January 2011
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Vim Setup + Notes
Introduction
Download here ~ https://github.com/johnantoni/vimfiles
What you see is my own personal VIM configuration, with all manner of plugins, color formats and cool status messages.
Feel free to fork and copy it as you want, you can even drop me a line to suggest improvements.
Best,
Install Config
git clone [url] ~/.vim
ln -nfs ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
ln -nfs ~/.vim/gvimrc...
Mike The Coder: Why would anyone use vim? →
mikethecoder:
(Note: this is a post for vim newbies. If you’re an experienced user, you won’t find anything new here) I recently switched to vim full time after years of asking myself that question. It seemed like a huge percentage of the better hackers I came across used vim, but all I could see was “no…
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Ruby 1.9.2 via RVM :recipe
Today we’ll install the latest stable version of Ruby on an Ubuntu Linux machine, let’s begin…
Fire up Terminal and type the following to install RVM:
bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
Once installed you’ll have to add the following to the end of your .bashrc file to make rvm accessible from the prompt:
vim ~/.bashrc
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The Kings Speech
This evening I got the chance to see the recent movie The Kings Speech, a thoroughly well acted and brilliantly put together story of one mans struggle to go against his fears and become the man the nation needs in the darkness of a coming war.
Colin Firth plays Bertie (King George VI) who has suffered a speech impediment most of his life and is quite happy to sit in the background while his...