Links for 8/13

Posted by larrywright

A (hopefully) usefull collection of links

Autocomplete with Scriptaculous. Amy Hoy shows you how to add an autocompleting textbox to your Rails site. I really like her writing style. If you like this article, be sure to check out the other articles and cheat sheets on her site.

ViEmu: a vi/vim emulator for Visual Studio .NET. Sometimes you look at a product and wonder “Why?”

How to debug intermittent problems There’s some really good tips here, as well as statements like ” Be comforted: the cause is probably not evil spirits.”

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  1. Amy – August 13, 2005 @ 06:14 PM
    Hey Larry, thanks for the link. :) Just FYI, it's Hoy! Just 3 letters. Yeah, I have a 6-letter name.
  2. Larry – August 13, 2005 @ 07:55 PM
    Amy, Woops. Fixed that. I know someone who has the same name, but spells it with the 'e'. I think I need more coffee...
  3. J – August 21, 2005 @ 04:50 PM
    Hi Larry, I'm the guy behind ViEmu. I found your post and found it funny. ViEmu makes sense for people who find the vi editing model much more efficient than regular cursor-keys based editing, and who develop with Visual Studio .NET. In my 13+ years of professional programming I never used vi, but learnt it about 8 months ago when I started to do most of my development on a laptop, where cursor/navigation keys are really uncomfortable - now I can only use vi style editing. Having it integrated inside VS is invaluable. I understand it's not for everyone, but it makes sense for a certain niche group of people. Best wishes, J
  4. Larry – August 21, 2005 @ 09:20 PM
    J, I meant no disrespect, it actually, looks like a very nice piece of work. My comment was more directed at the fact that it was likely a very, very small niche of people who would find it useful (if you care to share sales figures, I'd be curious to know how it's doing). Though to be honest, I use Visual Studio on occasion, and I've found myself wishing it had Emacs bindings... Regards, Larry
  5. J – August 22, 2005 @ 05:50 AM
    Larry, no offense taken. Some people have found the product very interesting - obviously, vi/vim freaks who miss it within VS. Actually, I liked to find your post :) You are right in that the niche is really quite small, and I don't think it is going to grow much :) Sales are just starting, although they're pretty low - but hey, it's only been out for a meager 25 days, the first trial period hasn't even expired. I just expect (or hope) that it will pay back the work involved, and the next projects are targeted at a wider market. By the way, VS2005 does have emacs and brief bindings, but no vi/vim emulation (I did check before developing ViEmu.)

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