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Authored by: rzdroj on Nov 26, '01 10:06:17PM

When I did it, I copied and pasted one line at a time. There was an error in the first command.

cd /System/Library/CoreServices/"Menu Extras"/Clock.menu/Contents/MacOS/ should work.

NOTE: You need to put the quotes around Menu Extras before pressing return or you will get an error about "too many arguments". Unix doesn't like spaces in file names.

Earlier today, I copied the cd line just as you have shown it but noticed that it has been changed from <.../Menu Extras/...> to <.../Menu<Backslash> Extras/...> after I tried the earlier version.

Further, when I previewed my comment after typing a backslash rather than the word <backslash>, no backslash appeared in the preview version! That may be the root of the problem. Perhaps robg could let us know how to get a backslash character to appear.

Then:
sudo perl -p -i -e "s/%a /%x /" Clock

Then hit return, type in your password, and follow the rest of the instructions. You might be able to copy and paste both lines at once provided that you correct the directory name with a space using either of the two methods.

It's a nice addition to the menu bar.






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Details, Details, Details!!!!!
Authored by: TeeGate on Nov 27, '01 05:18:08PM

As you say it is a nice addition. Thanks for the reply and the help.

I was tired and frustrated when I posted last night. Looking at it today my post seems harsh. I apologize to the author.

Guy



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backslashes
Authored by: robg on Nov 27, '01 07:15:27PM

There's an annoying glitch in the Geeklog (the engine for the site) comment/hint parser. Any backslash is immediately eliminated when previewed. So you can try to trick it by using the HTML code for a backslash - "& # 092;" (entered without the spaces). Make sure you post in HTML mode. However, there's a second glitch -- after previewing, you'll see that the HTML code in your original post has been converted to a backslash, which will be eliminated if you preview again. So you have to remember to re-type the HTML code. The easiest way to do this is to copy all the text in the input box and just re-paste it after previewing.

So to get this backslash: \ to appear, I had to type in its HMTL code into my 'final draft' comment, and then NOT preview the comment but submit it right away. Quite frustrating! Which leads me to my question -- if there are any mySQL/PHP/regex experts that would like to take a look at the parser, please let me know! :-)

-rob.



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