Sometimes a little bit of automation goes a long way and other times it may be just wasted time. I have run into one of these situations recently when dealing with Xcode and trying to rename menu items from NewApplication to the Application Name.

For Example:

Quit NewApplication -> Quit TestApp

My first approach was to use Ruby open the MainMenu.xib and do a replacement. This technique may prove to be useful in the future when I have more command line tools for other tasks, but currently there is a much simpler way of dealing with renaming menu items.

1. Right click on MainMenu.nib and select “Open As” -> “Source Code File”

2. Press: “Command-F” to open find/replace dialog

3. Replace all NewApplication strings with desired application name.

That’s it

It seems that Google (the search engine) has hard time associating XcodePhoenix with CocoaHeads Arizona or Cocoaheads and Phoenix and people are finding my site when searching for the group. My previous post did not mention the Google forum XcodePhoenix uses for communication so here it is:

http://groups.google.com/group/xcodephoenix

Hope to see you there.

Sometimes it is very cool to work for a small company. It comes with perks you just can’t get in a big corporation. For example, a new computer. Yes my old Dell workstation is still working well; however it is not optimized for a *nix geek. So I my boss let me get a workstation that will better fit my work habits. I got a brand new Mac Pro! I don’t think I could ever get that in a big corporation unless I was working for Apple.

Today we are organizing new Cocoa Heads chapter in Scottsdale Arizona. We hope to be the place for cocoa developers in the Greater Phoenix area.

First meeting meeting will be held at:


Target Training International LTD.
16020 N. 77th Street
Scottsdale AZ, 85260


At: 7:00pm (until 9:00pm)

More information on Cocoa Heads:
CocoaHeads Website

We will conform to the cocoaheads guidelines and schedule for meetings.