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Post by goldenkey »

beernutz wrote: post #608
gavinpc wrote: post #377

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…

I would like to recommend http://crashplan.com . It is set and forget online backup that keeps versions! Inexpensive and truly unlimited storage. Windows, OSX, and Linux too!

It's a daily backup, so no it doesn't keep versions. Nice try crashplan employee...

Re: Atom

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Post by novaleaf »

gavinpc wrote: post #377
tzs wrote: post #341

From "The Zen of Programming": ------ Hearing a disturbance, the master programmer went into the novice's cubicle. "Curse these personal computers!" cried the novice in anger, "To make them do anything I must use three or even four editing programs. Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files. This is truly intolerable!" The master programmer stared at the novice. "And what would you do to remedy this state…

> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…

ummm.. if you didn't do it then, i suppose it's already too late, but ctrl-z (i guess that's option-z on a mac?)

Re: Atom

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Post by oscardelben »

timmm wrote: post #371
adamors wrote: post #204

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Emacs is GUI desktop software. Few people use it in a terminal. Also, people didn't born knowing Javascript. They learnt it. And one could argue that Lisp is just as easy to learn, if not easier.

> people didn't born knowing Javascript. They learnt it. And one could argue that Lisp is just as easy to learn Just about everyone here knows javascript. Almost know one here knows Lisp, make your own conclusions.

Where did you get that impression from?

Re: Atom

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Post by bahman2000 »

goldenkey wrote: post #641
beernutz wrote: post #608

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would like to recommend http://crashplan.com . It is set and forget online backup that keeps versions! Inexpensive and truly unlimited storage. Windows, OSX, and Linux too!

It's a daily backup, so no it doesn't keep versions. Nice try crashplan employee...

I believe the default crashplan setting is 15-minutely. It saved me and my from the described situation many times.

Re: Atom

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Post by commander_ahab »

I use github and do a fair amount of Ruby, but I can't say I find Atom to provide enough benefit to move from a native option. I would have to see it used in more example cases to make that leap.

Re: Atom

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Post by vickytnz »

gavinpc wrote: post #377
tzs wrote: post #341

From "The Zen of Programming": ------ Hearing a disturbance, the master programmer went into the novice's cubicle. "Curse these personal computers!" cried the novice in anger, "To make them do anything I must use three or even four editing programs. Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files. This is truly intolerable!" The master programmer stared at the novice. "And what would you do to remedy this state…

> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…

When I started working on my thesis, I immediately set up my entire document directory for it to be in Dropbox. At the time I paid extra for versioning but now I think it'd built into even the basic model. This also saved my friend when she was in writeup and someone stole her Macbook.

Re: Atom

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Post by lelf »

fhars wrote: post #405
gavinpc wrote: post #377

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> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…

VMS file versions solved that problem in the late 70ies. We are not learning anything from out history as a profession.

I like DragonflyBSD. It versions everything by default. (But no one uses DragonflyBSD of course.)

Re: Atom

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Post by ishu0302 »

thedaniel wrote: post #44
ecnahc515 wrote: post #26

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It's built on node-webkit and chromium, which technically works on Windows, OSX and Linux. Do you seriously think they would make an OSX only editor when there's already so many that work on all platforms?

The download is only available for Mac today, but we are working on the Linux and Windows builds.

I hope it can available on windous builds.

Re: Atom

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Post by jefecoon »

fhars wrote: post #405
gavinpc wrote: post #377

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sometimes I get so confused that I erase entire files OT, but just this week my wife did something that really got me thinking about how far computers haven't come in terms of usability. I heard her say "O crap" from behind her macbook, and out of habit I came to assist. For some reason unknown to both of us, she had pasted the text of an email into a document called "thesis.docx", and then saved it. The text was c…

VMS file versions solved that problem in the late 70ies. We are not learning anything from out history as a profession.

+1 for VMS.... so good, but so proprietary & doomed to extinction... so unfortunate.

Re: Atom

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Post by hrabago »

bruceboughton wrote: post #622
groovy2shoes wrote: post #621

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Maybe not, but I'd take pass-the-floppy over AccuRev or Perforce any day. Yeah, git and its kin are really nice, but the expensive version control systems I've been required to use in enterprise settings are awful. So awful that many people actually just email source files back and forth so they don't have to deal with it. So, version control has made things better in some areas. But enterprise version control feels…

That's a shame. All the enterprise places I've worked so far have used Subversion (whether officially or not).

Hence the name.
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