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diff --git a/2020/info/30.md b/2020/info/30.md index e568ce30..1d54ac13 100644 --- a/2020/info/30.md +++ b/2020/info/30.md @@ -19,46 +19,32 @@ URL: <https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm> <!-- from the pad ---> - # Questions - ## Q5: Does/will this work with 'emacs -nw'? +Yes, it does. -yes, it does - - -## Q4: Thats a nice looking prompt, do you have it on a git repo we could see, or something of that manner? Thanks, I use bash right now so I didn't know it was the default on the others. - -It is not the default, but it is available easily with oh-my-zsh or similar on fish. I think the prompt is this: +## Q4: Thats a nice looking prompt, do you have it on a Git repo we could see, or something of that manner? Thanks, I use Bash right now so I didn't know it was the default on the others. +It is not the default, but it is available easily with oh-my-zsh or +similar on fish. I think the prompt is this: <https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure> - ## Q3: Is there a plan to avoid the initial compilation step? +Not any time soon. You will have to compile vterm the first time you +start it. -Not any time soon. You will have to compile vterm the first time you start it. - - -## Q2: What are differences between Eshell and Vterm? - -performance - -Vterm is like xterm but in Emacs, eshell is like bash but in Emacs. +## Q2: What are differences between Eshell and vterm? +Performance. vterm is like xterm but in Emacs, Eshell is like Bash but +in Emacs. <https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm#given-that-eshell-shell-and-ansi-term-are-emacs-built-in-why-should-i-use-vterm> - -## Q1: could you put your testing scripts up somewhere? - -256colors: <https://pastebin.com/j6HF5q8T> - -title: <https://pastebin.com/SByKdJM2> - -I cannot pastebin the 1MB of data, I pasted a sample of it: <https://pastebin.com/n1T3aUff> - +## Q1: Could you put your testing scripts up somewhere? +- 256colors: <https://pastebin.com/j6HF5q8T> +- title: <https://pastebin.com/SByKdJM2> +- I cannot pastebin the 1MB of data, I pasted a sample of it: + <https://pastebin.com/n1T3aUff> # Notes - - <https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm> diff --git a/2020/info/32.md b/2020/info/32.md index afabb47d..cc63fa0b 100644 --- a/2020/info/32.md +++ b/2020/info/32.md @@ -22,31 +22,27 @@ Elisp tools like generic functions, structs, and objects. <!-- from the pad ---> - # Questions - ## Q3: Have you done any other projects using EIEIO and/or defstruct? - -"Right, EBDB is super deep into EIEIO, and was kind of written as a project for learning it, and the new gnus-search library is a more restrained usage. The search engines are defclasses, and much of the code is shared, which works quite well." +Right, EBDB is super deep into EIEIO, and was kind of written as a +project for learning it, and the new gnus-search library is a more +restrained usage. The search engines are defclasses, and much of the +code is shared, which works quite well. -## Q2: Is there may activity on maintenance of gnus today? (and is Lars involved/aware of this work?) - -"Yes, there's still development going on. I don't think Lars is very focused on Gnus right now, but I run all changes by him first. He fixes bugs, but as far as I know, I'm the only one adding features right now, which is a terrifying thought." - +## Q2: Is there may activity on maintenance of Gnus today? (and is Lars involved/aware of this work?) +Yes, there's still development going on. I don't think Lars is very +focused on Gnus right now, but I run all changes by him first. He +fixes bugs, but as far as I know, I'm the only one adding features +right now, which is a terrifying thought. ## Q1: How much of this 90's funny code :) can be replaced and how much will have to stay forever? - -Eventually I think we can get most of it out of there. I was - -happy to be able to replace obarrays-as-hashtables with real - -hashtables, though that was a very painful process - +Eventually I think we can get most of it out of there. I was happy to +be able to replace obarrays-as-hashtables with real hashtables, though +that was a very painful process # Notes - - -Famous last words: "Sometimes the only thing that's worse than not knowing why something doesn't work is not knowing why it does