Wednesday 7/31 - Just Enough Vim Scripting to be Dangerous

WHAT:  St. Louis Vim Geeks
       - Just Enough Vim Scripting to be Dangerous

WHERE: CAIT - The Center for the Application of Information Technology
       Classroom 24
       5 N. Jackson Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63105

WHEN:  Wednesday, July 31st, at 6:30pm

RSVP:  http://www.meetup.com/vimgeeks/

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Just Enough Vim Scripting to be Dangerous

There's a lot you can do to customize Vim to your particular idiosyncrasies without having to grapple with Vim's scripting features. If you're a dedicated Vim power user, though, you'll eventually reach a point where you simply must do something that tweaking a setting or two won't handle. That's when you decide "I'll learn Vim scripting!"

It's about three minutes later that the realization kicks in: Vim scripting is its own brand of weird. Sure, it seems a lot like other scripting languages — until it really, really doesn't. It's hard to know where to start, and all too easy to do things that break Vim in exciting and unexpected ways.

This talk will get you over that initial this-is-too-bizarre / how-hard-can-LISP-be-anyway hump. We won't try to cover everything Vim scripting can do, but a little knowledge will go a long way, especially if you know where to begin and the pitfalls to avoid.

Drinks and Food and Stuff

Ever been to a meeting that couldn't be improved with some free food? Me neither, so RSVP to let us know how much to get. O'Reilly has also provided us with some free stuff to give away, but you probably shouldn't eat it. It's a little... paper-y.

When and Where

We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, July 31st, where we usually do:

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.)

Make sure you RSVP!

See you this Wednesday!
Bill

No meeting this month

Unfortunately, we have to cancel the meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 26, 2013.

We'll see you all next month.

Vimdiff at SLUUG this Wednesday, June 12th, at 6:30pm

Hi all. I'll be giving the following presentation at this month's SLUUG meeting:

Splendiferous: Unexpectedly Cool (and Useful) Stuff You Can Do With Vimdiff

St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG)
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 - 6:30pm
Graybar Electric Co, Inc.
11885 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146

It doesn't seem like there'd be that much to say about Vim's built-in diff capability -- it shows the differences between two files, right? Well, yes, but as with most things Vim, there's a lot more to the story if you just look a little deeper. In this talk, we'll uncover the surprising power and flexibility hidden inside vimdiff, and show several of the the nifty things you can do with this oft-overlooked feature.

See you this Wednesday!