[BLU/Officers] Scheduling issue

Sun Feb 16 07:05:31 EST 2020

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2020, 11:55 AM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:

> Updated
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> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:58 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf at gapps.blu.org> wrote:
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>> 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 somewhat out of date.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>
>>>> Boston Linux and Unix
>>>> PGP key id: 537C5846
>>>> PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>> PGP key id: 537C5846
>>>>>> PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C
>>>>>> 5846
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>> PGP key id: 537C5846
>>>>>>>> PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C
>>>>>>>> 5846
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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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>>>>>>>>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Boston Linux and Unix
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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