Reminder that the MFS meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday). Doors open at 6:45pm, for a prompt 7pm start.
On 15/03/2019 09:31, Michael Dorrington wrote: > Please forward this notice to those that would welcome it. > > You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester > > * Event: Manchester Free Software's March Meeting > > * 15 minute slot 1: Vim intro > * 45 minute slot: Vim to advanced > * 15 minute slot 2: Vim with ctags > * 15 minute slot 3: Vim secrets > > * Date: Tuesday, 19th March 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month) > * Start time: 19:00 > * Finish time: 21:00 > > * Location: Manchester Technology Centre > - https://mspl.co.uk/campuses/manchester-technology-centre/ > * Address: Oxford Road, Manchester. M1 7ED. > - By the Mancunian Way flyover. > - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/53.47222/-2.23792 > > > == Details == > > === Introduction === > > The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software > philosophy. > > Every meeting we start with an opportunity for informal key signing. > For this you'll need to bring paper OpenPGP fingerprint slips, see > `gpg-key2ps` from the `signing-party` package (or equivalent in your > GNU/Linux distro): > https://packages.debian.org/signing-party > > > === Schedule === > > 19:00-19:05 Introduction and key signing > 19:05-19:20 Vim intro > 19:20-19:25 Short Break (5 minutes) > 19:25-20:10 Vim to advanced > 20:10-20:25 Long Break (15 minutes) > 20:25-20:40 Vim with ctags > 20:40-20:45 Short Break (5 minutes) > 21:45-21:00 Vim secrets > > > === Topic details === > > The topics in this month's meeting will cover Vim, a text editor with > advanced features. The "Vim intro" will allow you to use Vim as a basic > text editor. After that will be "Vim to advanced" which will help you > use Vim up to its advanced features. Next, "Vim with ctags" will show > how to use ctags, the source code indexer, with Vim as mentioned in last > month's "Easy Linux patching workshop". We finish with "Vim secrets". > > If you want to follow along then please pre-install Vim. If you are new > to Vim then we recommended you install a GUI version; in Debian (and > Debian-like distros) you probably want the package `vim-gtk3`, in other > distros it might be referred to as `gvim` or `gVim`. > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor) > * https://packages.debian.org/stretch/vim-gtk3 > * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vim#Installation > > > ==== Vim intro ==== > > This will be a talk and demo on enough of Vim to get you started using > it as a basic text editor. As state above, if you want to follow along > then we recommend you pre-install a GUI version of Vim, details above. > > * https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/vim-runtime/vimtutor.1.en.html > > > ==== Vim to advanced ==== > > In this talk and demo we will take users from using Vim as basic text > editor up to using its advanced features. It will also include how to > find help, so you can continue to learn after the meeting, and the > terminology of Vim. You're welcome to follow on. > > > ==== Vim with ctags ==== > > As was mentioned in last month's talk, ctags is tool to index source > code and this index can then be used by Vim to navigate source code such > as finding where a function is defined. This is extremely helpful when > coding and will help you contribute to Free Software. There is more > than one project for a program that produces ctags, in Debian they have > `exuberant-ctags` which we recommend using with Vim; some other distros > simply call it `ctags`. To follow long we recommend you have a source > code project downloaded, for example the Linux source we used in last > month's talk. > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctags > * https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ctags > * https://packages.debian.org/stretch/exuberant-ctags > * https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ctags/ > > > ==== Vim secrets ==== > > In "Vim secrets" we will show some features that often aren't known even > my long term Vim users. Sometimes this is because they have only > recently been added as Vim continues to be developed. > > > == Location == > > The meeting will take place at our new venue of Manchester Technology > Centre, details above. > > > == Transport == > > > === Parking === > > Please research and decide where to park before heading on your journey > and have a Plan B. > > There are paid parking lots around the venue, they are marked by a blue > P in OpenStreetMap centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/53.4722/-2.2379 > > Most of those parking lots are owned by NCP: > http://www.ncp.co.uk/ > > In some of the side streets in the venue surrounding area there are > parking meter bays that become zero cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you > will have to pay up until then and the maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE > SURE YOU VERIFY ALL THIS on parking. This is probably only a good > option if you know the area. > > If you can't decide where to park then ask me for advice. > > > === Public Transport === > > Closest train stations to the venue are: > > * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station > * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station > > For other public transport see OpenStreetMap using the "Transport" layer > centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/53.4722/-2.2379&layers=T > > > == More Information == > > Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the > Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet: > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester > > Regards, > Mike. > MFS Chair. > -- FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users."
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