Cool, but obscure Unix tools

[Sadiq Saif]

For Arch Linux users, tpp is in the AUR:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10409

It would be interesting to see the reaction if I do a presentation at school
using tpp. :)


On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > A quick note for apt (debian/ubuntu) users looking try ack, the
> > package & command are called ack-grep (ack is a Kanji character
> > converter)
>
> ack-grep is a nice extension to the notion of grep.  I particularly
> like the way it avoids the need to use "find," as well as working
> nicely in scm repositories by virtue of ignoring (for instance) the
> internal bits of a git repo.
>
> I couldn't find an SCM repo anywhere containing tpp ("text
> presentation program"), so pulled the various versions I found on the
> web and assembled them into a Git repo @ GitHub.
> https://github.com/cbbrowne/tpp
>
> I am *so* going to do my next presentation using tpp!  :-).
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