New tips/200902

Revision as of 11:29, 30 May 2009

New tips February 2009

For each proposed new tip:

Is it worth keeping as a separate tip?
Should it be merged into an existing tip? Which?
If it should be kept, is it ready for release? Which points need fixing? Should it be renamed?

Please edit this page (not the talk page) in the appropriate section below the following table.
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Proposed new tip	Link	Current consensus
Associate vimprojects file with vim	discuss	-
Auto tags by project.vim	discuss	-
Default filetype	discuss	-
Delete C Function	discuss	-
Quickfix and doxygen	discuss	-
Remap CapsLock or other keys without reboot in Windows	discuss	Merged to VimTip75
Sticky shift-enter (way to avoid Esc)	discuss	-
User input from a script	discuss	-
Using Git from Vim	discuss	-
View text file in two columns	discuss	-

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General comments (not for a specific tip)

Associate vimprojects file with vim

Merge? I don't like the registry tips (for one thing, they inevitably will cause trouble on some systems). I don't see the point of this being a separate tip (it's really something to do with Windows), and I'll think about merging the "Using console utilities" section into the next tip, which is also on project.vim. JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Auto tags by project.vim

Keep I haven't studied this, but it seems good. JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Default filetype

Merge to 1606 Filetype.vim. There must be a better way to do this? Can someone check it. I think the result should go in 1606. JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Delete C Function

Merge to somewhere in a tip on editing source code. I'll think about where later. JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Quickfix and doxygen

Try to merge to a compiler tip? The only tip dealing with doxygen is 653 Continuing doxygen comments. If can't think of anything better, perhaps merge this new tip to 653 and rename it to something more general like "Working with doxygen files"? JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Remap CapsLock or other keys without reboot in Windows

Merged to 75 Map caps lock to escape in Windows. JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Sticky shift-enter (way to avoid Esc)

Merge to 285 Avoid the escape key. I have done a lot of work lately to merge all the exotic "avoid escape" tips, and I don't want a new separate tip however interesting. I'll see if it fits into 285 without making the result too unwieldy. JohnBeckett 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

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 ==[[Associate vimprojects file with vim]]==
+'''Merge?''' I don't like the registry tips (for one thing, they inevitably will cause trouble on some systems). I don't see the point of this being a separate tip (it's really something to do with Windows), and I'll think about merging the "Using console utilities" section into the next tip, which is also on project.vim. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Auto tags by project.vim]]==
+'''Keep''' I haven't studied this, but it seems good. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Default filetype]]==
+'''Merge''' to [[VimTip1606|1606 Filetype.vim]]. There must be a better way to do this? Can someone check it. I think the result should go in 1606. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Delete C Function]]==
+'''Merge''' to somewhere in a tip on editing source code. I'll think about where later. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Quickfix and doxygen]]==
+Try to merge to a compiler tip? The only tip dealing with doxygen is [[VimTip653|653 Continuing doxygen comments]]. If can't think of anything better, perhaps merge this new tip to 653 and rename it to something more general like "Working with doxygen files"? [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Remap CapsLock or other keys without reboot in Windows]]==
+'''Merged''' to [[VimTip75|75 Map caps lock to escape in Windows]]. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Sticky shift-enter (way to avoid Esc)]]==
+'''Merge''' to [[VimTip285|285 Avoid the escape key]]. I have done a lot of work lately to merge all the exotic "avoid escape" tips, and I don't want a new separate tip however interesting. I'll see if it fits into 285 without making the result too unwieldy. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
-==[[User Input From Vim to Python script]]==
+==[[User input from a script]]==
+'''Keep''' I have rewritten the tip with an example, and made it more general. Some tips use <tt>input()</tt>, but none explain it. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[Using Git from Vim]]==
+'''Keep''' We have nothing on git or VCSCommand; perhaps expand later. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==[[View text file in two columns]]==
+'''Keep''' I have fixed this by merging solutions and cleaning. [[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 11:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

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