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We will be using IRC as a way to interact outside of the classroom, and sometimes in. It can be a good way to ask me for help or clarification on an assignment, in which case your classmates could benefit too. You can also use it to have general discussion among yourselves, or work remotely in groups. | We will be using IRC as a way to interact outside of the classroom, and sometimes in. It can be a good way to ask me for help or clarification on an assignment, in which case your classmates could benefit too. You can also use it to have general discussion among yourselves, or work remotely in groups. | ||
| − | There is an [[: | + | There is an [[:apertium:IRC|IRC channel for Apertium]] too. We will be using Apertium and related software throughout the course, so this can be a good place to ask for questions too. |
== Using a command line == | == Using a command line == | ||
== Using git for version control == | == Using git for version control == | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 13 January 2017
Contents
Using a virtual machine
Using GNU/Linux
Editing a wiki
Using IRC
Internet Relay Chat is decades-old technology that allows for convenient real-time online messaging for large groups of people, and also between individuals.
The Swarthmore Computational Linguistics IRC server is :
Any arbitrary channel can be started by any user, though.
There are good, Free IRC clients for nearly every operating system. The Linux installation in the virtual machine for class comes with HexChat, which is a good option for that environment.
We will be using IRC as a way to interact outside of the classroom, and sometimes in. It can be a good way to ask me for help or clarification on an assignment, in which case your classmates could benefit too. You can also use it to have general discussion among yourselves, or work remotely in groups.
There is an IRC channel for Apertium too. We will be using Apertium and related software throughout the course, so this can be a good place to ask for questions too.
