vimtips.zip : Display a helpful tip the first time you start Vim each day.
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| created by |
| Benji Fisher |
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| script type |
| utility |
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| description |
Whenever you start Vim (but no more than daily) the script will open a
help window with a Vim tip. You must download the tips separately, from
http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip_download.php
After installation, you can get the next tip with
:TipOfTheDay
(usual abbreviation rules apply) or go to the top of the tips file with
:help vimtips.txt |
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| install details |
1. Unpack totd.zip into a directory in your |runtimepath|. For most users,
this typically means ~/.vim or $HOME/vimfiles or $VIM/vimfiles . This will
create files
plugin/totd.vim (the plugin)
doc/totd.txt (the docs)
plugin/vimtips/vimtips.txt (skeleton tips file)
2a. The easiest thing may be to restart vim, either right now or whenever you
get around to it. Then totd.vim will automatically run |:helptags|, edit the
tags file, and open the skeleton vimtips file.
2b. If you want to finish the installation right now, without restarting vim,
simply source the totd.vim file and get a tip:
:source path/to/totd.vim
:TipOfTheDay
3. The totd.vim plugin will open the skeleton vimtips file in a help window.
Follow the URL there to download a real vimtips file.
4. As with any plugin that comes with documentation, you should run
:helptags path/to/doc
so that you can read the documentation with
:help totd
:help Tip |
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script versions (upload new version)
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| vimtips.zip |
2.2.2 |
2006-07-19 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
I applied a patch from Bill McCarthy: set the 'linebreak' option in the help window in case there are tips with long lines, and add :silent when updating the line number. |
| vimtips.zip |
2.2.1 |
2006-04-06 |
5.7 |
Benji Fisher |
No new functionality: I just updated the URL for getting a tips archive. |
| vimtips.zip |
2.2 |
2002-11-22 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
I changed the way that the script edits files. Installation should be slightly smoother, and in rare cases opening the tips should be better.
In previous versions, I accidentally included a moderately large, very old, tips file instead of a skeleton vimtips.txt. This version contains a small skeleton file. |
| vimtips.zip |
2.1.1 |
2002-11-20 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
I fixed a tiny, silly bug that probably would never cause a problem anyway. (OK, if "vimtips.txs" is in your tags file, the binary search would screw up.) |
| vimtips.zip |
2.1 |
2002-11-19 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
Do not run :helptags automatically. The user should install the docs (totd.txt) himself. The tag for vimtips.txt is still inserted automatically.
Reason: as long as this is the only script that automatically edits the tags file, there is no problem, but what if someone else tries the same trick? Each script runs :helptags, wiping out the other's customization, ... |
| vimtips.zip |
2.0 |
2002-11-19 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
This is almost a total rewrite. Installation is simpler, start-up is faster,
and I added a command
:TipOfTheDay
(or :Tip if that does not conflict with anything else, thanks to usual
abbreviation rules) to get a tip on demand. |
| vimtips.zip |
1.1 |
2001-09-20 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
Bug fix: Be more graceful if :helptag has not yet been used. (See the
installation intructions!) |
| vimtips.zip |
1.0 |
2001-09-20 |
6.0 |
Benji Fisher |
Initial upload |
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