FNG problems

[PostmodernBrony]

Hey, to anyone who's reading this. This error is 100% PEBCAK, but it's still something i'm struggling with despite tootling around the internet for answers, so i'll swallow my pride and ask for help here.

I can't find my morgue files. I'm running mac OS X 10.6.8, which means the file should just be in (/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup/morgue/[charname].txt). I'm getting the prompt and everything after i dump my character - and i HAVE been dumping some characters, yes - I just don't know where to go in order to actually open the .txt file, and i can't figure out what to do.

Any mac-users out there able to offer help?

[Jeremiah]

I can't directly help, but one thing you could try is creating a character whose name is a distinctive string of letters/numbers not likely to be found elsewhere on your hard drive, dumping the character, then doing a search for that name.

If you've already tried that, then I don't know....

[mumra]

Are you saying that you can't find /Users/[username]/etc.? Or just that you can't open the .txt file?

[PostmodernBrony]

@Jeremiah: i tried it, but thanks.

@Mumra: I can't find /Users/[username]/etc. I've got a couple of programs that can open .txt files - i just don't know how to find my actual morgue.

[rebthor]

Run terminal, then try "cd /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup"

You can also try it with the goto command from a finder window. I think it is <ctrl><shift>G but I'm not in front of a mac right now.

Also check http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/faq#userdir_ if you haven't already.

[mumra]

These two things might help you:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/31/go-to-folder-useful-mac-os-x-keyboard-shortcut/

Seems you can use this to directly type in the folder name and open it in Finder.

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/25/mac-101-easily-show-the-library-folder-in-lion/

Apparently as of Lion, Apple in their infinite wisdom decided to hide the Library folder, that link tells you how to find it.

HTH

[PostmodernBrony]

Oh, sweet merciful biscuits. The last trick worked!

Was able to FIND my library folder in the options menu after holding down the control key. everything went smoothly from there. I should be able to dump all of my morgue files normally from now on.

A multitude of thanks over this. I'm gonna name my next few characters after you. :p

[mumra]

Glad to help. Note: I've never even owned a Mac For reference, my Google search was "mac navigate to user folder".

[PostmodernBrony]

...i didn't even think of that. most of my searches were crawl-related in some way or another; didn't even think of searching for Mac navigation tips. Then again, i did promise 100% PEBCAK error, and 100% PEBCAK was the answer in the end.

Has anyone else had problems accessing the morgue folder? i know i got a note from the official site, but i feel like i was the only guy that needed to open a thread to have it explained to him.

[byrel]

I'm on windows computers with a curious dual user-directory setup (one shared based on a network login, one local) and occasionally stumbled a bit locating such things. It happens, particularly on opaque operating systems. Linux is much less inclined to this sort of stupidity.

[Jeremiah]

I'm using an old Mac where the folders are still easy to see. However, it took me a while to work out how to do a character dump as my UK keyboard has £ instead of #.

[jejorda2]

I'm using an old Mac where the folders are still easy to see. However, it took me a while to work out how to do a character dump as my UK keyboard has £ instead of #.

What was the solution to that?

[Jeremiah]

What was the solution to that?

Change my keyboard settings to US instead of UK. Obvious really...

Just means that when I want to type £ I have to do it some other way.

[Stormfox]

Is your Mac so old that you don't have the option of turning on the menubar application that brings up international keyboards? (I forget what it's called, I haven't actually sat down at my home desktop for more than 10 minutes in several months as my wife has been crazy busy using it for paying work.)

[Jeremiah]

It's running Mac OS 10.4.11 (Tiger) - I'm not aware of a menu bar option to bring up international keyboards, I do it through System Preferences > International > Input Menu.

[jejorda2]

There's probably an option in the same preference pane to "show input menu in menu bar." I'm not sure what they called the menu in Tiger; it may have changed.

You can also find the file that represents the menu and double-click it in the finder. I think that involves finding the file bundle for the preference pane, right clicking and choosing "show package contents." It's in there somewhere.