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Subject : Re: LUG: Minutes

From : Heather Heinz <aileens@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:50:34 -0500

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(Sorry for the random incomplete post)

Alex:

Ed wrote a script that telnet'd (telnetted?) towel.blikenlights.nl and then ran it using VIM's execute shell command command (:!).

It was a hack, but it was fun. VIM just doesn't come with tetris...

Heather


On 12/1/05, Heather Heinz < aileens@gmail.[redacted] > wrote:
Alex:


On 12/1/05, Alex Marten < alex.marten@gmail.[redacted] > wrote:
If anyone could provide some more information about VIM's ASCII art
Star Wars movie I would like to check it out.  Thanks.

On 12/1/05, Chris Dzoba < cdzoba@nhacks.[redacted] > wrote:
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> Here are the minutes for last night's meeting:
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> We had ten people attend the meeting: Baird, Adam, Heather, Ed, Jason,
> Justin, smithj, and Chris.  We also had two first timers: Matt and David.
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> Ed gave an hour and fifteen minute presentation on VIM.  He covered VIM's
> capabilities such as: syntax highlighting, macros, ergonomic movement,
> marks, editing multiple files at once, recording keystrokes, auto
> indentation, and file comparison (vimdiff).
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> Justin gave a fifty minute presentation on Emacs.  He covered Emacs': IRC
> client, extensibility with lisp, web browser, syntax highlighting, spell
> checker, ability to do absolutely anything, planner, XHTML validation.
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> For those of you keeping score, that's 8 highlights for both VIM and Emacs.
> However, at the end of the meeting Ed tipped the scales by displaying VIM's
> ASCII art Star Wars movie.
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> Because the presentations were so informative, the meeting lasted longer
> than Bali Hai was open.  So instead we finished off the night at Shanghai
> Express.


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Alex Marten
alex.marten@gmail.[redacted]




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