This issue has been raised and rejected (stubbornly and misguidedly, IMO) multiple times in the past:
A recent summary: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/tyTTlowNg5s/s2xV8GixE2oJ On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Andrew Pennebaker < [email protected]> wrote: > Could we please setup a basic Apache redirection, so that users trying to > get to vim.org will be successfully redirected to www.vim.org? > > This procedure is commonly used by many websites, and it helps a lot of > users get to the home page more easily--they shouldn't have to see 404 for > the domain! > > An example Apache configuration that would quickly accomplish this: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1157255/how-to-redirect-non-www-to-www-urls-using-htaccess/11990168#11990168 > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:54 AM, John Beckett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Andrew Pennebaker wrote: >> > When I enter "vim.org" into the address bar in Firefox, it >> > successfully redirects to "www.vim.org". But when I enter >> > "vim.org" in Chrome, no redirect happens. >> >> That has been discussed a couple of times in the past. The >> person who provides the DNS for Vim does so in an extremely >> reliable and efficient manner, so what they say goes. The issue >> is that vim.org is a domain and should not be expected to work >> in a browser. A browser has to connect to a host (www.vim.org). >> >> Some browsers try adding "www." when plain "vim.org" does not >> resolve to a host name, so vim.org works in some browsers. >> >> John >> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "vim_use" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_use/1FuUXdqIiGM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Andrew Pennebaker > www.yellosoft.us > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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/d/optout.
