Run Paint Run Run wrote: > I'm writing a "cookbook" for Vim at http://vim.runpaint.org/ > It's released under a Creative Commons license in PDF and HTML.
I noticed you posted a link on the wiki and in the Vim article on Wikipedia (although on WP, links should either be as <ref> or in the "External links" section ... someone might fix that in due course). I had a very quick look at the cookbook and immediately noticed the high quality. I also admired how you found exactly the right place and right style for putting the link on the wiki. I intend adding your link in the "Did you know" section on the main page in June (Swaroop's book featured there for a few months). For those interested, see: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_documentation#Vim_books My reaction was exactly the same as Raúl: I would have preferred your contributions on the wiki. What you said about the wiki having a lot of messy stuff without focus is perfectly correct. It will stay that way until people fix it. There's plenty of scope for adding material to the wiki if anyone feels inspired to write a book. We could even use a separate namespace if desirable (URL like vim.wikia.com/wiki/Recipes:Page_title). I totally agree with your analysis; I would go a little further and say that many Vim tips and guides are more of a "look at how clever I am" presentation than an honest attempt to engage a new user and show them wtf they should do. Many of my edits on the wiki have been aimed at reversing that trend; here is one try: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
