Hunter, like most other schools has gone remote. I taught my first twoonline classes on Thursday. Currently, I'm using Zoom for synchronousstuff and a mailing list and slack for async.
There are still some missing pieces. When we're all together, it'seasy to look at a student's work and talk them through issues. It'salso easy to get students to work together, at least to a point. Witheveryone locked up in their own homes, real time collaboration isharder. Sure, we can use tools like GitHub issues and pull requestsfor async code commentary but what about live help and pairing? Ifwe want to use an online environment, repl.it - a platform I verymuch like fits the bill. On the other hand, what do you use if youwant to work collaboratively in real time using a local editor.
That's where Floobits comes in. Floobits is a platform that providesfor collaborative live editing. It works with Emacs, Neovim, SublimeText, Atom, and IntelliJ (and maybe all the Jetbrains IDEs). Theysupport a free tier which only has public workspaces but that's fine,as far as I'm concerned, for educational purposes.
Check out the video to see how I set it up:
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When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both viand Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messageslike, ‘C-h for help’ and ‘“foo” File isread only’. So I use the editor that doesn't waste my VALUABLEtime.
Ed, man! !man ed
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Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes firstalphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves edbecause it's ED!
“Ed is the standard text editor.”
And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:
Of course, on the system I administrate, vi issymlinked to ed. Emacs has been replaced by a shell scriptwhich 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces theuser's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
“Ed is the standard text editor.”
Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
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Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed isgenerous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelmthe novice with verbosity.
“Ed is the standard text editor.”
Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATEDAND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUSBODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUNSHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES ofworthless help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want anEDitor!! Not a “viitor”. Not a “emacsitor”.Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
TEXT EDITOR.
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When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their“edlin” on a Unix standard, did they mimic vi? No.Emacs? Surely you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all.The standard.
Ed is for those who can remember what they are working on.If you are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, youshould not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION.THE SO-CALLED “VISUAL” EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY EDTO TEMPT THE FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HASSPOKEN!!!
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