Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Re: www.vim.org contents - what about adding a git based wiki everybody can edit?

On Feb 20, 9:07 pm, Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> wrote:
> I feel thatwww.vim.orgcontents are outdated - and I'd likewww.vim.org
> answering common questions such as:
>   - how to use Vim for python development
>   - how to configure Vim for coding C/C++
>   - how to does a common .vimrc look like ?
>     maybe even add a .vimrc configurator and everybody can provide
>     snippets?
>     Example how it could look like:http://mootools.net/core/
>     However there are much more item - thus a JS based filter by
>     keywords would be nice.
>   - ...
>
> On #vim pages likehttp://sontek.net/turning-vim-into-a-modern-python-ide#id21
> are references (which is a good thing) - BUT:
>
>   - it still references old msanders snipmate repo
>
>   - it does not talk about pyton repl with completion implementations
>     which are available for Vim (such as vim-addon-async)
>
> That's why I think that we should add kind of "wiki" towww.vim.org.
> Modifying it should be dead simple (like adding snippets to
> snipmate-snippets). That's why I consider providing any git based
> wiki system people can either edit online or by cloning the git repo
> into any dir and modifying the source files directly.
> This also means that you can browse / read everything offline.
>
> The format used in text files should be dead simple such as vim help
> file syntax or markdown like syntax. (I also know that there are many
> wiki like plugins for Vim).
>
> Even if its not 'official' at the beginning - such a page could be
> created and added integrated intowww.vim.orglater at some stage.
>
> How do you feel about such a change? Would you appreciate it?
>

Why not a real wiki with real wiki syntax? Or why not just create
pages on the existing wikia.com wiki with prominent links from
vim.org? code.google.com also provides a wiki, IIRC. I don't see a
need to create something new.

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