[Vim-l] What are Tips?

[Benjamin Fritz]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:56 PM, John Beckett <johnb.beckett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Benjamin Fritz wrote:
>> At http://www.vim.org/tips/index.php there is a nice
>> description of what tips are and why we have a tip
>> collection, in the left column of the page.
>>
>> I think we need this same information on the wiki, but I
>> don't know a good place for it.
>>
>> I really think it should go on the home page, but the home
>> page already has quite a bit of stuff on it!
>>
>> What does everyone else think?
>
> It's easy to miss, but the first item on the Main Page ("Welcome to the Vim Tips
> wiki") has this information in the first "About this wiki" link (the text starts
> with an abbreviated version of the vim.org description).
>
> Do you like any of these options:
> 1. Expand the description on "About this wiki".
> 2. Put most of the description at the top of the right-hand column on the Main Page.
> 3. No action ("About this wiki" is ok).
>
> John
>

I like option 2...like you said, it's easy to miss.

I also like the text at vim.org a little better that the text in
"about this wiki."