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[Assorted-commits] SF.net SVN: assorted: [337] personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt

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Revision: 337
          http://assorted.svn.sourceforge.net/assorted/?rev=337&view=rev
Author:   yangzhang
Date:     2008-02-07 09:06:08 -0800 (Thu, 07 Feb 2008)

Log Message:
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added software recommendations

Added Paths:
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    personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt

Added: personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt
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--- personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	                        (rev 0)
+++ personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2008-02-07 17:06:08 UTC (rev 337)
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Some random underdogs.
+
+- [toast]: Automated software installation with safe compartmentalization. Works
+  without hassle 90% of the time. Supports a variety of package types, e.g.:
+  autotools, plain prefix-dir, plain make, distutils, cabal, etc.
+
+[toast]: http://toastball.net/
+
+- [pandoc]: [Markdown] done right.  A sane markup (structured text) language
+  supporting a variety of input and output formats, including HTML, man, and
+  TeX.  [AsciiDoc] is a close runner-up.  [ReST] starts to become unreadable.
+  If only there were some work on making these markup language extensible and
+  flexible enough to be used in everything from [wikis] to docstrings.
+
+[AsciiDoc]: http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
+[Markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
+[ReST]: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
+[pandoc]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
+[wikis]: http://code.google.com/p/pandocwiki/
+
+- [rubber]: a usable frontend for LaTeX and all its friends: BibTeX, image
+  converters, etc.  Similar to but more modular than [latexmk].
+
+[rubber]: http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~beffara/soft/rubber/
+[latexmk]: http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/software/latexmk-jcc/
+
+<!-- TODO ensure the following is formatted correctly. -->
+- [Gobby]: A collaborative text editor.  I always end up underestimating the
+  utility and power of collaborative editing.  Examples of things I've used it
+  for:
+  - peer programming
+  - explaining things to multiple parties, using this as a whiteboard
+  - online meetings: everybody ends up communicating exclusively in the
+    document, and no more meeting minutes are necessary
+  If only the quirks could be removed from Emacs' displays on different
+  frames.  Vim also has a "collaborative editing" as an item sponsors can vote
+  on.  UIs of tomorrow should support multiple simultaneous user inputs.
+
+[Gobby]: http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/
+
+- [Opera]: (Probably the most popular on this list.) Not FOSS, but for me web
+  browsing is too critical an application to settle for second-best, and Opera
+  is my favorite. And if I trusted it with my mail, M2 would also be very far
+  ahead as well (alas, it's too buggy).  KHTML is probably the
+  closest-performing engine, but I've found it to be too crash-prone.
+
+[Opera]: http://www.opera.com/
+
+- [gprof2dot]: A handy tool for visualizing the results of gprof, the Google
+  CPU profiler, python cProfile, and more.
+
+[gprof2dot]: http://code.google.com/p/jrfonseca/wiki/Gprof2Dot


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[Assorted-commits] SF.net SVN: assorted: [588] personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt

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Revision: 588
          http://assorted.svn.sourceforge.net/assorted/?rev=588&view=rev
Author:   yangzhang
Date:     2008-03-02 22:18:37 -0800 (Sun, 02 Mar 2008)

Log Message:
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updates

Modified Paths:
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    personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt

Modified: personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt
===================================================================
--- personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2008-03-03 05:53:15 UTC (rev 587)
+++ personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2008-03-03 06:18:37 UTC (rev 588)
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 Useful tools
 ------------
 
-Some random underdogs (I try to limit this list to things that aren't entirely
-"mainstream").
+Some random underdogs.
 
 - [toast]: Automated software installation with safe compartmentalization. Works
   without hassle 90% of the time. Supports a variety of package types, e.g.:
-  autotools, plain prefix-dir, plain make, distutils, cabal, etc.
+  autotools, plain prefix-dir, plain make, [distutils], [Cabal], etc.
 
 [toast]: http://toastball.net/
+[Cabal]: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/
+[distutils]: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-distutils.html
 
 - [pandoc]: [Markdown] done right.  A sane markup (structured text) language
   supporting a variety of input and output formats, including HTML, man, and
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 [latexmk]: http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/software/latexmk-jcc/
 
 <!-- TODO ensure the following is formatted correctly. -->
+
 - [Gobby]: A collaborative text editor.  I always end up underestimating the
   utility and power of collaborative editing.  Examples of things I've used it
   for:
@@ -42,15 +44,22 @@
 
 [Gobby]: http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/
 
-- [Opera]: (Probably the most popular on this list.) Not FOSS, but for me web
-  browsing is too critical an application to settle for second-best, and Opera
-  is my favorite. And if I trusted it with my mail, M2 would also be very far
-  ahead as well (alas, it's too buggy).  KHTML is probably the
-  closest-performing engine, but I've found it to be too crash-prone.
+- [Opera]: And if I trusted it with my mail, M2 would also be very far ahead as
+  well (alas, it's too buggy).  [KHTML] is probably the closest-performing
+  engine, but I've found it to be too crash-prone.
 
 [Opera]: http://www.opera.com/
+[KHTML]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML
 
 - [gprof2dot]: A handy tool for visualizing the results of gprof, the Google
   CPU profiler, python cProfile, and more.
 
