Re: Idle (Python) on OS X Mavericks

2014-05-28 Thread James Griffin
> On 28 May 2014, at 07:40, Ned Deily wrote: > > In article <53854428.7000...@macports.org>, > Joshua Root wrote: > >>> Ok, I’ve got python2.7 and 3.4 from Macports installed. I’m trying to use >>> idle but the error printed is: >>> >>> ** IDLE can’t import Tkinter. Your Python may not be co

Re: Warning When Using OpenDNS

2014-05-22 Thread James Griffin
> On 22 May 2014, at 14:46, "Daniel J. Luke" wrote: > >> On May 22, 2014, at 6:14 AM, Clemens Lang wrote: >> >> With OpenDNS it will probably not cause issues, but often providers do the >> same >> thing to their customers and return an IP address at their data center >> instead >> of the p

Re: X windows and applications advice

2014-05-21 Thread James Griffin
> On 21 May 2014, at 11:12, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On May 21, 2014, at 04:50, James Griffin wrote: >> >> I had XQuartz installed. I hadn't logged in and out (maybe irrelevant) but I >> simply deleted by selecting "moving to trash". Is that all

Re: X windows and applications advice

2014-05-21 Thread James Griffin
> On 20 May 2014, at 22:18, Brandon Allbery wrote: > >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Gustavo Seabra >> wrote: >> On May 20, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> > And in case it's not clear, XQuartz is the same software that's available >> > in MacPorts in the xorg-* ports. The vers

Re: X windows and applications advice

2014-05-20 Thread James Griffin
> On 20 May 2014, at 22:18, Brandon Allbery wrote: > >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Gustavo Seabra >> wrote: >> On May 20, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> > And in case it's not clear, XQuartz is the same software that's available >> > in MacPorts in the xorg-* ports. The vers

X windows and applications advice

2014-05-20 Thread James Griffin
Hi everyone, I wanted to run some xterms earlier and found I needed to install XQuartz. Then I remembered (possibly incorrectly) that I could use X11 built using Macports. Would you say using the X11 implementation is better in terms of using and availability of X applications, many of which I w

Re: Launch Daemon Script For Clamav

2014-05-12 Thread James Griffin
Ok thanks, I'll try that port. Jamie. Sent from my iPhone > On 12 May 2014, at 16:46, "Daniel J. Luke" wrote: > >> On May 12, 2014, at 11:39 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: >> >> I've reinstalled Clamav after not using it for a while and I'm wondering >> about getting it initiated on system

Re: Broken perl configuration

2013-02-22 Thread James Griffin
- Daniel J. Luke [2013-02-21 11:46:29 -0500] - : ... > Nope, but in general MacPorts (or any package management system) works best > when you 'buy in' and just use it for all your install management. This is absolutely good advice. If you start to use Macports, simply use Macports for

Re: UNIX commands font

2013-02-14 Thread James Griffin
- Eneko Gotzon Ares [2013-02-13 23:25:53 +0100] - : > I'm start learning UNIX. > Please, is there a canonical way, may be a font, for write UNIX > commands among normal text? > Thanks! > -- > Eneko Gotzon Ares When I got my first Mac, I wanted to learn UNIX. I bought some excellent book

Re: UNIX commands font

2013-02-14 Thread James Griffin
- Lawrence Velázquez [2013-02-13 21:53:16 -0500] - : > On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:22 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > >> Do modern BSDs tend to default to another shell? > > > > sh and maybe tcsh - no bash included on most BSDs AFAIK unless it's from > > ports. > > Huh. I don't recall havi

Re: question about frequency of updates

2013-02-13 Thread James Griffin
- Ryan Schmidt [2013-02-12 14:52:17 -0600] - : > > On Feb 12, 2013, at 14:13, Comer Duncan wrote: > > > I am wondering whether I might put in a task in launchd to automatically > > do something like 'sudo port selfupdate; sudo port upgrade outdated' ? > > Or should I just make a r

Re: Side effects?

2013-01-31 Thread James Griffin
* Ian Wadham [2013-01-31 14:34:06 +1100]: > BTW, does Macports have a nice safe GUI? > > Cheers, Ian W. My feeling is that Macports doesn't need a GUI. Using the command-line is part of the "fun". When I got my first Mac I spent literally all of my computing time on it using the Terminal. I bo