Bergen Street Software

Vaporware No More

jon — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:27:43 +0000

PathSnagger 2.0b1 just went out to testers. Whoo hoo!

Snow Leopard!

jon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:44:39 +0000

It’s been a long time coming, but a PathSnagger update is on the way. I started work on the 10.5/10.6 version (this will likely be version 2.0) and it works in Snow Leopard. The easy bits are done. I’ll focus on the tricky stuff next.

Actual Progress

jon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:27:36 +0000

Got side-railed briefly when svn stopped working. Got that ironed out, and I’m back on development. The code to escape all the Unix special characters (\”?*, etc.) has been hashed out. I’m hoping to roll that into the code this week. This is definitely the biggest complaint right now (aside from the lack of an official Universal Binary) so once that’s done, an actual release should follow pretty quickly.

This is ridiculous

jon — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:36:20 +0000

Okay, I think I’m going try a new approach. It seems I bit off more than I could chew for the next release, so I’m going to drop a number of new features, and just focus on getting a solid Universal Binary out the door. Once that’s done, I can start working on the enhancements, which will hopefully speed things up.

Development (Slowly) Starting Up Again

jon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:06:18 +0000

PathSnagger has not been abandoned! I just haven’t been able to work on it for quite a while. (Having a baby will do that to you.) Things are calming down now, and I’m plugging away at the new version.

On track for the next release are Windows paths (finally!) and a software update mechanism, plus a few other goodies.

Thank you everyone for your generous donations and great ideas in the comments!

Bugzilla is live

jon — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:07:35 +0000

Okay, I got sick of trying to track existing feature requests and bugs by email, so I installed Bugzilla. Feel free to file new bugs or enhancements, or comment on existing ones.

This should make it easier for me to move forward by prioritizing what fixes go with which versions, etc [read: actual updates more frequently!]

Universal Binary Test Build Available

jon — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:52:54 +0000

I’m really sorry PathSnagger isn’t working on Intel Macs. I’m trying to get it done soon. For various reasons, the computer has been offline and I haven’t had much time to do any work on it.

For those of you who absolutely can’t wait, there is a Universal binary version available, although I can’t guarantee its stability. I’ve had a couple of people test it on their Intel Macs, and it worked, but that’s about the best I can do (unless someone wants to donate a MacBook to the cause .. ) It has a number of new features that haven’t really been turned on (ie, the UI is there, but the functionality is not.) So yes, it says something about automatically updating and Windows paths and some other goodies, but it won’t work! There, I warned you.

That said, all the old functionality should be there. So if you’re feeling brave, download the Universal Binary build and let me know how it works for you.

Universal Binary

jon — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:33:48 +0000

PPC-only preference panes don’t work on the new Intel Macs, because System Preferences launches in Intel-only mode. Sadly, this affects PathSnagger. A workaround, documented at MacFixIt, is to force the System Preferences application to run under Rosetta:

You can, however, force the System Preferences application to run under Rosetta (navigate to /Applications, click on the System Preferences icon, go to Get Info and check “Run with Rosetta”) in order to access such Preference panes on your Intel-based Mac.

MacFixIt reader Stéphane has put this workaround into practice, and notes: “In this case, the native will not run any more, but it’s a workaround. You can probably make a copy of the ‘System Preferences’ application, for PPC Prefpanes only; and leave the original for the native ones.”

If you don’t want to do this, the alternative involves editing the ~/Library/Preferences/com.bergenstreetsoftware.PathSnagger.plist file manually.

The next release of PathSnagger will be a Universal Binary, so this shouldn’t be a problem at that point.

WordPress 2

jon — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:54:43 +0000

Finally got around to upgrading WordPress. Hopefully this will stop the annoying comment spam.

Windows paths

jon — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:53:27 +0000

I’ve been getting a lot of mail regarding Windows paths and if I’m going to add that to PathSnagger.

The answer is yes! It’s just a matter of getting the time to do it.

The current plan is to use UNC-style paths. I’ve started some of the coding, but it’s not there yet.

Patience, grasshopper …