I also like "Best Vim Tips" - it is a good overview with LOTS of good info. The only problem I see with it is that it is a bit overwhelming - there's a lot of info there! I think it's a good nomination, though, once it is polished a bit more. Perhaps some more sections would help - the current sectioning is good, but can they be grouped further under "bigger" headers?
I'd like to add these nominations: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Launch_files_in_new_tabs_under_Windows - specific problem that many people probably want a solution too - I know I spent a long time looking for it! - unfortunately, it isn't technically a tip for Vim, but a Windows tip for better integration with Vim http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Set_working_directory_to_the_current_file - another specific problem that needs a good solution, but this one is less likely to be searched for - shows the use of some basic but less-well-known commands as well - should probably link to some of the "gf" and ":find" tips - that can be added! - several methods with maps, autocmds, and a good reference section http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easy_pasting_to_Windows_applications - shows use of a somewhat obscure option to integrate Vim with the system clipboard - not sure if it works outside Windows, but it might! - another specific problem that many would love to see but may not search for http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Match_every_word_except_foo - introduction to a fairly obscure search method: zero-width matches. - very powerful method that most people probably don't know about, but will use once they do! - good explanation of advanced search technique I'm sure I'll come up with others as time goes on, but these are a good start! Thoughts? How should we decide on the page to feature? Voting on the talk page? On 11/2/07, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Benjamin Fritz wrote: > > I think it would be a good idea to have a "featured tip" or > > "tip of the week" page, where we will feature a single tip > > that we consider to be one of the best/most useful/most > > insightful. > > Yes, that would be great. The main page needs to draw people in > more, to give them places to start, and a "featured tip" page > would be very helpful. > > > Nominations and discussion could take place on the talk page > > for the "featured tip" page, or elsewhere if that would be > > better (the mailing list?) > > Yes - I think the talk page, although some might prefer to post > on the mailing list (in which case, any helpful content from the > mail thread might be copied into the talk page - although we > don't need an auditable record, so we mightn't bother). > > > Goal would probably be a new featured tip every week or two. > > Let's start with something we can hope to maintain, namely, once > per month (unless you have a list of, say, 12 tips to start). > > > Criteria for the tip could include: > > 1. clean tip... > > 2. minimum rating? > > 3. hasn't been featured before > > 1 and 3 are good. I doubt if 2 is helpful at this stage. > > I don't think any automated system would work, so this idea > would be entirely manual. One issue, is what namespace we put it > in. Our "project" namespace is "Vim Tips Wiki", for example: > > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Template_guidelines > > As recently discussed, such a page is NOT found by 'random > page', and won't turn up in the list of articles for the main > namespace of http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Allpages > > So, possibly the URL would be > > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Featured_tip > > Probably the best thing to do would be to prepare a list of at > least five tips that would be good enough for the list. If you > want, you can go ahead and make the page with rough content, and > a crude list of candidates. We could then spend a couple of > weeks cleaning it up and preparing the actual tips, then > announce it on the main page. > > With some more polishing, the following is suitable: > > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip305 Best Vim Tips > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Vim-l mailing list > Vim-l@wikia.com > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/vim-l >
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