Wednesday, 9/25 - Beer!

WHAT:  St. Louis Vim Geeks
       - Beer!

WHERE: Schlafly Bottleworks
       7260 Southwest Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63143

WHEN:  Wednesday, September 25th, at 6:30pm

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

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Beer!

Our regular meeting room at CAIT isn't available this month, so we're going to have an informal meeting at the Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood instead.  If you've never been there, they have good food and great beer.  And don't worry, we'll still talk about Vim.  :-)

Please RSVP so we can try to have a table ready at 6:30.

See you this Wednesday!

Steve

Wednesday, 8/28 - Top 10 (or so) Reasons to Use Vim

WHAT:  St. Louis Vim Geeks
       - Top 10 (or so) Reasons to Use Vim

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

WHEN:  Wednesday, August 28th, at 6:30pm

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

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Top 10 (or so) Reasons to Use Vim

We all know Vim is great. At this month's meeting, I'd like to detail a few of the many reasons why.

As I mentioned at the last meeting, I'm teaching a class on Vim in a couple of weeks, and I'm using this material in my class, so thanks in advance for being guinea pigs.  ;-)

Drinks and Food and Stuff

I know it is late notice, but if you RSVP, we'll try to make sure there is pizza and drinks for everybody.

When and Where

We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, August 28th, 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!

Steve

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