[BLU/Officers] Scheduling issue

Sat Feb 15 11:54:50 EST 2020

Updated

On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:58 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org> wrote:

> Hi John,
> Here is an abstract:
> As the subject says, 'Atom is a Hackable Editor for the 21st Century'.
> Jerry is a long time EMACS user, but while at Red Hat, he found that EMACS
> was not doing a good job with Python. Another developer suggested Atom.
> Atom is very customizable. First, for Python, it has a number of packages
> that provide syntax checking, automatic indentation as well as the ability
> to execute code from the console. Atom also has packages to support other
> languages. The things I like about Atom is that it can display a list of
> files and their status, and a number of panes. Jerry will demonstrate how
> he works on applications and displays code in multiple panes. In addition,
> Atom supports GIT and SVN. With git you can do a an add, commit, a pull or
> a push. He will demonstrate that on one of his projects.
> Atom is fully open source. In addition to Python, Atom supports many other
> languages, including C, C++, Perl, JavaScript, Java, and many more. Jerry
> will show a list from the language indicator. Atom supports many different
> themes. Jerry uses the Atom Dark, but he will demonstrate others. He will
> also discuss the package manager. He will also demonstrate how to run the
> application being edited.
>
> Atom can be installed directly from the Fedora repositories via the 'dnf
> install' command or the software center, and in Ubuntu via the 'apt-get'
> command or via the Ubuntu Software Center. It may be downloaded from
> https://atom.io/. For more detailed directions see the Atom
> Flight Manual: https://flight-manual.atom.io/. In many cases, when you
> install an application from a vendor repository, that version might be
> somewhat out of date. However, atom will notify you if there are updates to
> both Atom or your packages.
>
> Jerry has tried many different editors over the years. More recently he
> tried Pycharm, a popular Python-oriented IDE. Pycharm is not open source,
> and the free version lacks many useful features. Several years ago, Jerry
> tested Geany, but decided that Atom was the better system.
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:21 AM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>
>> Great! I put in a "Details to follow" placeholder for now,  I also
>> updated the Google calendar to match.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 6:33 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. I'll send you a blurb later today
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
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>>> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020, 12:20 AM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, Jerry.
>>>>
>>>> Given that it's already Saturday, should I add your Atom talk to the
>>>> calendar? Can you send me a blurb to describe the talk?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 5:35 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I like atom. Being a long term emacs user, at red had I found that
>>>>> emacs was not very python friendly. What I liked about emacs was being able
>>>>> to have multiple panes open. Atom is very python friendly. But there are
>>>>> packages for other languages.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
>>>>> Boston Linux and Unix
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>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 5:17 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, Atom looks interesting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 4:45 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll see what I can do. I am preparing to show the atom editor for
>>>>>>> Natick Foss next month. While that presentation is a 30 min max, I could
>>>>>>> extend it to an hour.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone else have an idea for a last minute speaker.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll hold off on sending my meeting announcement.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
>>>>>>> Boston Linux and Unix
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 4:39 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm tied up with preparing for Boskone; I have no time to find a
>>>>>>>> last-minute speaker.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jerry, can you coordinate finding a replacement? I'll check my
>>>>>>>> email at the hotel, so I can update the calendar when the details are
>>>>>>>> ready.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 🙁
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 2:55 PM Federico Lucifredi <
>>>>>>>>> flucifredi at acm.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Folks,
>>>>>>>>>>   Work has me landing in NYC one day before than planned... and
>>>>>>>>>> this ruins our plans for a Scale Preview on Wednesday :-/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   Sorry for the disruption. Can’t say no to Big Blue, like
>>>>>>>>>> several of you know firsthand...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best-F
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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