dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

jnicklas

MAP = [['M', 1000], ['D', 500], ['C', 100], ['L', 50], ['X', 10], ['V',5], ['I',1]]

prv = proc { |i|
  t = MAP.map(&:first)
  t.zip(t.drop(1)).rassoc(i).first
}

sub = proc { |string|
  string.gsub(/(.)?(.)(\2){3}/) { |_|
    output = nil

filipsalo

# Call grep, with stdin closed if it is a terminal.
# 
# Avoids the "eternal wait" problem when you've forgotten
# to specify a filename.

function grep { (tty -s && exec <&-; exec $(which grep) "$@"); }