This command tool can now write just the integer passed to it as a log message. This is ideal for instrumenting scripts and apps for analysis.
Category Archive: Technology
Several significant improvements to CSV export to work around issues when importing to Excel and others.
Browsing my log in Excel for the first time was a revelation of its potential. We have the tools – all we need is the imagination.
I’m sure there are more idiomatic or even efficient ways of doing it, but here is how I converted JSON data to CSV output.
Have you ever wished you could browse your logs in a spreadsheet, or analyse them using a statistics package? Now you can.
Making progress with Consolation version 2: working out how to export useful data from JSON log excerpts. A punch-up in the Swift Playground.
Getting parallel text working using Tinderbox 7’s new Composite notes, to open access to Ovid’s story of myths.
Using preference files comes with remarkably little effort when writing them in Swift and Xcode.
You can now save almost all your control settings as defaults. New windows then open with those settings ready for you. A great improvement.
How to interpret the code numbers written into your Mac’s log to indicate the reason for shutting down, restarting, or going to sleep.
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