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A true hacker has no need for these crude tools. He waits for cosmic radiation to pummel the magnetic patterns on his drive into a pleasing and functional sequence of bits. --Sebastian Ross Singer wrote: > 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] >> OSU Libraries, Corvallis, OR 97331 Office: Valley Library #4657 >> >> > > -- Sebastian Hammer, Index Data [log in to unmask] www.indexdata.com Ph: (603) 209-6853 Fax: (866) 383-4485