Emacs
vim / gvim
LaTeX (actually, typesetting)
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Operating
systems I like
Linux
BSD
Mac OS
Software
I like
Scientific graphics: xmgrace,
gnuplot
Graphics: the GIMP
Mathematical software:
maple, octave
Editors:
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Emacs |
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LaTeX (actually, typesetting) |
Office:
OpenOffice, Microsoft Office under CrossOver Office
Computer
languages
FORTRAN ... so primitive.
But:
Fortran 90 is up to the task!
C is ok (but, tricky). C++ rules!
Tricks!
Making your bibliography look right: Run latex /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/custom-bib/makebst.tex (or whichever path makebst.tex is) to build a custom bibliography style.
Extracting data points from a graph: grab a picture of the graph (by, e.g., capturing it with, e.g., the GIMP), and use g3data on the resulting graphic file.
Make a copy of a whole directory tree from a machine to another, preserving dates and all. This unix command is pure poetry:
tar -czf - * | ssh target_user@target_domain tar -xzf - -C target_dir/
(*) Why this is not a blog: blogs are not my cup of tea. Informed opinion about them:
Why your Movable Type blog must die
Also: Blogs suck T-shirt!