From 0ff0df85b60157d4193b170f015368ca3963cc01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Hinz Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 13:47:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Dist: reword section --- README.md | 25 ++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 937e41f..7a4c7e7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2357,30 +2357,21 @@ See `:h :syntime`. ## Vim distributions -Vim distributions are Vim + custom settings + custom plugins from certain -authors and are therefore very opinionated. +Vim distributions are bundles of custom settings and plugins for Vim. -The problem with such distributions is that they tend to be used by beginners. -(More advanced users know how to choose their own plugins and settings after -all.) It all goes good until an issue appears. Now where is the problem? The -beginner doesn't know what to do and asks for advice on the internet. After long -back and forth they figure out that the problem was a weird mapping provided by -the distro. But the beginner thought it was a default Vim mapping... Time was -wasted, everyone got annoyed. - -I don't have problems with distributions per se, but please, if you don't -understand exactly what they're doing, don't try to get help from others in case -of emergencies. +More advanced users know how to configure their editor anyway, so distributions +are mostly targeted at beginners. If you think about that, it's quite +paradoxical though: Making it easier by adding even more things to learn about? I know that many people don't want to spend hours and hours on customizing an editor (and actually you never stop customizing your vimrc when you finally got -hooked), but in the long-term it's much better and more time-efficient to learn -how to do stuff manually in the first place. +hooked), but eventually you only get efficient in Vim when you take the time to +learn it properly. Repeat after me: "A programmer should know their tools." -Anyway, if you know what you're doing, you might get some inspiration from -looking at some distributions: +Anyway, if you know what you're doing, you might draw some inspiration from +looking at a few distributions: - [cream](http://cream.sourceforge.net) - [janus](https://github.com/carlhuda/janus.git)