On 2009-04-13, Matt Wozniski wrote: > On 4/13/09, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > > On 2009-04-14, Lech Lorens wrote: > > > The attached patch changes the default 'foldmethod' for the quickfix > > > window to manual. > > > > > > I'm a little concerned about applying such fine tuning of individual > > window behavior to the source code. If there is a general rule in > > vim for the option values that windows inherit when they are > > created, I think we should use that general rule unless there is a > > compelling reason to do otherwise. As you say, this could also be > > fixed with a ftplugin/qf.vim script, which would be a more > > consistent method of applying such filetype-specific adjustments. > > Well... I'm not sure I agree. The quickfix, location list, and > command-line windows are already very distinct from any other windows > you can create. They behave differently, they have special commands > that open and close them, they have key bindings that only apply in > that one type of window. It seems reasonable that the code for these > types of windows should be as centralized as possible - doing it all > in vimscript would be a noble goal, but is certainly beyond the > abilities that are currently available in vimscript, and barring that, > I think that all of their special-case behavior should be held in the > source code.
Good argument, especially your point about centralization. The patch seems OK then. Regards, Gary --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
