***SPAM*** Re: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
Peter Michaux wrote: Hi, I like VIM. I want to use VIM as my everyday editor. I even spent a frustrating week trying to determine if VIM could replace Textmate as my main editor. VIM is very good for working with a single file but the concept of a project is not really there. I looked at plugins, talked with people in #vim about plugins and how to extend VIM. I figured it would probably take a year of spare time for me to learn how and then write the plugin to do what Textmate can do with respect to projects right when it is installed: a project drawer, project tabs, multiple open projects, project-wide search and selective replace. And now I see that VIM doesn't need more features... http://www.vim.org/soc/ideas.php Darn. Peter I use vim 6.4, which doesn't have the Tabs feature in vim 7.0, but am still happy with it. To be honest, I do use Visual Studio to browse my working project, but I also use rosh (written by my self, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/winrosh/ ), together with Windows' Task Manager, to work with many files in the project. To switch directories back and forth and to launch instances of gvim, I use rosh. To do editing of several files (not too many, normally 4) at the same time, I use gvim. To switch between gvim instances, I use Task Manager. To browse the whole project, I use Visual Studio. They work together well.
RE: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
H sounds like you are looking for the highly rated Project.vim plugin: http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=69 This is probably the best place to start. If it is missing some important features, then let Aric Blumer know. If he isn't responsive, then I suggest adding the features yourself and submit the code to Aric. If he still doesn't respond, then post them yourself! -Original Message- From: Peter Michaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:23 PM To: vim-dev@vim.org Subject: VIM doesn't need new features?!?! Hi, I like VIM. I want to use VIM as my everyday editor. I even spent a frustrating week trying to determine if VIM could replace Textmate as my main editor. VIM is very good for working with a single file but the concept of a project is not really there. I looked at plugins, talked with people in #vim about plugins and how to extend VIM. I figured it would probably take a year of spare time for me to learn how and then write the plugin to do what Textmate can do with respect to projects right when it is installed: a project drawer, project tabs, multiple open projects, project-wide search and selective replace. And now I see that VIM doesn't need more features... http://www.vim.org/soc/ideas.php Darn. Peter
RE: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
I really didn't think Peter said anything that was a flame. Perhaps he didn't read the whole thing, but I, too, initially walked away with the same conclusion was he did, and I *have* been using Vim for a long time. (I just know better because I've been here longer.) Suresh, on the other hand, was pretty much out of line and actually took it to the level of personal attacks. Makes me wonder if he's really Sven Guckes in disguise. Salman. > -Original Message- > From: Milan Vancura [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:27 AM > To: Vim development list > Subject: Re: VIM doesn't need new features?!?! > > > > The preceding shows you have trouble reading -- that page has a > > > link to a "voting page", which page lists certain core features > > > that could be added to vim. If your investigation into > plugins was > > > as casual as your reading of the above link, then your > efforts at > > > finding and evaluating existing plugins in relation to > your notion > > > of a project are likely to have been botched! > > > > "Vim has many, many features. We don't really need more" > > Peter, don't start flames, please. vim-dev list is a very > valuable list exactly for the reason that people usualy don't > try flaming here. > > It's easy to take one sentence without any context and become > upset. Read more (as Suresh Govindachar already suggested) > and your life will be nicer again. > Please start with Suresh Govindachar's e-mail, the answer for > you is already there. The sentence you started a flame with > means that it seems we can add new features by some script > languages (most usualy the internal vim script) and don't > need to add every bell and whistle in the core vim code. > > And it's true for your problem too: core vim features are > strong enough to allow "project handling" - but the exact > implementation is up to your choice. > There are several plugins ready at vim.org which you can use > or modify. > > So again: please start reading at vim.org again with this > information in mind. > And stop the flame. If you have a concrete question, ask here > or at vim-users. > > Thank you and have a nice day, > > Milan Vancura > -- > Milan Vancura, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe >
Re: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
Peter Michaux wrote: And now I see that VIM doesn't need more features... http://www.vim.org/soc/ideas.php May I suggest taking a look at: http://vim.sourceforge.net/sponsor/vote_results.php Regards, Chip Campbell
Re: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
> > The preceding shows you have trouble reading -- that page has a > > link to a "voting page", which page lists certain core features > > that could be added to vim. If your investigation into plugins > > was as casual as your reading of the above link, then your efforts > > at finding and evaluating existing plugins in relation to your > > notion of a project are likely to have been botched! > > "Vim has many, many features. We don't really need more" Peter, don't start flames, please. vim-dev list is a very valuable list exactly for the reason that people usualy don't try flaming here. It's easy to take one sentence without any context and become upset. Read more (as Suresh Govindachar already suggested) and your life will be nicer again. Please start with Suresh Govindachar's e-mail, the answer for you is already there. The sentence you started a flame with means that it seems we can add new features by some script languages (most usualy the internal vim script) and don't need to add every bell and whistle in the core vim code. And it's true for your problem too: core vim features are strong enough to allow "project handling" - but the exact implementation is up to your choice. There are several plugins ready at vim.org which you can use or modify. So again: please start reading at vim.org again with this information in mind. And stop the flame. If you have a concrete question, ask here or at vim-users. Thank you and have a nice day, Milan Vancura -- Milan Vancura, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe
Re: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
On 4/15/07, Suresh Govindachar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to do what Textmate can do with respect to projects right when > it is installed: a project drawer, project tabs, multiple open > projects, project-wide search and selective replace. And now I > see that VIM doesn't need more features... > > http://www.vim.org/soc/ideas.php The preceding shows you have trouble reading -- that page has a link to a "voting page", which page lists certain core features that could be added to vim. If your investigation into plugins was as casual as your reading of the above link, then your efforts at finding and evaluating existing plugins in relation to your notion of a project are likely to have been botched! "Vim has many, many features. We don't really need more" Peter
RE: VIM doesn't need new features?!?!
Peter Michaux wrote on April 15, 2007 > I like VIM. I want to use VIM as my everyday editor. I even > spent a frustrating week trying to determine if VIM could > replace Textmate as my main editor. VIM is very good for > working with a single file but the concept of a project is not > really there. If the user has a certain concept of a "project" vim gives him many ways to implement that concept. But it is up to him to work at defining the concept and using some language (vimL, perl or python) to implement it. > I looked at plugins, talked with people in #vim about plugins > and how to extend VIM. A few others have implemented their idea of a "project" and offered their work to others as plugins at vim.org. > I figured it would probably take a year of spare time for me to > learn how and then write the plugin Too bad that none of their idea of a "project" matches yours! > to do what Textmate can do with respect to projects right when > it is installed: a project drawer, project tabs, multiple open > projects, project-wide search and selective replace. And now I > see that VIM doesn't need more features... > > http://www.vim.org/soc/ideas.php The preceding shows you have trouble reading -- that page has a link to a "voting page", which page lists certain core features that could be added to vim. If your investigation into plugins was as casual as your reading of the above link, then your efforts at finding and evaluating existing plugins in relation to your notion of a project are likely to have been botched! > Darn. > > Peter