work." +Famous last words: "Sometimes the only thing that's worse than not +knowing why something doesn't work is not knowing why it does work." diff --git a/2020/info/33.md b/2020/info/33.md index e106018d..05766957 100644 --- a/2020/info/33.md +++ b/2020/info/33.md @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Fermin MF [[!template id=vid src="https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm"]] [Download .webm video, 720p, 260MB](https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm) -[[!template id=vid src="https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm"]] -[Download prerec .webm video, 720p, 58M](https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--fermin.webm) +[[!template id=vid src="https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--prerec--fermin.webm"]] +[Download prerec .webm video, 720p, 58M](https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/emacsconf/2020/emacsconf-2020--33-maxima-a-computer-algebra-system-in-emacs--prerec--fermin.webm) Maxima is a great tool for symbolic mathematics, it has some support for Emacs in the main repository, but is quite outdated and doesn't @@ -17,33 +17,35 @@ how to start using maxima within Emacs. <!-- from the pad ---> - # Questions - -## Q9 Is it is possible to include maxima in org files similar to jupyter notebooks? (Does ob-maxima have support for the :results graphics header argument of org-src blocks?) - +## Q9 Is it is possible to include Maxima in org files similar to jupyter notebooks? (Does ob-maxima have support for the :results graphics header argument of org-src blocks?) +Yes it is, needs more work to be done on it. ## Q8 Are you planning to upstream your package into Maxima? (would be nice :) - +Don't know about that, can be bit messy. No problem with doing that +though. Running tests might be tricky (CI). ## Q7 In which University do you start to use Maxima? - +University of Zaragoza - +<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Zaragoza> ## Q6. Is there support for images in maxima-mode? +Not as of now. +## Q5: Is Maxima's syntax a strict infix Lisp syntax or are there exceptions and special cases? Yes I mean Maxima itself. -## Q5: Is Maxima's syntax a strict infix lisp syntax or are there exceptions and special cases? Yes I mean Maxima itself. - - -## Q4. Is maxima easy to get into in your opinion? (has its quirks though!, mailing list is usually helpful) - - -## Q3: Do you plan to amend ob-maxima to support named session for maxima code blocks in org mode (e.g. begin\_src maxima :session **my-maxima**)? (the current implementation supports exactly onesession named **maxima**) - +## Q4. Is Maxima easy to get into in your opinion? (has its quirks though!, mailing list is usually helpful) +Yes, it is. -## Q2: how does maxima compare to sagemath in emacs? does maxima have more support because it is written in common lisp whereas sage math is written in python? +## Q3: Do you plan to amend ob-maxima to support named session for Maxima code blocks in org mode (e.g. begin_src maxima :session **my-maxima**)? (the current implementation supports exactly onesession named **maxima**) +Yes, want to improve it, will start with it soon. +## Q2: How does Maxima compare to SageMath in Emacs? does Maxima have more support because it is written in common Lisp whereas SageMath is written in Python? +Don't known what is SageMath. -## Q1: So I am an avid octave user right now (had a matlab lesson in uni and so I knew the basics and it was easy to get into), what would you say are the advantages of Maxima over Octave as from my understanding they are pretty similar. I would be interested in trying it out but I am not sure if its worth it compared to Octave. (Octave is a matlab "clone", not meant for analytic calculations, more matrix multiplications etc.) +## Q1: So I am an avid Octave user right now (had a MATLAB lesson in uni and so I knew the basics and it was easy to get into), what would you say are the advantages of Maxima over Octave as from my understanding they are pretty similar. I would be interested in trying it out but I am not sure if its worth it compared to Octave. (Octave is a MATLAB "clone", not meant for analytic calculations, more matrix multiplications etc.) +Don't known Octave much. Found the Octave package hard to understand. +# Notes +<http://maxima.sourceforge.net/> |