[Fwd: Re: [SLUG] arrays]

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

> John Allsop wrote:
>
>> Vim I'm not so sure about somehow. I've two feelings: 1) those who
>> want to know vim already do, and 2) if that's not true and there are
>> people out there who want to know vim, a textbook might be better
>> than
>> a workshop .. I can't imaging how a vim workshop would go other than
>> "how do you do x?" "by clicking y" "OK, ta". I may be very wrong
>> about
>> that.
>
> Hmm, I've been meaning to do something for Vim for what must now be
> years.  So if said I planned a session on Vim I'd expect a chorus of
> seasonal 'Oh no he isn't!' from all who've heard it before.
>
> The plan (when time allows) is to set up something that has a couple
> of
> docs people can download with a variety of deliberate mistakes which
> we
> then work through and fix during an IRC session.  This will start from
> the basic, how do I open/save/quit files through to setting up
> mappings
> and abbreviations and .vimrc tweaking.
>
> All in favour say "Aye".

Sorry, I'm very behind with my emails, but aye, unless you cancelled
through lack of interest, or already did it.

Incidentally, I've never used IRC either and have no real idea what it
is, so I'd need to start there.

J