This will be the archive for items on the current candidates for deletion talk page. At first, these are the items I believe we've agreed on. If you want to disagree or add a comment, please edit this page (it's not actually an archive yet). In a week or so (when we've finished debating the current list) I'll move all items to this page, and we won't edit it any more.
--JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
General remarks
Thanks Carpetsmoker – this is really refreshing! In the early days (after the import in June 2007), I had to argue for an hour to delete a few comments! I just ask that we keep useful content somewhere, even if simple, or even if it has to be in an ugly comment in a related tip.
A quick check confirms that I agree with everything Fritzophrenic has said so far (particularly where he was agreeing with me!).
Tomorrow I might flag the discussion where we don't have consensus (just a couple of tips) to make it easier to digest. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
An ascii table
OK for delete. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Verified merged. Okay to delete. --Fritzophrenic 15:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Changing word
OK for delete. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Verified merged. Okay to delete --Fritzophrenic 15:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Copy, cut, and paste macros that also work in old vi
OK for delete. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Sounds good! I think Copy, cut and paste contains basically the same info and explains it better. And, if someone is using plain 'ol vi, they probably shouldn't expect to find too many tips here that actually work for them. --Fritzophrenic 15:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Easy way to edit two files using split window
OK for delete, although we probably need a simple tip (with different content) on this topic. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Agree with delete. I can see a tip with a title like "Using split windows" or something, but don't know if that's really needed either. --Fritzophrenic 15:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Esc in normal mode - train your brain
OK – long overdue for deletion. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. We don't want tips that can potentially harm the user! --Fritzophrenic 15:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Save a nanosecond with marks
OK for delete. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Haha...totally agree. I read the tip and was amazed...the entire content and comments can be summarized by "you can use something other than 'a' for the name of a mark"...if you're using marks at all, this is a "no crap" kind of tip. --Fritzophrenic 15:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Simple Vim reference
Carpetsmoker nominated this for deletion, and (at my suggestion) has put the content of this tip on Vim documentation (which is linked from the Main Page). For simplicity, and in anticipation of agreement, I have added this to the "we have agreed to delete" list. Please kick me if there is a problem. --JohnBeckett 11:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 296 Attach the currently open file to email
Merged with VimTip600. Okay to delete.
--Fritzophrenic 13:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 932 Auto jump between brackets on entry
Verified merged to VimTip6. Okay to delete - though is the merge destination easy enough to find?
--Fritzophrenic 14:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 1241 Beautify quotes in email replies using the fmt command
I agree. This tip is an overly complex, less useful, and unnecessary replacement for the gq command.
--Fritzophrenic 13:45, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 200 Bouncing parentheses during insertion
Verified merged to VimTip6. Okay to delete - though is the merge destination easy enough to find?
--Fritzophrenic 14:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 505 Email from Vim
I tentatively agree with this deletion. The tip really provides nothing of value. However, the deletion comment, "Do we really want a page for all applications that can be used in conjunction with vim?" is something I would answer, "yes!" But, such tip needs to:
- Provide useful instructions detailing HOW to integrate the application with Vim
- Tell WHY you'd want to integrate with Vim (and the limitations, etc.)
- Have a title that indicates it is a tip about integrating with a specific application
- Be placed in Category:Integration or an appropriate sub-category.
But, since this tip only accomplishes number 4 above, I'd agree that it can go.
--Fritzophrenic 13:49, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
To repeat what I said to John on my talk page:
Tip505 just mentions that you can use Vim with pine, I never used pine but most console programs just launch whatever EDITOR is set too ... It's more than obvious that you can set EDITOR to vim in order to use Vim... For other applications this may not be so easy or obvious, and a tip could be created for those pages...
-- Carpetsmoker (Talk) 13:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
OK to delete. I would be pretty disappointed if I were looking for a tip with this title and found this tip. --JohnBeckett 09:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 845 Getting color to work in SecureCRT
Tentatively agree - merged with VimTip1312.
--Fritzophrenic 13:50, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 177 Highlight matching brackets
I agree. 'matchparen' already does this (I think) and I always hate tips that are just a link to an external site anyway.
--Fritzophrenic 14:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 706 Make html auto-readable in vim
I agree that useful content has been merged to VimTip1005 and the rest of the content isn't really very useful.
--Fritzophrenic 13:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip 455 Map a function key to toggle line wrapping
VimTip920 shows a much better way to do this, and this tip has been flagged as merged with it. I agree with this deletion.
--Fritzophrenic 13:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. --JohnBeckett 08:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Easy decisions
I'm putting a list of pages-for-deletion that should not need much thought. After a bit of time, I'll delete these pages first to reduce the clutter. --JohnBeckett 05:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
- Category talk:C plus plus
- Featured_tip
- Java/C/C_PLUS_PLUS_folding
- STL_(Standard_Template_Library/C_PLUS_PLUS_)_help_via_tags.
- Talk:Vim_On_Vista
- Tip 617 Fun with case twiddling
- Tip 890 Insert_current_date_and_time
- 1214 Recursive vimgrep Merged to VimTip1543 – I checked, and confirm that 1214 can be deleted.