Monday, February 27, 2012
computable document format
If you've got 20 minutes to spare, this is a great presentation to watch http://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/screencasts/announcing_cdf/ . Here Conrad Wolfram explains about a new file format that he calls "computable document format". IMHO, it is an excellent idea. One that could change the way we think about e-documents like pdf files, presentations, research publications etc.,
Monday, February 06, 2012
cygwin mintty vim output is not to a terminal
Inside the cygwin terminal if you do
The mintty terminal pops up. However, if you run vim in the mintty terminal, there are warnings such as
To get rid of these warnings, start mintty with "mintty.exe -". The .exe is optional. It is the '-' that is more important.
Why bother with the mintty terminal in the first place? Because it has a lot more functionality than the default cygwin terminal. For eg., the mintty terminal can be resized, maximized, minimized in both the directions; copy pasting text from/to the terminal is a breeze.
$ uname -r
1.7.10(0.259/5/3)
$ mintty.exe
The mintty terminal pops up. However, if you run vim in the mintty terminal, there are warnings such as
$ vim junk1.txt
Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
To get rid of these warnings, start mintty with "mintty.exe -". The .exe is optional. It is the '-' that is more important.
Why bother with the mintty terminal in the first place? Because it has a lot more functionality than the default cygwin terminal. For eg., the mintty terminal can be resized, maximized, minimized in both the directions; copy pasting text from/to the terminal is a breeze.
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