All I use is a pen and legal size paper.  Longhand is the real hacker's IDE.

Then I feed my code in via a scanner and OCR.

Python's a little tricker:  needs a ruler or graph paper at the very least.

All my work is open source, give me a call and I'll read it to you.
Sorry, the fax machine isn't working right.

-Ross.

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Ryan Ordway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I prefer to edit the filesystem directly with a hex editor. No
>  mounting required! I've given up on using magents directly on the hard
>  drive, I tend to do more damage that way...
>
>  On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:54 AM, David Fiander wrote:
>
> > Vi is just as programmable as emacs. It's possible to write a vi macro
> > that runs a turing machine.
> >
> > - David
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Cloutman, David
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I use nano, which is the same thing as pico, more or less. I wrote my
> > > first web pages using pico in a unix shell. I always thought it was a
> > > great editor. I use nano almost daily, even on my Windows machines.
> > >
> > > I just don't see the attaction to vi. I understand the need to know
> > > it,
> > > but the fundamentalist furvor that some people have for the program
> > > baffles me.
> > >
> > > - David
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > David Cloutman <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Electronic Services Librarian
> > > Marin County Free Library
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > > Behalf Of
> > > K.G. Schneider
> > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:09 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] K&R (was: Gartner on OSS)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I now open up the vi vs. emacs discussion:
> > > >
> > > >       http://xkcd.com/378/
> > > >
> > > > (personally, I'm a BBEdit user, but fall back to vi as needed ...
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > ex
> > >
> > > > for those rare times when you have to tip into a Solaris box to fix
> > > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > vfstab and your TERM is completely hosed)
> > > >
> > > > -Joe
> > > >
> > >
> > > Back when that was my choice, I used emacs exactly once, during
> > > which I
> > > removed every instance of the letter "m" from a lengthy document.
> > > (When
> > > I have to edit a file in my shell account, which is rare, I use
> > > pico...
> > > yes, I know that makes me a sissy *and I don't care.*)
> > >
> > > K.G. Schneider
> > >
> > > Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>  --
>  Ryan Ordway                           E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>  Unix Systems Administrator               [log in to unmask]
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>