Re: tips project

2007-03-03 Thread Tom Purl
> Tom Purl * 3/1/2007 7:04 PM : >>> Okay, so now I am really an "outsider" to this whole issue as in that I >>> have just been following the whole thread with interest because i >>> regularly check vim tips/scripts at vim.org ... >> >> For more information of where people are right now, check the m

Re: tips project

2007-03-01 Thread Tom Purl
> Okay, so now I am really an "outsider" to this whole issue as in that I > have just been following the whole thread with interest because i > regularly check vim tips/scripts at vim.org ... For more information of where people are right now, check the mailing list archive for a thread titled "Vi

Re: tips project

2007-03-01 Thread Tobias Pflug
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 09:46 -0600, Tom Purl wrote: > >> Ok everyone, the project's created: > >> > >> * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ > > > > I think there's a major disadvantage in using the code.google.com wiki > > - it only allows people who have been added to the project to edit the > > wik

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Tom Purl wrote: > >> Ok everyone, the project's created: > >> > >> * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ > > > > I think there's a major disadvantage in using the code.google.com wiki > > - it only allows people who have been added to the project to edit the > > wiki via the web interface (please c

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Purl
> Sorry for answering off list again, I can not post to the list. That's unfortunate. I'm happy to post this to the list. >>> There is one thing to mention about parsing tips. Are we going to put >>> the additional comments to the wiki? There are many useful comments >>> but there are also many

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Charles E Campbell Jr
Tom Purl wrote: There is one thing to mention about parsing tips. Are we going to put the additional comments to the wiki? There are many useful comments but there are also many useless junk. It would be _lots_ of work to look at every comment and see if they're useful or not. What are your i

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Purl
>> Ok everyone, the project's created: >> >> * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ > > I think there's a major disadvantage in using the code.google.com wiki > - it only allows people who have been added to the project to edit the > wiki via the web interface (please correct me if I'm wrong). At leas

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Swaroop C H
Ok everyone, the project's created: * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ I think there's a major disadvantage in using the code.google.com wiki - it only allows people who have been added to the project to edit the wiki via the web interface (please correct me if I'm wrong). At least if it allow

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Tom Purl
> There is one thing to mention about parsing tips. Are we going to put > the additional comments to the wiki? There are many useful comments but > there are also many useless junk. > It would be _lots_ of work to look at every comment and see if they're > useful or not. > What are your ideas

Re: tips project

2007-02-23 Thread Kim Schulz
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:32:28 +0200 Ali Polatel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is one thing to mention about parsing tips. Are we going to > put the additional comments to the wiki? There are many useful > comments but there are also many useless junk. > It would be _lots_ of work to look at

Re: tips project

2007-02-22 Thread Ali Polatel
* Tom Purl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I added your script to the project's SVN repository: > > * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/source > > We now have a total number of *three* scripts that could possibly convert > the tips. Thanks a ton to Dr. Chip, Swaroop, and Ali for contributing > scrip

Re: tips project

2007-02-22 Thread Tom Purl
I added your script to the project's SVN repository: * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/source We now have a total number of *three* scripts that could possibly convert the tips. Thanks a ton to Dr. Chip, Swaroop, and Ali for contributing scripts! I really think that this should be enough scrip

Re: tips project

2007-02-22 Thread Swaroop C H
Fantastic! I pasted this as-is into the wiki and here are the results: * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/wiki/1504_External_commands_on_Windows We need to replace the tags with triple braces as a start. Also, we may want to add bullet points to the metadata fields. Here's a reference to the

Re: tips project

2007-02-22 Thread Ali Polatel
* Swaroop C H ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >could you please convert a few tips using your script and them > >post them on the wiki? I would love to see the final output. > > A heads up ... the script isn't working for other tips, I'll try to > polish the script in the morning (well, it's 2 am he

RE: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Tom Purl wrote: > Ok everyone, the project's created: > > * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ > > Hooray! > > The next step is to see some conversion script ideas. If you're the type > of person who can write a script like this in 15 minutes, then by all > means do so and send it to me. Othe

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Purl
Quick updates: 1. I posted all of the scripts that were sent to me today on the Google site in the svn repository under the scripts directory. 2. I've added everyone who has sent me his or her google id as project participants. Thanks again! Tom Purl > On 2/22/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Purl
> On 2/22/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Swaroop, could you please convert a few tips using your script and them >> post them on the wiki? I would love to see the final output. > > Looks like I can't add anything to the wiki until the admin adds me as > part of the project :) Wow, tha

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Swaroop C H
could you please convert a few tips using your script and them post them on the wiki? I would love to see the final output. A heads up ... the script isn't working for other tips, I'll try to polish the script in the morning (well, it's 2 am here). Thanks, Swaroop

