I also like "Best Vim Tips" - it is a good overview with LOTS of good info. The only problem I see with it is that it is a bit overwhelming - there's a lot of info there! I think it's a good nomination, though, once it is polished a bit more. Perhaps some more sections would help - the current sectioning is good, but can they be grouped further under "bigger" headers?
<br><br>I'd like to add these nominations:<br><a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Launch_files_in_new_tabs_under_Windows">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Launch_files_in_new_tabs_under_Windows</a><br> - specific problem that many people probably want a solution too - I know I spent a long time looking for it!
<br> - unfortunately, it isn't technically a tip for Vim, but a Windows tip for better integration with Vim<br><a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Set_working_directory_to_the_current_file">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Set_working_directory_to_the_current_file
</a><br> - another specific problem that needs a good solution, but this one is less likely to be searched for<br> - shows the use of some basic but less-well-known commands as well<br> - should probably link to some of the "gf" and ":find" tips - that can be added!
<br> - several methods with maps, autocmds, and a good reference section<br><a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easy_pasting_to_Windows_applications">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easy_pasting_to_Windows_applications</a><br>
- shows use of a somewhat obscure option to integrate Vim with the system clipboard - not sure if it works outside Windows, but it might!<br> - another specific problem that many would love to see but may not search for
<br><a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Match_every_word_except_foo">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Match_every_word_except_foo</a><br> - introduction to a fairly obscure search method: zero-width matches.<br> - very powerful method that most people probably don't know about, but will use once they do!
<br> - good explanation of advanced search technique<br><br>I'm sure I'll come up with others as time goes on, but these are a good start!<br><br>Thoughts? How should we decide on the page to feature? Voting on the talk page?
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Beckett</b> <<a href="mailto:johnb.beckett@gmail.com">johnb.beckett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
Benjamin Fritz wrote:<br>> I think it would be a good idea to have a "featured tip" or<br>> "tip of the week" page, where we will feature a single tip<br>> that we consider to be one of the best/most useful/most
<br>> insightful.<br><br>Yes, that would be great. The main page needs to draw people in<br>more, to give them places to start, and a "featured tip" page<br>would be very helpful.<br><br>> Nominations and discussion could take place on the talk page
<br>> for the "featured tip" page, or elsewhere if that would be<br>> better (the mailing list?)<br><br>Yes - I think the talk page, although some might prefer to post<br>on the mailing list (in which case, any helpful content from the
<br>mail thread might be copied into the talk page - although we<br>don't need an auditable record, so we mightn't bother).<br><br>> Goal would probably be a new featured tip every week or two.<br><br>Let's start with something we can hope to maintain, namely, once
<br>per month (unless you have a list of, say, 12 tips to start).<br><br>> Criteria for the tip could include:<br>> 1. clean tip...<br>> 2. minimum rating?<br>> 3. hasn't been featured before<br><br>1 and 3 are good. I doubt if 2 is helpful at this stage.
<br><br>I don't think any automated system would work, so this idea<br>would be entirely manual. One issue, is what namespace we put it<br>in. Our "project" namespace is "Vim Tips Wiki", for example:
<br><br><a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Template_guidelines">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Template_guidelines</a><br><br>As recently discussed, such a page is NOT found by 'random<br>page', and won't turn up in the list of articles for the main
<br>namespace of <a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Allpages">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Allpages</a><br><br>So, possibly the URL would be<br><br><a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Featured_tip">
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Featured_tip</a><br><br>Probably the best thing to do would be to prepare a list of at<br>least five tips that would be good enough for the list. If you<br>want, you can go ahead and make the page with rough content, and
<br>a crude list of candidates. We could then spend a couple of<br>weeks cleaning it up and preparing the actual tips, then<br>announce it on the main page.<br><br>With some more polishing, the following is suitable:<br><br>
<a href="http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip305">http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip305</a> Best Vim Tips<br><br>John<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Vim-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Vim-l@wikia.com">
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