Re: [Boston.pm] ackathon design notes

2008-07-15 Thread Jeremy Muhlich
On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 14:23 -0400, Steve Scaffidi wrote: > I propose that ack should have a mascot: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/881400078/ $ ack --thpppt _ /| \'o.O' =(___)= Uack --thpppt! ___ Boston-pm mailing list

Re: [Boston.pm] ackathon design notes

2008-07-15 Thread Uri Guttman
> "SS" == Steve Scaffidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SS> Even though I can't be there tonight, I'd still like to contribute *something* SS> I propose that ack should have a mascot: SS> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/881400078/ send that to andy and the ack dev list!

Re: [Boston.pm] ackathon design notes

2008-07-15 Thread Steve Scaffidi
Even though I can't be there tonight, I'd still like to contribute *something* I propose that ack should have a mascot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/881400078/ -- -- Steve Scaffidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Boston-pm mailing list

Re: [Boston.pm] ackathon design notes

2008-07-15 Thread Uri Guttman
> "BR" == Bernardo Rechea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BR> 1. Ack's context is heavily line-oriented. Would it be too difficult to make BR> the fixes generic enough to parameterize the type of context unit that is BR> shown (i.e., not only lines, but also words or characters, etc.).

Re: [Boston.pm] ackathon design notes

2008-07-15 Thread Bernardo Rechea
Hi, all, I just barely digested all the ackaton mails. I think it's a brilliant idea. I've been using ack for a few months now, and it's a worthy piece of code to spend time improving. This also hits a particular itch of mine, namely concordance generation from a corpus of text. In natural

[Boston.pm] ackathon design notes

2008-07-15 Thread Uri Guttman
hi all, here are some design and coding notes for my vision of a new core loop for ack. i divided it up into three parts, reading lines, matching and tracking, and printing results. i don't go over all the possible options as that is too detailed for this email. we will discuss them as we hack