[Vim-l] Tip 960

[Olivier Teuliere]

On 9/23/07, John Beckett <johnb.beckett at gmail.com> wrote:
> (1) The alternative methods use the '+' register, except for one which
> uses '*'. Is there a reason for that inconsistency (apart from the
> fact that it usually doesn't matter)? I'm favouring changing 'ggVG"*y'
> to 'ggVG"+y'.

ggVG"*y is just a more complex equivalent of gg"*yG. It is an abuse of
visual mode...
Apart from that, the 2 registers "* and "+ are not the same on X11, see
:h quoteplus. I think the tip should mention both, and redirect to the
help for more details.

> (2) At the top, 'Normal Mode' shows two alternatives, in separate
> boxes.  That's probably good in this case because it's a short tip. If
> you were concerned about the waste of space, what would you put for
> the wikitext?  (This is trivial, but it comes up in a few tips.)
>
> Maybe
>  gg"+yG
>  or
>  ggVGy
>
> or
>  gg"+yG
>  "or
>  ggVGy
>
> or leave it as is, or something else? Same issue occurs under 'Windows
> Specific'.

Generally speaking I don't know, but for this particular case I would
certainly remove the second option, which is:
 - another abuse of visual mode (equivalent to ggyG)
 - wrong, unless the 'clipboard' option contains "unnamed"

So the second line really deserves more explanations (at least, the
'clipboard' option should be referenced somewhere in the tip).

BTW, what about a guideline advising against tips which are pure
commands without a single line of explanation?

> (3) I don't see why this tip is in category 'Integration' - bit of a
> stretch?

Maybe because it won't work if you don't have an X server, on some OS?

Cheers,
-- 
Olivier