 [gprof2dot]: http://code.google.com/p/jrfonseca/wiki/Gprof2Dot
+
+- [wtf]: A filter for `g++`'s obscure page-long template errors. Error messages
+  are now pretty and colored. See also [gstlfilt].
+
+[wtf]: http://nmstl.sourceforge.net/doc/nmstl-guide.html
+[gstlfilt]: http://www.bdsoft.com/tools/stlfilt.html
+
+- [asdf]: 


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[Assorted-commits] SF.net SVN: assorted: [736] personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt

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Revision: 736
          http://assorted.svn.sourceforge.net/assorted/?rev=736&view=rev
Author:   yangzhang
Date:     2008-05-08 12:19:08 -0700 (Thu, 08 May 2008)

Log Message:
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updates to software recommendations

Modified Paths:
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    personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt

Modified: personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt
===================================================================
--- personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2008-05-08 19:18:39 UTC (rev 735)
+++ personal-site/trunk/src/recommendations.txt	2008-05-08 19:19:08 UTC (rev 736)
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
+% Software Recommendations
+% Yang Zhang
+
+<!--
 Software recommendations
-------------------------
+-->
 
 Some underdogs that more people should know about.
 
-- [toast]: Automated software retrieval, compilation, installation, and removal
-  with safe compartmentalization and non-root usage. Works without hassle 90%
-  of the time.  Supports a variety of package types, including autotools, plain
-  prefix-dir, plain make, [distutils], [Cabal], and more.
+- __[toast]__: Automated software retrieval, compilation, installation, and
+  removal with safe compartmentalization and non-root usage. Works without
+  hassle 90% of the time.  Supports a variety of package types, including
+  autotools, plain prefix-dir, plain make, [distutils], [Cabal], and more.
 
 [toast]: http://toastball.net/toast/
 [Cabal]: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/
 [distutils]: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-distutils.html
 
-- [pandoc]: [Markdown] done right.  A sane markup (structured text) language
-  supporting a variety of input and output formats, including HTML, man, and
-  TeX.  [AsciiDoc] is a close runner-up; [ReST] is more complex.  Hopefully the
-  future will yield markup languages with greater extensibility and enough
-  flexibility to be used in everything from [wikis] to comment documentation.
+- __[pandoc]__: [Markdown] done right.  A sane markup (structured text)
+  language supporting a variety of input and output formats, including HTML,
+  man, and TeX.  [AsciiDoc] is a close runner-up; [ReST] is more complex.
+  Pandoc includes support for both of these.  Hopefully the future will yield
+  markup languages with greater extensibility and enough flexibility to be used
+  in everything from [wikis] to comment documentation.
 
 [AsciiDoc]: http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
 [Markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@
 [pandoc]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
 [wikis]: http://code.google.com/p/pandocwiki/
 
-- [rubber]: A usable frontend for LaTeX and all its friends: BibTeX, image
+- __[rubber]__: A usable frontend for LaTeX and all its friends: BibTeX, image
   converters, etc.  Similar to but more modular than [latexmk].
 
 [rubber]: http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~beffara/soft/rubber/
@@ -32,7 +37,8 @@
 
 <!-- TODO ensure the following is formatted correctly. -->
 
-- [Gobby]: A collaborative text editor.  Examples of things I've used it for:
+- __[Gobby]__: A collaborative text editor.  Examples of things I've used it
+  for:
   - peer programming
   - whiteboard
   - online meetings (everybody ends up communicating exclusively in the
@@ -46,25 +52,32 @@
 [Gobby]: http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/
 [screen]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
 
-- [Opera]: The fastest, smallest browser I've used is also the most usable and
-  comes with the most features out of the box. Its M2 mail client is awesome
-  too, but alas, it's too buggy.  [KHTML] is probably the closest-performing
-  engine, but I've found it to be too crash-prone.
+- __[Opera]__: The fastest, smallest browser I've used is also the most usable
+  and comes with the most features out of the box. Its M2 mail client is
+  awesome too, but alas, it's too buggy.  [KHTML] is probably the
+  closest-performing engine, but I've found it to be too crash-prone.
 
 [Opera]: http://www.opera.com/
 [KHTML]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML
 
-- [gprof2dot]: A handy tool for visualizing the callgraph results of gprof, the
-  Google CPU profiler, python cProfile, and more.
+- __[gprof2dot]__: A handy tool for visualizing the callgraph results of gprof,
+  the Google CPU profiler, python cProfile, and more.
 
 [gprof2dot]: http://code.google.com/p/jrfonseca/wiki/Gprof2Dot
 
-- [wtf]: A filter for `g++`'s obscure page-long template errors. Resulting
+- __[wtf]__: A filter for `g++`'s obscure page-long template errors. Resulting
   error messages are readable and beautified. See also [gstlfilt].
 
 [wtf]: http://nmstl.sourceforge.net/doc/nmstl-guide.html
 [gstlfilt]: http://www.bdsoft.com/tools/stlfilt.html
 
 <!--
+Preferred Applications
+
+- web browser: [Opera]
+- mail client: [Thunderbird]
+-->
+
+<!--
 vim:ft=mkd:et:sw=2:ts=2:nocin
 -->


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