TDSR, the terminal

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-03 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
know about the Terminal. No one does. So, the question quickly becomes: "How do I do X?" For that on line searches are very useful. I frequently open a Google search and put in +osx to get Apple specific results for the remainder of my querry. If I get too many point and click results, I

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-01 Thread John Panarese
Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On May 1, 2020, at 10:06 AM, Greg Wocher wrote: > > Hello, > There is a good podcast done on this. It can be found at: > https://www.bartbusschots.ie/s/blog/taming-the-term

Re: Learning Terminal

2020-05-01 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, There is a good podcast done on this. It can be found at: https://www.bartbusschots.ie/s/blog/taming-the-terminal/ <https://www.bartbusschots.ie/s/blog/taming-the-terminal/> It also has text tutorials to go along with it. Greg Wocher > On May 1, 2020, at 7:09 AM, 'Kriste

Learning Terminal

2020-05-01 Thread 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries
The subject says it. I want to learn more about this powerful app, and I'm not sure how this is best done. Does anyone have book recommendations or places on the web? Kristeen -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Terminal and ssh (was Re: Ios 13.4.1)

2020-04-11 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
You used to need a patched version of GNU Screen to run BRLTTY under Mac OS. I haven’t tried it. I can do what I need to with VoiceOver in the Mac terminal. Of course, I also have access to a Linux installation on another laptop, with BRLTTY fully functional. From: Macvisionaries on

Re: Terminal and ssh (was Re: Ios 13.4.1)

2020-04-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! It seems quite complicated to set Brltty up under Mac? You should install a screen driver and such so i only get confused. /A > 11 apr. 2020 kl. 15:25 skrev 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > : > > BRLTTY in the Linux console is excellent – highly reliable and with a good > set of features.

Terminal and ssh (was Re: Ios 13.4.1)

2020-04-11 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
BRLTTY in the Linux console is excellent – highly reliable and with a good set of features. I would certainly recommend learning the Linux command line thoroughly. The BSD UNIX system that Mac OS is based on has a quite similar command line interface. After you’ve learned one  UNIX-like system,

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-04-02 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
pure console environment with a function Speakup are the kind of details that have nothing to do with Apple stuff. There's really no similarity to what one does in the os x terminal. Nevertheless, let me ask you to send me, from your terminal on Debian--now that you know how to redirect output i

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
ither insert a number sign > at start of line so that it is ignored, or remove the number sign so that it > becomes visible to the computer. Is that right? What editor would you use > to edit such files both in Terminal and in cli in Linux? Are such editors > already there, or a

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
itor would you use to edit such files both in Terminal and in cli in Linux? Are such editors already there, or are they to be installed? Anyway, by the sound of it you had a hell of a busy day yesterday. Hope you had rested and that your groceries had arrived. Well, I’m just researching ho

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Original Message- > From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 2:12 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: A couple Terminal questions > > Oh, Simon, Simon !! > Perhaps coffee brew the next time? At least it isn't

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hey, Andrew. Good morning of another day to you from the U.S. East Coast! Is this thread Mac related? Yeah, we've mentioned Linux a lot, but the truth is that almost all of what we've talked about applies to the Mac Terminal. And, I think I've tried to point out where things in t

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
go to meetings > > Drunkids just keep drinking. > > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 7:08 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com&g

RE: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Janina, It was some seriously bad shit we drunk, Thank god I was already blind, Otherwise it might have done the damage -Original Message- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 2:12 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A coupl

RE: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-31 Thread Simon A Fogarty
ubject: Re: A couple Terminal questions Hello Janina, I think I’ve done it. I’ve made TDSR talk with Daniel, British voice. I’m exhausted and my nerves are jangling but I’m so glad. by the time I become a mediocre cli user, I shall probably become an alcoholic too. I got the same warning m

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
aries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Anders Holmberg > Sent: Monday, 30 March 2020 10:47 PM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: A couple Terminal questions > > Hi! > What does homebrew actually do? > Is this a library or what? > Thanks. > /A >

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
ng > imposed on you and your time so do feel free to let me know if it’s too much. > > Well, back to Joe Kissell’s Tutorial on Mastering the Command line in MacOS. > Oh, one more thing. I tried to change the shell in Terminal from Bash to Zsh > with chsh /bin/zsh but it di

RE: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Well the last time I had home brew It made me really really ill, I was throwing up for hours. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Monday, 30 March 2020 10:47 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: A coupl

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Kissell’s Tutorial on Mastering the Command line in MacOS. Oh, one more thing. I tried to change the shell in Terminal from Bash to Zsh with chsh /bin/zsh but it didn’t take. Is it because I’m still running this Terminal on Sierra/. I’ve succeeded on my Catalina machine. Andrew > On 30 Mar 2

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
need to download it? I’ve paused going ahead with the rest > > of the instructions until I hear from you on Nano Editor. Don’t want to > > break anything. > > > > Andrew > > > On 30 Mar 2020, at 10:59, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > > >

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
acVisionaries > > wrote: > > > > Hi, Andrew: > > > > I can, and sbelow will, walk you through getting homebrew installed on > > your Mac. It's just useful to have it. > > > > What it does: Allows you to run a lot of Linux utilities directl

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Mar 2020, at 10:59, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, Andrew: > > I can, and sbelow will, walk you through getting homebrew installed on > your Mac. It's just useful to have it. > > What it does: Allows you to run a lot of Linux utilities

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Greg. This is helpful. If I believe I find a bug, or if I have an RFE, shall I simply open an issue on github? Thanks again for forwarding this info. Janina Greg Wocher writes: > Hello, > Here is a podcast dedicated to learning the terminal on the Mac. It is called > t

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
one answer. Jumping to the browser question, it's an executable that runs only in text in the terminal, so you execute it like any other command. Once in the browser the commands are a bit different, but not so different that it's hard. Down arrow takes you through links, for instance,

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, Here is a podcast dedicated to learning the terminal on the Mac. It is called taming the terminal. https://www.bartbusschots.ie/s/blog/taming-the-terminal/ <https://www.bartbusschots.ie/s/blog/taming-the-terminal/> There is also a text tutorial for each of the individual podcasts.

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
ive as well. By the way, Janina, how does one run, say, a browser from the command line/terminal? It is probably a special browser and once you run it, do you access the info on the webpage in the usual way? I’m asking with trepidation aware of possibly sounding like a fool. Best Andrew >

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
at 06:32, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > >> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the reminder, Greg. I'm just now starting the install of > >> TDSR. For me that means an update of homebrew, followed by an upgrade of > >> python3, an

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Andrew: I can, and sbelow will, walk you through getting homebrew installed on your Mac. It's just useful to have it. What it does: Allows you to run a lot of Linux utilities directly on your Mac terminal. Now, for tdsr, which I presume means something like "terminal desktop scre

Re: A couple Terminal questions

2020-03-30 Thread Anders Holmberg
a Sajka' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the reminder, Greg. I'm just now starting the install of >> TDSR. For me that means an update of homebrew, followed by an upgrade of >> python3, and that is taking quite some time. >> >> Ho

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