[Re: Topic ideas]

[Sean]

Can we mix the two? I dont know how much either of you really wants to
write up for a presentation and piping through vi is kind of cool. 

=)



On 20 Feb 2001, Matt Graham wrote:

> > On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:
> > 
> > > I think at some point someone mentioned wanting to know more about
> > > Unix pipes and other "tricks" that you can do with Linux.  Last
> > > night (while *trying* to fall asleep) I was thinking about it and
> > > came to the conclusion that I could do a presentation on, among
> > > other things, using pipes! =)  Anyone interested in such a
> > > presentation?
> > >
> > > - Intro to pipes
> > > - STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR
> > > - Using pipes with common commands
> >Mark Szidik <szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us> wrote:
> > 
> > I would like to see this.  I have wanted to setup a "*NIX Basics" series
> > of presentations for a long time.  I have never really had the time to
> > get it started.  This is a good one to get things rolling.
> > I can do a presentation on using Vi if anyone is interested.
> 
> AOL on the vi thing.  I've been using it for almost 3 years now and still feel
> like a novice.  ("let backspace=2, let color=true, so
> {$VIMRUNTIME}/syntax/syntax.vim ").  Hmm.  My knowledge pool is a bit
> eclectic.  Basic bash, editing the SysV init layout by hand, how to rescue an
> x86 box that's scribbled all over its disk, Linux-on-x86-specific hardware
> config/troubleshooting, how *not* to configure Samba, making the shell prompt
> look pretty and useful, customizing KDE/KDE2, graphics with GIMP and/or
> POVRay....  If any of these sounds appealing, let me know.
> 
> FWIW, RedHat 7.0 on Alpha has serious and misleading problems with Samba. 
> There's a rant there somewhere, but I'm too tired right now to write it.
> 
> -- 
> Matt G / Dances With Crows
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