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Swaroop C H
On 2/22/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Swaroop, could you please convert a few tips using your script and them post them on the wiki? I would love to see the final output. Looks like I can't add anything to the wiki until the admin adds me as part of the project :) Here's the output

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Purl
> On 2/21/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The next step is to see some conversion script ideas. If you're the >> type >> of person who can write a script like this in 15 minutes, then by all >> means do so and send it to me. Otherwise, we can discuss it on the >> mailing list unless pe

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Swaroop C H
On 2/21/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The next step is to see some conversion script ideas. If you're the type of person who can write a script like this in 15 minutes, then by all means do so and send it to me. Otherwise, we can discuss it on the mailing list unless people think its

RE: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Purl
Ok everyone, the project's created: * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ Hooray! The next step is to see some conversion script ideas. If you're the type of person who can write a script like this in 15 minutes, then by all means do so and send it to me. Otherwise, we can discuss it on the mail

RE: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Gene Kwiecinski
>2. Convert said content into a the wiki markup language that Google >likes to use. We can do this a variety of ways. I'm partial to python, >perl, and shell tools like sed and awk. I know nothing about the tips format as they exist now, nor Goggle's "wiki markup language", but gimme a few docs

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Swaroop C H
On 2/21/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * We can host the scripts necessary to convert the tips there * We can post examples of how the tips might look so we can gain feedback * We can take the name before some nefarious person decides to Google-squat :) So yeah, what do you guys thi

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Purl
> Tom Purl wrote: >>I just checked the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/hosting/), >> and couldn't find a Vim or VimTips project. I'd try creating it, but I >> feel like someone more "official" to the project should do so. I think >> someone should do it before someone else takes the name

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread John Beckett
Tom Purl wrote: I just checked the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/hosting/), and couldn't find a Vim or VimTips project. I'd try creating it, but I feel like someone more "official" to the project should do so. I think someone should do it before someone else takes the name (like some

Re: tips project

2007-02-21 Thread John Beckett
Tom Purl wrote: I just checked the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/hosting/), and couldn't find a Vim or VimTips project. I'd try creating it, but I feel like someone more "official" to the project should do so. I think someone should do it before someone else takes the name (like some

Re: tips project

2007-02-18 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Tom Purl wrote: > I just checked the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/hosting/), > and couldn't find a Vim or VimTips project. I'd try creating it, but I > feel like someone more "official" to the project should do so. I think > someone should do it before someone else takes the name (l

Re: tips project

2007-02-18 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 2/18/07, Tom Purl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just checked the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/hosting/), and couldn't find a Vim or VimTips project. I'd try creating it, but I feel like someone more "official" to the project should do so. I think someone should do it before someon

Re: tips project

2007-02-18 Thread Tom Purl
I just checked the Google Code site (http://code.google.com/hosting/), and couldn't find a Vim or VimTips project. I'd try creating it, but I feel like someone more "official" to the project should do so. I think someone should do it before someone else takes the name (like some malicious Emacs u

Re: tips project

2007-02-17 Thread Bram Moolenaar
John Beckett wrote: > Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > Using the project name VimTips would be good. > > Everyone here is used to the name "Vim Tips" so VimTips sounds good, but on > a wiki I suggest that the name should be just "Vim". I'm sure we will use the wiki for other things than tips some day

Re: tips project

2007-02-17 Thread John Beckett
Bram Moolenaar wrote: Using the project name VimTips would be good. Everyone here is used to the name "Vim Tips" so VimTips sounds good, but on a wiki I suggest that the name should be just "Vim". It seems logical to me that a Vim Tips wiki would start with a (brief) page outlining what Vim

Re: tips project

2007-02-17 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 2/17/07, Kim Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:37:28 +0100 Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Google code has now added support for a wiki. This means open source > projects can have a wiki that's free, fast and reliable > (hopefully :-). > >

Re: tips project

2007-02-16 Thread Kim Schulz
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:37:28 +0100 Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Google code has now added support for a wiki. This means open source > projects can have a wiki that's free, fast and reliable > (hopefully :-). > > http://code.google.com/hosting/ > > During my

Re: tips project

2007-02-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Bram Moolenaar wrote: Hi all, Google code has now added support for a wiki. This means open source projects can have a wiki that's free, fast and reliable (hopefully :-). http://code.google.com/hosting/ During my presentation last Tuesday the idea came up (again) to move the Vim tips

Re: tips project

2007-02-15 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2007-02-16, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Google code has now added support for a wiki. This means open source > projects can have a wiki that's free, fast and reliable (hopefully :-). > > http://code.google.com/hosting/ > > During my presentation last Tuesday