[Cialug] Back to Linux Basics Series

[Scott Yates]

VERY true!  Also, in the windows world, be sure to check out this tool:

ClipMate <http://www.thornsoft.com/>

Really good stuff for working with clipboard data.


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:45 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:

> let me make this clear:
> - i know a lot about vi
> - but i _really_ don't know jack about vi
> - i still ask other people that same question often
>
> (and i have the same deal with ms excel)
>
> give me a good programmer's text editor, a good spreadsheet, a good
> relational database, and a big native clipboard and it seems there is
> _nothing_ that can't be done with a big pile of data
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Crouse <crouse at usalug.net> wrote:
>
> > Or "WTH did you type into vi to get it to do THAT?!"  ---- lol, that
> could
> > be a yearlong topic all on it's own.  ;)
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:17 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > That makes me think of this:
> > >
> > > What assumptions have we forgotten?
> > >
> > > Most of us have learned habits, and some of us--myself included--have
> > > forgotten why we still do some of the things we do the way we do them.
> > >
> > > Practicing the materials on a willing victim or two who've been told to
> > ask
> > > "why" a lot is about the quickest, most effective way of flushing those
> > out
> > > before we're doing a presentation.
> > >
> > > I get asked why I:
> > > - ls -alrt so often when troubleshooting a system I'm not familiar with
> > > -  ps aufwx, then repeat, piping through grep
> > >
> > > Or "WTH did you type into vi to get it to do THAT?!"
> > >
> > > What's interesting is that a lot of those details get lost, relegated
> to
> > > muscle memory, and aren't available to the conscious brain any longer
> to
> > > use to teach new people without some forethought or stumbling during
> the
> > > presentation.
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