I've moved to kevinchiu.org
I'm trying out Wordpress. You can check out the WP version of this blog at kevinchiu.org/blog.
I'm trying out Safari right now. The only things I miss from Firefox are Adblock and Del.icio.us.
Another thing that bothers me is that I haven't figured out a good shortcut to go to the search box. Safari uses Command-Option-F, an 3-key, 1-handed chord. In Firefox it was simply Command-K. For now, I'm using Command-L to go to the Address Bar and then Tab to go to the search box.
Ok, now I'm missing being able to search for and click on links using foreward-slash search.
Looks bright.
I think they might become a cross-platform platform provider. "Run on Sun, Run Everywhere!"
They've already started with Java 6 supporting user-definable languages.
Installing LaTeX
The TextMate website lists two ways to install LaTeX. If you have MacPorts installed, then you simply need to run sudo port install tetex
. If you don't have MacPorts installed, I would highly suggest installing it, since the alternative officially sanctioned way of getting LaTeX, through i-Installer, is no longer actively maintained.
Installing TextMate
TextMate is one of the most highly regarded editors on the Mac OS X platform. It was popularized by DHH of Ruby on Rails fame and has spawned several copy cats, such as E, a TextMate clone for Windows. You can pick up a copy of TextMate at Macromates. Once you have TextMate installed, enable Cutting-Edge updates by going to TextMate > Preferences > Software Update > Watch For: > Cutting-Edge.
Installing Skim
Skim is the spiritual successor to PDFView. It has many noteworthy features, including, but not limited to note-taking and annotation features, highlighting, and TextMate / pdfsync integration. Once you have Skim installed, activate Skim > Preferences > Sync > Check for file changes. TextMate should already be entered as the default editor.
Configuring the new LaTeX bundle
To configure the new LaTeX bundle in TextMate, go to Bundles > LaTeX > Preferences ... and set your viewer to Skim. Now you should be all set to write LaTeX documents in TextMate!