[CLUG] Anyone here in the CIT?

[Donncha O Caoimh]

Collins_Paul at emc.com wrote:
> 
> > From: Donncha O Caoimh [mailto:donncha.ocaoimh at tradesignals.com]
> > Shamage wrote:
> > > Dullahan is still here in the background.
> >
> > Hmm.. great, everyone will then think that this Unix stuff is all
> > command line boring stuff.. *grrr*
> 
> To my mind, "boring" is doing the same motions over and over again because
> the "OS" you are stuck with is so lame that you can script what you're
> doing.

I agree with you there, that's why I created a few command line perl
scripts to do some of the boring work when I joined Tradesignals.com
first. Cut down the time to update the site by almost half :)
I'm refering to the perceived notion that the "dull" terminal type
interface that telnet presents will both frighten off and raise a mental
barrier for some students. If they had a Mandrake workstation to play
with they have about 6 window managers to play with. Even with all that
choice, I still use Window Maker.. *shrug*

> 
> > > It was a shame that they got rid of aoife and her dumb
> > terminals. The first
> 
> I would never force someone to learn vi as a fist editor.  I know enough of
> vi to survive, and no more.  Modal editing is a relic of vi's roots as a
> front-end for ex, a line editor in the spirit of ed.

hehe.. I used a clone of ed in first year. Did several projects in it
too..  :)

> 
> I've been able to work faster in Emacs then I could ever work in Visual
> Studio.  The problem with Visual Studio is that the program text (which is

ooh.. editor wars approaching! I'll have to give Emacs a go one of these
days. It's got a lot of features I want to explore.

Donncha.