CSCI 3215 (Advanced UNIX Command-Line Tools), Fall 2020:
Homework 4
- Credit:
- 20 points.
(As described in problems.)
Answer the following questions. You may write out your answers by
hand and scan them, or you may use a word processor
or other program, but please submit a PDF or plain text
via e-mail to my TMail address.
(No links to shared files on Google Drive please.)
Please use a subject line that mentions the course and
the assignment (e.g.,
“csci 3215 hw 4” or
“UNIX hw 4”).
- (8 points)
Spend at least half an hour
(more if you have the time and interest)
working through the vim
tutorial and/or reading other parts of the online help.
Start the tutorial by typing
vimtutor at the command prompt.
Access online help by typing
:help or :help sometopic; exit help by
typing :q.
Then tell me at least two things you
learned that you didn't know before and you think
you might find useful.
(You were probably asked in a previous class to work through
some of the tutorial.
If so, read further in it than you have before.)
- (8 points)
Repeat the previous question,
but with the emacs tutorial and/or online help.
Start it by typing
emacs -nw and then control-h followed by t.
Access online help as described in the tutorial.
(Without -nw, emacs will create a new window
if it can.
That can be interesting --
in fact you should probably try it --
but for this assignment I ask that you use the text-only version.)
(If you have already read part of this tutorial for
a previous class,
read further in it than you have before.)
- (4 points)
Which editor do you feel more inclined to learn more about
at this point (considering features, ease of use, etc.).
Why? (“Neither” is an acceptable answer if you explain why!)
Include the Honor Code pledge or just the word “pledged”,
plus at least one of the following about
collaboration and help (as many as apply).1Text in italics is explanatory or something for you to
fill in.
For programming assignments, this should go in the body of the e-mail
or in a plain-text file pledge.txt (no word-processor files
please).
- This assignment is entirely my own work.
(Here, “entirely my own work” means that it's
your own work except for anything you got from the
assignment itself -- some programming assignments
include “starter code”, for example -- or
from the course Web site.
In particular, for programming assignments you can
copy freely from anything on the “sample programs page”.)
- I worked with names of other students on this
assignment.
- I got help with this assignment from
source of help -- ACM
tutoring, another student in the course, the instructor, etc.
(Here, “help” means significant help,
beyond a little assistance with tools or compiler errors.)
- I got help from outside source --
a book other than the textbook (give title and author),
a Web site (give its URL), etc..
(Here too, you only need to mention significant help --
you don't need to tell me that you
looked up an error message on the Web, but if you found
an algorithm or a code sketch, tell me about that.)
- I provided help to names of students on this
assignment.
(And here too, you only need to tell me about
significant help.)
Include a brief essay (a sentence or two is fine, though you can write
as much as you like) telling me what if anything you think
you learned from the assignment, and what if anything you found
found interesting, difficult, or otherwise noteworthy.
For programming assignments, it should go in the body of the e-mail
or in a plain-text file essay.txt (no word-processor files
please).
Footnotes
- ... apply).1
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Credit where credit is due:
I based the wording of this list on a posting to a SIGCSE mailing list.
SIGCSE is the ACM's Special Interest Group on CS Education.
2020-10-05