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On Aug 3, 2013, at 18:49, Robert Melton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Andrew Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bram clearly writes a lot of C code. The only "indent" Vim has built in by >> default is "cindent" (did this come from vi? I don't know). But, times have >> changed. Developers now write a lot of javascript and html. Vim is not so >> good at javascript and html. Indenting, for example, is very poor for most >> front end related languages. Out of the box it won't even indent HTML >> properly, rendering = useless for us. Syntax highlighting out of the box is >> undesirable. > > Fix them. These don't require massive sweeping changes in Vim core -- they > require a domain expert who has a good idea on how it should work who will > learn VimL and write the indent and highlighting we deserve. > > >> It's time for a change. Many of us want to write javascript in Vim, and want >> good support for it. The way to get that is for Bram to take up front end >> development, and learn the pitfalls that we all face. The first time Bram >> tries to use % on a multi-line < div > tag to jump to its close, we will be >> one step closer to liberation. With every comma separated var list he tries >> to write, the drums of freedom beat louder. > > What? No. We all have various things we would like to see work better -- > lucky that that VAST majority of them can be fixed outside of the core. Some > things need to be fixed in the core, like faster regular expressions. So I > think the focus is in the right place at the moment. > > >> Bram can keep writing C code, but it should be on the back burner. Whether >> we like it or not, many, if not most software implementations and businesses >> require complex javascript and front end work to function. > > I sense a bit of personal bias here. Again, nothing stops you from fixing > this entirely independently. > > >> JOIN ME! If you want Bram Moolenaar to become a front end developer so that >> the ever growing world of front end development can be slingshotted into the >> future, just sign below. Together, with Bram's help, we can make Vim the >> editor of choice for knocking out front end tasks. > > No, I will not join you, I prefer Bram working on core stuff. You can make > Vim the editor of choice via plugins, no one is standing in your way. > > >> I, Andrew Ray, petition Bram Moolenar to become a front end developer. > > I, Robert Melton, petition Andrew Ray to realize the power to fix what he > dislikes is already available and he should take advantage of it... show us > all how it should work! > > -- > Robert Melton > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" 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_use" 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_use" 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.
