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More fun scripting with Swift and Xcode: huge popups, and strings too smart

Progress with Rosettavert to convert text encoding, including popup menus with 144 entries. But stumbling still on an issue of string encoding.

April 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

More fun scripting with Swift and Xcode: opening docs and converting text

Scripting a friendly front-end for the iconv tool to convert text between 144 different types of encoding. Also how to open as well as save documents.

April 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Building a text database using Tinderbox

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How to sort, search, and study hundreds of chunks of text, using Tinderbox – with surprising bonuses.

March 28, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Creaky old internet

You may think that you type URLs into your browser. In fact they’re IRIs, and the internet still can’t cope with Unicode. Why not?

January 8, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

How fix a URL which breaks because of Unicode content

You paste a link containing Unicode characters such as accents, and it doesn’t work as you expect. Here’s how to fix it.

January 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why we need consistent content-sensitive selection of text

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Getting basic, everyday things like text selection right isn’t as sexy as AI or VR, but it’d make our work and lives easier.

January 5, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

More fun scripting with Swift and Xcode: alerts and file save

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Staple functions for scripts, it is vital that they are readily accessible from Swift if it is to be used for scripting.

December 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Stretchtext: a hidden gem in real hypertext

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It has a long history, but has seldom been implemented or used. Here are some examples of how to get the best from it.

September 3, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Concordancers for OS X

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Want to analyse Trump’s speeches? Can I suggest a concordancer, such as one of those detailed here?

August 19, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Words or movies for telling stories

Is video “the best way to tell stories”? Is live-streaming the way ahead for social media? Or is this just marketing hype?

June 21, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

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