On Dec 23, 2013 12:32 AM, "Ishfaque Jahan Rafee" <[email protected]> wrote: > > @Ben its not about being clumsy while compiling, its about not compiling at all. I always love to use pre-compiled packages from package managers. I find compiled packages hard to maintain. I find it far more comfortable to rely on package managers for update & believe, there are many noobs on earth like me, who feels in similar fashion.
You are wrong about compiling. There are only two differences between precompiled binary package installed by package manager and package compiled by package manager: 1. Not small binary packages are faster to install. 2. There are less potential points of failure when you use binary packages. By the way, pip you suggested earlier does compile, it does not use precompiled binaries except for some very rare cases. > > You can say, "screw you noob", "go read the man page" etc. But the truth is there will always be noobs. Today's noobs are tomorrows expert. Vim has the potential to have similar appeal for both class of users. But as people start repelling them, more posts like this http://devblog.avdi.org/2012/10/16/lets-stop-telling-programming-newbies-to-learn-vim-or-emacs/will start appearing. I am afraid of that day, I don't want that day. Just few months into this editor caused me to love it. Though the credit is mostly to YouCompleteMe, yet the end result is, I love Vim & that's the truth. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
