Re: Plugin alternatives

Hi Gary!

On Do, 28 Mär 2013, Gary Johnson wrote:

> On 2013-03-27, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> > On Wed, March 27, 2013 10:13, Marco wrote:
> > > On 2013 03 27 Christian Brabandt wrote:
> > >
> > >> What does git-gutter do better than any of the existing plugins?
> > >
> > > What are those existing pluginsť? I'm curious.
> >
> > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3052
> > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2712
> > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2584
> > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1881
> >
> > There are probably even more...
>
> What is the attractiveness of using signs to indicate where changes
> have taken place? When I follow changes, I'm more interested in
> _what_ the changes were, not just that something changed. For this
> I use DiffOrig or a variation that compares the current buffer with
> the latest (or a specified) VCS version. Having a sign in the left
> column doesn't tell me enough to be useful.

I don't know. I made the plugin for fun a couple of years ago after a
similar question here. Personally, I don't see the sense of the
indicators but I can understand, if some people like it.

regards,
Christian
--
Alle Männer vom Fach sind darin sehr übel dran, dass ihnen nicht
erlaubt ist, das Unnütze zu ignorieren.
-- Goethe, Maximen und Reflektionen, Nr. 964

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