This reminds me of something that I've been thinking about. As Garrett mentioned, there are many scripts that do the same thing. It should would be nice if they could be grouped together or categorized in some way. How hard would it be to add script categories to www.vim.org? And/or perhaps add a "related scripts" section to the script description pages?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Beckett Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 3:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: List Questions Garrett Whelan wrote: > 1) Is this list primarily for those working on the actual C > code or those expanding C with scripts? > 2) Should it be for one group, the other or both? It's main purpose is for bug reports, enhancement discussion, and questions on the C source. However, any issues concerning Vim that are a bit technical are welcome (that is, people just wanting hints on using Vim might read vim_use only, and they might not want to read an extended discussion of how some script feature works, so that would be in vim_dev). There are no hard rules, but simple scripting issues would generally be in vim_use, and tricky scripting issues (and script bug reports) would be in vim_dev. > 3) Is there a central repository of vim scripts/extentions? > It seems rather haphazard to me. I often find 4-5 scripts > that solve my problem with little documentation for any and > none of them have been updated for years. www.vim.org and click scripts is the central repository. Yes, it is haphazard. Ideally a team of 10 full time experts would weed out 95% of the scripts (delete them), and enhance the remaining 5%. That's not going to happen, so if you're wondering about a specific problem (how to do X), post a question on vim_use. You might mention you've tried a script (name it), and you're wondering if there is a better procedure. John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
