This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.
To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:
// Just before switching jobs: | |
// Add one of these. | |
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge. | |
// | |
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public", | |
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions. | |
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here. | |
// | |
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_, | |
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant, |
# Thanks to this post: | |
# http://blog.ikato.com/post/15675823000/how-to-install-consolas-font-on-mac-os-x | |
$ brew install cabextract | |
$ cd ~/Downloads | |
$ mkdir consolas | |
$ cd consolas | |
$ curl -O http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/5/a/f5a3df76-d856-4a61-a6bd-722f52a5be26/PowerPointViewer.exe | |
$ cabextract PowerPointViewer.exe | |
$ cabextract ppviewer.cab |
This is a set up for projects which want to check in only their source files, but have their gh-pages branch automatically updated with some compiled output every time they push.
A file below this one contains the steps for doing this with Travis CI. However, these days I recommend GitHub Actions, for the following reasons:
SRC_MD_FILES=$(shell find src -name \*.md) | |
MD_FILES=$(SRC_MD_FILES:src/%=%) | |
HTML_FILES=$(MD_FILES:.md=.html) | |
BUILD_HTML_FILES=$(HTML_FILES:%=build/%) | |
all: $(BUILD_HTML_FILES) | |
build/%.html: src/%.md | |
mkdir -p $$(dirname $@) | |
pandoc -o $@ $? |
# this forces Arena into full screen mode on startup, set back to 3 to reset | |
# note that if you go into the Arena "Graphics" preference panel, it will reset all of these | |
# and you will need to run these commands again | |
defaults write com.wizards.mtga "Screenmanager Fullscreen mode" -integer 0 | |
defaults write com.wizards.mtga "Screenmanager Resolution Use Native" -integer 0 | |
# you can also replace the long complicated integer bit with any other scaled 16:9 | |
# resolution your system supports. | |
# to find the scaled resolutions, go to System Preferences --> Display and then | |
# divide the width by 16 and multiple by 9. on my personal system this ends up |