Problems with gnuplot from marcports

Jason Swails jason.swails at gmail.com
Thu Jan 6 15:35:26 PST 2011


man open ;)

'open <file>' will open <file> with its default program if there is one.
'open -a <program> <file>' will open <file> with <program>

and my personal favorite,

'open -a <program>' just launches the program as though you clicked it on
the dock or double-clicked it in the finder (and remember that Mac is
case-insensitive).

i.e. "open -a textedit" or "open -a app\ store" if you've downloaded the
latest update.

--Jason

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Marcelo Chiapparini <
marcelo.chiapparini at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all! I've just turned off the "hide extension" feature in Finder. Thanks
> to all of you for the help. After years of working with Linux, this is my
> first time with a Mac... and I am loving. BTW, what is the  '"open"
> utility Apple added to BSD'? can you point me to some information? Thanks!
>
>
> 2011/1/6 Jason Swails <jason.swails at gmail.com>
>
>> Or you can just live in the terminal :).  I find it faster than navigating
>> Finder, and the "open" utility Apple added to BSD is quite handy.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2011, at 11:22, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
>>>
>>> > TextEdit added an "txt" extension to the file, so, the file
>>> qhdmmint.gplt was saved as qhdmmint.gplt.txt in the disk. This was why
>>> gnuplot didn't find it! Now, erasing the "txt" and moving qhdmmint.gplt.txt
>>> to qhdmmint.gplt I got my graph normally. The weird thing is that
>>> qhdmmint.gplt.txt appeared without the "txt"extension in Finder, that was
>>> why I was confused with the names...
>>>
>>> Yes, the Finder hides filename extensions by default. One of the first
>>> things I do on my Macs is disable that feature. It may help Grandma be less
>>> scared of her computer, but it does not help people who know how computers
>>> work. To disable this feature, choose Preferences from the Finder menu in
>>> the menubar, click Advanced, and check the checkbox "Show all filename
>>> extensions."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jason M. Swails
>> Quantum Theory Project,
>> University of Florida
>> Ph.D. Graduate Student
>> 352-392-4032
>>
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>
>
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> Marcelo Chiapparini
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Jason M. Swails
Quantum Theory Project,
University of Florida
Ph.D. Graduate Student
352-392-4032
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