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Add apt install list for Debian/Ubuntu/WSL

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Remove VS code gushing
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@ -114,7 +114,14 @@ but all the recommended software here is open source (and please don't install p
<li>Your favourite text editor. gedit is installed on the <em>expo laptop</em> and has syntax highlighting for .svx files too. This works with <a href="https://survex.com/changes.html">all GtkSourceView-based editors</a> (thanks to Phil Withnall). Download a local copy of the syntax colourizer <a download href="/site_media/survex.lang">survex.lang</a>.
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<p>Note that on a Debian/Ubuntu machine you should normally install the versions that come with the distro (i.e. install using 'apt install xxx', not be downloading things from the above sites</p>
<p>Note that on a Debian/Ubuntu machine you should normally install the versions that come with the distro (i.e. install using 'apt install xxx', not be downloading things from the above sites. So installing everything you need should be as simple as:
<ul>
<li><tt>apt install openssh-client survex-aven tunnelx therion git sftp</tt></li>
<li><tt>ssh-keygen</tt> (to generate a key if you haven't already)</li>
<li><tt>apt install gpsprune qgis firefox-esr gedit tig gitg meld rsync</tt> (you may prefer other tools - e.g: elpa-magit is amazing but only if you know how to drive emacs)</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h4 id="win">For Windows users only:</h4>
<p></p>None of this works until you set up the key-pair setup using PuTty/Pageant.
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<h4>Visual Studio Code editor</h4>
<p>A short note about the phenomenon of VS code is in order.
<p>If you use VS Code here are some relevant extras.
Not really for beginners but here are <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/python-install-vscode/">instructions for
configuring it for python</a>.
In case you didn't know, by 2019 over <a href="https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology">half</a> of
all software developers used this editor for their Linux and Windows work and it is undoubtedly more now. On Windows you run VS Code as
a Windows app but it communicates directly ("remotely") with the WSL Linux environment.
On Windows you run VS Code as a Windows app but it communicates directly ("remotely") with the WSL Linux environment.
<p>You will definitely want the
<a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.githistory">"Git History" extension</a>
and probably the "GitLens" extension too.