Wednesday, April 24, 2013
No meeting this evening (April 24th)
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Wednesday 3/27 - Stealing^WLearning from Sublime Text
WHAT: St. Louis Vim Geeks - A Whirlwind Tour of Sublime Text from Josh Weaver - Grab Bag & General Tomfoolery WHERE: CAIT - The Center for the Application of Information Technology Classroom 24 5 N. Jackson Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63105 WHEN: Wednesday, March 27th, at 6:30pm RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/vimgeeks/
A Whirlwind Tour of Sublime Text from Josh Weaver
Vim users know a good idea when they see one -- that's how most of us ended up on Vim in the first place, after all -- and sometimes those ideas come from other text editors. In our ongoing quest to keep people asking "Why are you talking about <some editor that isn't Vim> at a Vim Geeks meeting?" we've got Josh Weaver to introduce us to Sublime Text. Sublime is a relative upstart in the world of programmers' text editors, and it's attracted a lot of positive attention of late.
Josh recently moved from using mostly-Vim to mostly-Sublime, and is going to give us a tour of Sublime, as well as his rationale for making it his editor of choice. He said to be sure to mention that he "welcomes questions," and I have no doubt we'll oblige, perhaps more than he anticipates. :-)
Grab Bag & General Tomfoolery
You know that part of the meeting where people ask questions, share tips and tricks, talk about new plugins they've discovered, and talk about what they'd like to see or do at upcoming meetings? That's the part we'll do after we're done pumping Josh for things we can steal from Sublime Text.
Free Food, Drink, and Swag
We'll have good stuff to eat and good stuff to give away, as long as you promise to RSVP so we know how much we'll need.
When and Where
We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, March 27th. Here's the address:
CAIT (The Center for the Application of Information Technology) Classroom 24 5 N. Jackson Ave St. Louis, Missouri 63105 CAIT on Google Maps Forsyth MetroLink Station
CAIT also provides detailed driving directions and parking information . (Don't worry about the parking permit stuff. It doesn't apply to us.)
See you Wednesday,
Bill
Monday, February 25, 2013
Wednesday 2/27 - Vim + Ruby and Visual Mode!
WHAT: St. Louis Vim Geeks - A Tour of Charlie Sanders' Vim Environment - Another Look at Visual Mode WHERE: CAIT - The Center for the Application of Information Technology Classroom 24 5 N. Jackson Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63105 WHEN: Wednesday (really!), February 27th, at 6:30pm RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/vimgeeks/
Seems like forever since we've had a proper non-holiday / non-bowling meeting. Let's fix that:
A Tour of Charlie Sanders's (Ruby-Flavored) Vim Environment
We've got a special request for the third in our series of Vim Environment Tours this month. Those of us launching into large Ruby projects (a.k.a., me and my co-workers) have asked Charlie Sanders to show us around his Vim configuration, with an emphasis on how he uses it to do magical Ruby stuff. (Don't worry if you're not a Ruby developer, though -- the ideas are applicable to all sorts of programming, even if the specific plugins and settings are different.)
Another Look at Visual Mode
Speaking of special requests... Apparently I made one too many references to an earlier talk I gave on Visual Mode, at which point I was gently but firmly informed that I hadn't actually given that presentation at a Vim Geeks meeting, and that there were several people that might like to actually *see* the presentation instead of just hear about it. So with that in mind, this month I'll give an updated version of "Seeing Is Believing" (including a couple of new visual-mode tricks I've picked up since giving the talk the first time).
Food, Drink, and Free Stuff
Still on the fence? How about some free Dewey's pizza and a chance to win a book from O'Reilly? Just be sure to RSVP so we don't run short on the victuals.
When and Where
We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, February 27th, in Classroom 24. Here's the address:
CAIT (The Center for the Application of Information Technology) Classroom 24 5 N. Jackson Ave St. Louis, Missouri 63105 CAIT on Google Maps Forsyth MetroLink Station
CAIT also provides detailed driving directions and parking information . (Don't worry about the parking permit stuff. It doesn't apply to us.)
See you Wednesday,
Bill