Having exactly the same in fluxbox since more than 10 years ago...
And more "dynamic" and "generated" menus (all that is needed is the "include" directive in the menu handler and cron).
Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
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Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#62Aargh. Only works in 10.8.x - I like new tech but I see no need to upgrade beyond 10.6.8 at the mo' :(
Either you have a need, and upgrade. Or you don't have a need and don't need shuttle. Targetting the latest release make life easier for devs.
The extension of this is that most people will update, so targeting the latest version isn't bad.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not trying to be jerk but, why?
Instead of asking yourself why you should'nt upgrade you should probably ask youself why you should. So what's the reason for upgrading?
See apple.com for your answer. I can't believe on hn you'd ask why anyone should upgrade. Being on the latest version is more secure for one. People can stick with old versions, but then they'll miss out on the new stuff. For some that doesn't matter, but most of hn are early adopters so using the latest would be the norm. While osx has introduced some annoying changes, for those with the skills, or the ability to use google, they are easily disabled.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#64Very nice! This is almost exactly like an app I've been slowly chipping away at since last September, except my project acts as a front-end for reading and editing the ~/.ssh/config file.
Still haven't gotten anything released but my WIP builds have certainly proven useful in my daily workflow. Has been a nice project for teaching myself Obj-C too!
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#65I have two-byte aliases for ssh to all of the hosts I use commonly, doesn't everyone? (It even reattaches my remote screen session.) Why would I want to touch the mouse?
Why is this even a question? It's a tool that someone will want to use. As long as there is a mouse, there will be tools that use it. You are essentially asking 'why does this tool exist', which is an irrelevant question and is needless negativity.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#66Nice job, for me it can't beat a ~/.ssh/config entry though. I wonder why it's not reading ~/.ssh/config btw, should be doable.
I agree with you there. I have an app that I've been building that works exactly like Shuttle but reads from ~/.ssh/config and has a front-end for editing as well.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#67Menu->Configure opens the configuration file in TextEdit, which is a disaster since it has smart quotes on by default. I spent a significant amount of time trying to figure out was wrong with your json parser before I realized what was going on.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#68Terminal already does most of this, right? Preferences -> Settings -> "+" -> Shell -> Run command "ssh user@hostname". And you can set the background color &c for each host.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#69Menu->Configure opens the configuration file in TextEdit, which is a disaster since it has smart quotes on by default. I spent a significant amount of time trying to figure out was wrong with your json parser before I realized what was going on.
You can change the TextEdit preferences to always open files up as plain text instead of rich text if this annoys you, by the way.
Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X
#70I have two-byte aliases for ssh to all of the hosts I use commonly, doesn't everyone? (It even reattaches my remote screen session.) Why would I want to touch the mouse?
Why is this even a question? It's a tool that someone will want to use. As long as there is a mouse, there will be tools that use it. You are essentially asking 'why does this tool exist', which is an irrelevant question and is needless negativity.
I'm not sure that is completely fair. He was just making the point that using only your keyboard is much faster and there are already built in tools for doing that. He may have just been asking why someone would want to use a mouse over a keyboard for this type of thing.