Seriously, an entire vector graphics application is hidden within Pixelmator, and to access it all you need to do is hit the magic keystrokes: Command Shift V where you’ll instantly see all of the toolbars transform, and a little “Enter Vectormator Mode” message briefly hovers over the current image canvas.
A complete toolbar transformation occurs, offering new shape and vector drawing tools. Best of all, you can switch back between Pixelmator and Vectormator just by toggling that keyboard shortcut again. This is pretty incredible to be hidden away in an existing $15 app, and it’s powerful enough to easily be its own dedicated application!
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16th May 2013
Mac OS X utility to create services from any script. Includes an example package.
Thecommand linetool textutil allows you to quickly convert text files to many other useful formats. The command syntax you’ll want to use is:
textutil -convert filetype filename
Conversion options are txt, rtf, rtfd, html, doc, docx, odt, wordml, and webarchive, here’s sample syntax converting a text file named test.txt to an rtf:
textutil -convert rtf test.txt
Textutil will automatically append the filename with the appropriate extension. If you want to give the file a new name in the conversion process, use the -output flag as follows:
textutil -convert rtf test.txt -output NewFileName.rtf
If there’s multiple text documents you want to join together into a single new file, use textutil’s built-in cat function:
textutil -cat rtf file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt -output combinedFiles.rtf
You can quickly verify the conversion was successful by opening the newly created rtf file in TextEdit with:
open test.rtf
You can also go the other direction and convert from any of the aforementioned filetypes back to txt, just remember that plaintext does not support any styling so the document will be stripped of any unique fonts, font sizes, styling, or other aspects of a rich text file.
Don’t forget that you can also convert a text file to a spoken audio file, this can be achieved through the command line or by using the simpler “Add to iTunes as Spoken Track” method.
via osxdaily
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