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Peter Bhat Harkins
Vim: highlight word wrap column in insert mode
Code: vim
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I like vim’s colorcolumn for highlighting where word wrap will occur, but I consider it a distraction when I’m not in insert mode. After some tinkering, I wrote this in my .vimrc:
Replacing Ack with Ag
Code: ack, ag, searching, vim
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I used grep to search code for a bit over a decade. I switched to ack to get more quicker searches without the distractions of svn/git metadata and other non-code files. After a very nice five years of ack, I’ve switched to ag. I’ve been recommending it to other devs for a year or two (it’s faster than ack with a couple really nice features like obeying .gitignore configs), but only took the time to switch this week.
Craftsmanship Tour: Jim Ray
Code: craftsmanship tour, Devise, git, Ruby on Rails, vim
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Last Tuesday I spent the afternoon with Jim Ray at the excellent Hooked coffeeshop in Denver, CO (and then I spent the next several days sick from a bad meal and recovering, so this post got delayed).
Craftsmanship Tour: 8th Light
Code: 8th Light, Clojure, craftsmanship, craftsmanship tour, Groupon, Java, Limelight, refactoring, vim
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The second stop on my craftsmanship tour was last Friday at 8th Light. They’re a local Chicago consultancy that’s active in the software craftsmanship community, especially in building the new Chicago SC group.
256-Color XTerms in Ubuntu
Code: 256 colors, screen, terminals, Ubuntu, vim, xterm, yak shave
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It’s not commonly used, but most Linux terminals can support 256 colors. It’s also a bit of a pain in the ass to set up if it doesn’t Just Work out of the box. Having spent a while today tinkering and searching and cursing and testing and trading mail/IM with folks who understand the eldritch depths of terminals better than I, I thought I’d write up my findings for anyone else who’d like spiffy colors.