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

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On 21/02/2012 16:27, Marc Weber wrote:

> Excerpts from Ben Fritz's message of Tue Feb 21 16:48:36 +0100 2012:
>> 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.
> Because its you who can download it and use it as local resource.
> That in turn could make people contribute little bit more because
> *editing in vim* is that easy :)
>
> And no, I'm not talking about reinventing the wheel,
> it does already exist:
>
> solution 1: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/gitit
> solution 2: Vim help file syntax
> solution 3: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2226
>
> Why not mediawiki? Because sending patches requires "logging in"
> Because you can't use Vim for editing (I know that there are plugins
> which come close - but - we just *love* Vim, don't we?)

I personally think that it's a terrific idea, Marc.

As you point out you can fork the repo, apply changes or add commits all
the while using Vim thereby extricating any copy/paste/convert ugliness
& have fun & help the community too.

FWIW, I'm all for it.

Cheers,

Phil..

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