<div dir="ltr"><div>Updated</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:58 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi John,<div>Here is an abstract:</div><div>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. </div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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 <a href="https://atom.io/" target="_blank">https://atom.io/</a>. For more detailed directions see the Atom Flight Manual: <a href="https://flight-manual.atom.io/" target="_blank">https://flight-manual.atom.io/</a>. In many cases, when you install an application from a vendor repository, that version might be somewhat out of date.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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 8:21 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Great! I put in a "Details to follow" placeholder for now, I also updated the Google calendar to match. <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 6:33 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yes. I'll send you a blurb later today<br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix<br>PGP key id: 537C5846<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 15, 2020, 12:20 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, Jerry. <br></div><div><br></div><div>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? <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 5:35 PM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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. <br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix<br>PGP key id: 537C5846<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 5:17 PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, Atom looks interesting. <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 4:45 PM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyone else have an idea for a last minute speaker. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'll hold off on sending my meeting announcement. <br><br><div dir="auto">--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix<br>PGP key id: 537C5846<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 4:39 PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm tied up with preparing for Boskone; I have no time to find a last-minute speaker. <br></div><div><br></div><div>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. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)">🙁<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 2:55 PM Federico Lucifredi <<a href="mailto:flucifredi@acm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">flucifredi@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello Folks,<br>
Work has me landing in NYC one day before than planned... and this ruins our plans for a Scale Preview on Wednesday :-/<br>
<br>
Sorry for the disruption. Can’t say no to Big Blue, like several of you know firsthand...<br>
<br>
Best-F<br>
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