Re: where can I download vimtips.txt

On 06/05/12 13:57, John Beckett wrote:
>> I added a plugin called totd.vim which will show me a tip a
>> day when launch vim, but I don't know where to download
>> vimtips.txt. I went to Vim Tips Wiki but still can't find
>> where to download it, any one knows. Many thanks!
>
> I guess that is a very old plugin (last updated July 2006):
> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=88
>
> At that time, the tips were on vim.org, and there was a download
> of a zip file with the body of each tip (no comments). Nothing
> like that is available now.
>
> While a nice idea, the tips are not in a suitable state (too
> much obsolete or misguided advice) to be used for a "tip of the
> day". What could be done, is that someone might manually work
> out which tips are in a reasonable condition, and make a file
> with the tip contents. I would far prefer that work went into
> cleaning up the tips!
>
> John
>


There is a tips.txt among the help files distributed with Vim (on my
system, /usr/local/share/vim/vim73/doc/tips.txt for Vim 7.3, last
changed 2009 Nov 07). These tips are separated by a line of equal signs
and are meant to be displayed in a Vim help window.


Best regards,
Tony.
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