On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 03:51:36PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote:
>
> Well, I'll hope for a reply from Bram. I'm used to projects that don't
> appreciate people shooting e-mail off to any particular individual when
> there is a designated list/forum. :-)
Vim is different from most open-source projects in several ways. I
think the basic difference is that it is controlled by one person, which
would not be possible with a much larger project like mozilla or Open
Office. Other differences follow from Bram's personal preferences. The
official code is what he says it is, and no one else has access (e.g. by
CVS) to change it. I think he once said, "I am vim's bug-tracking
system."
I think Bram is somewhere in the process of moving to (or near)
Zurich and starting work at Google, so please be patient.
> So nice to have the keys behave, though. :-)
> (While we're on the subject, can someone remind me how to *make* a
> .patch? Is it just 'diff -u' or is there something special in getting
> the multiple-files-in-one-output-block right?)
I think that "diff -c" is preferred. I wrote a tip on generating
patches: http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=618 . That tip does
not mention multiple files, though. You can either concatenate the diff
output or use "cvs diff" (if you happen to be using cvs).
HTH --Benji Fisher
