On 8/26/14 5:29 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Ken Springer <snowshed1@...3003...> wrote:
Is it Adobe, Win7, or both that you loathe?
It's a double-whammy. I log in, fire up some programs, head over to desktop #2 and... oh wait. No desktop #2. Grr. I *could* fire up an app that bolts on multiple desktops, but it's a little wonky. No right-click and open a terminal? Bummer. Hmm, my tablet isn't working - time for a little hide-and-seek in the Control Panel.
Multiple desktops... I love 'em! And wouldn't have a system without them now. So, my Windows 7/8 computer will have them eventually.
As for Terminal???? Would rather sit in the electric chair! LOL
Then I fire up the behemoth that is InDesign, go make coffee, then come back and try and find the handful of functions I need that are expertly hidden all over the UI ;)
Which is why I don't understand people's fascination with Photoshop. "I gotta have it!" They just won't listen when you tell them there are other programs that are cheaper and easier to use for their handful of functions.
I really would like to try Linux. On the computer I built, I even left space on the boot drive to install Linux some day. But time is a factor, I have none. LOL So, those extra steps you don't mind doing keeps me just further away from the opportunity to try Linux.
Truly, in 2014 installing Linux Mint is a cake walk. No futzing around with drivers or codecs or anything - if anything it was *easier* than installing Win7 on this machine. Certainly, more of the hardware was working "out of the box" in linux than Win7. Tablet drivers, printer drivers - ugh, no fun.
I've read good things about Mint. Also about Netrunner. I'd even give Ubuntu a try, and probably others using a Live CD. And, since this Mac is getting long in the tooth, maybe I'd learn how to do a multiple boot here, since Linux supposedly runs very well on older hardware.
The fact that you have those scripts and tweaks puts you in a class of user apart from the average user today. That's not a bad thing, but it's also something I lost interest in long, long ago. There are other things in my life I'd rather do. :-)
And that's why I have the script ;) See here: http://xkcd.com/1205/
I can't stand boring, repetitive tasks. I had to overlay some text and graphics on 30 or 40 photos the other day, so I figured out a one-liner to do it. I probably could have done them by hand almost as quickly, or maybe even faster - but the next batch is going to take all of 30 seconds. I try and give best possible value to my clients, so making my operations as efficient as possible directly benefits them, and keeps me valuable to them - a win-win.
Quality workmanship is so rare these days, yet delivers so many intangible benefits. Hats off to you.
Being adverse to any kind of coding these days, if I had to do what it sounds like you're doing I'd probably use a macro recorder. OS X comes with a powerful recorder, Automator, but that's something else I've never had time to try.
I can't imagine ever needing all the features of InDesign. Heck, I don't even know what they are. LOL Even worse, I can't imagine even wanting to pay for it. <G>
I only truly need it b/c there's absolutely nothing else that can open and operate on a recent INDD file. But the licensing is almost reasonable these days. I have the single app for $30 per month, if memory serves.
Based on an earlier message, you might need Inkscape to do similar with some SVG files.