Greetings all you Linux nuts! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: For this meeting O'Reilly has asked that we try to estimate the number of people showing up. To that end, if you plan on attending, please go to the following URL and RSVP: http://www.nblug.org/rsvp.cgi Thank you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's that time again...our March meeting is almost upon us. This month we have not one, but TWO special guests! The first is Tim Allwine who will be giving a talk about the infamous editor, vi. Here's a few words directly from Tim: My name is Tim Allwine. I am a Perl programmer working for IX Labs, a small Internet developer in Santa Rosa. At the next meeting I'll be giving an 'Introduction to vi' talk. If you don't already know, vi is the "premier" text editor on most if not all Unix machines. Because of its complexity, most people quickly try and find another solution to their editing needs and over look the power that vi offers. I will be demonstrating some of the various editing techniques that can be done with vi. So if you passed it by in favor of something more anemic and are looking for something with a little more zip then this talk is for you. Our second guest will be Chuck Toporek, an editor from O'Reilly and Associates, our beloved hosts. He is going to be talking about a book project he is working on, and he needs our help! This is your chance to have input on, and possibly provide content to, an O'Reilly book. Be sure to RSVP (as described above) if you plan on coming to this meeting. Hope to see you there! -Dustin Mollo -- Founder & President The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://www.nblug.org/ dustin(a)nblug.org