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A young but yet long-time Mac OS X hacker and developer, known also as "Chain Reaction Software".
Real Name:Jack Overfull 
Homepage:http://www.jackoverfull.com 
Last Login:8 Oct 2009 03:50
Posts:18
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Classic Menu
Oct 8 2009

JACK OVERFULL  Yes: it works without a problem.  
(Version 2.8.1)

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multiXFinder
Aug 21 2009

JACK OVERFULL  multiXFinder 0.4, to be released in september, will be fully compatible with Snow Leopard. The new system has not yet been released, anyway.  
(Version 0.3.3)

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multiXFinder
May 28 2009

JACK OVERFULL  It works. I use it constantly and I got no negative feedback so far. Having problems?  
(Version 0.3.3)

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MenuCracker
Feb 18 2009

JACK OVERFULL  If you don't know what it is you don't need it.

But it is an extremely powerful software for devs.;-)  
(Version 1.4)

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SuspendNow!
Feb 18 2009

JACK OVERFULL  I'd like to have better icons too… Want to submit one? ;-)

Or, even better, three: one for each app.  
(Version 0.9.1)

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OpenArena
Apr 25 2008

JACK OVERFULL  I should warn ourusers that the 0.7.6 release is out.

You can download the multiplatform version here:

http://download.tuxfamily.org/openarena/rel/076/oa076LinuxMacWin.zip

Mac Only engine, in case you downloaded the linux or windows version, here, just drag it in the same folder of baseoa:

http://www.jackoverfull.com/giochi/openarena/oamac076.tgz  
(Version 0.7)

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ioquake3
Mar 8 2008

JACK OVERFULL  beg your pardon?  
(Version 1.34rc2)

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ioquake3
Mar 7 2008

JACK OVERFULL  You can use alt-enter to switch to windowed mode. ;-)  
(Version 1.34rc2)

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OpenArena
Feb 13 2008

JACK OVERFULL  Well, i think that that clan is called jack for JackTheLink, the founder, but anyway… lol  
(Version 0.7)

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OpenArena
Feb 13 2008

JACK OVERFULL  anyway, it WORKS on a rage 128… ;-)  
(Version 0.7)

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OpenArena
Jul 10 2007

JACK OVERFULL  you can use the original one (wich is direct): www.jazzmobile.it/jackoverfull/games/openarena/OpenArena0.7.0j2.dmg  
(Version 0.7)

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OpenArena
Jul 9 2007

JACK OVERFULL  The right system requirements are Mac OS X 10.4, I don't think that it will work on 10.3 (it may, but i don't think so).  
(Version 0.7)

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PortableOSX
Apr 5 2007

JACK OVERFULL  thanks for your report: since i don't have intel macs and our intel testers haven't recent cpp ones i could not be 100% sure that universal installations works as expected.

:-)  
(Version 0.0.1)

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PortableOSX
Mar 3 2007

JACK OVERFULL  it will not update the apps that are not installed (like, for example, safari) but it will still install some unneded stuff. in the future we plan to include a tool to easily update the system in a better way, for now you can use the standard software update.

the real problem could be on universal installations: updating while using a powerpc will not install the intel part of the software, doing it while using an intel will not regenerate the bootloader for ppcs, preventing them to boot.

currently there is not an easy way to update an universal system.  
(Version 0.0.1b5)

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PortableOSX
Feb 12 2007

JACK OVERFULL  The thing that really helped me the most was looking at how complex and portable scripts other people wrote worked. Try figuring out the configuration script of any substantial software package on Sourceforge. Once your brain quits exploding you'll be 10 times the shell hacker. :)

I agree. ;-)

E.G. the darwin installer was really useful…   
(Version 0.0.1b1)

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PortableOSX
Feb 12 2007

JACK OVERFULL  >There's a lot of capability in the

>hell.. try "man sh", "man test", and so

>on...

I know that… it is not so immediate to imagine what is the best way to do something…  
(Version 0.0.1b1)

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PortableOSX
Feb 11 2007

JACK OVERFULL   a gui (applescript) is in the -unstable branch of the svn, it will be part of the next version…

>The shell code is a little eccentric,

>like, using "ls" rather than "test -d" to

>see if a directory exists... which is the

>main reason I'm concerned about the

>fragility of the code.

well, i'm completely self-taught programmer, i was sure that there were better methods, but i had no idea of how to do some things in a "usual" way. thanks for the hint, i will use test -d in the future! (2/11/2007, Version: 0.0.1b1)  
(Version 0.0.1b1)

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PortableOSX
Feb 11 2007

JACK OVERFULL  PETER DA SILVA said:

> Looks like 98% of the code is there to >support the italian translation, or is >commented out.

well, it is something less than 98%… ;-)

anyway,here is my explanation:

1) i started the developing in an italian mac community and i'm italian myself, so lots of comments are in that language…

now that the project is international i'm making only english comments and traslating (or, if obsolete, removing) the old ones.

2)there is a big block of code commented (starting at line 65 of installer.sh, if you want take a look at it…). this code as a story: it should implement a feature that will be added in a future version, a way to install a very minimal system (about 500mb on ppc, 1gb on intels for now). it was added to our -unstable branch, but it caused a lot of trouble (see bug 1651505 here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1651505&group_id=186964&atid=919399 ), so it was commented and postponed. for simplicity reasons the tree has been synced, so this commented code is now also in -testing (the tree which we are using for these releases). it is anyway armless, so there was no reason to make thing complicated keeping the trees unsynchronized…

>It should work for a completely vanilla

>install, but it's not really robust.

what do you mean?

>If you want to set up a boot disk for a

>limited version of OS X, look at

>XPostFacto, and set up a recovery disk

>which creates a RAM-disk install for

>just the applications you need. It's

>PPC-only, but so is this.

well, the aims of the xpostfacto team is very different from the ours, though i admit that there can be some overlays…

>If you want to set up a boot disk based

>on your existing system, look at Carbon

>Copy Cloner.

We're not making disks based on previously installed systems. i use ccc for my backups and i'm happy with it, but it does totally different things.  
(Version 0.0.1b)

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