Re: [patch] Syntax-to-HTML addon calls Vim's :toHTML

[Steve H. <dig...@mi...>]

On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 09:24 -0400, BG - Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 16:09 -0500, Steve Hall wrote: 
> > I think you're almost there. Just put those lines in a function.
> > Then copy it into an add-on so it can be picked from a menu.
> 
> Something like this, then?  (See attachment.)

Exactly. Tahnks, I've already added it to CVS.

> > One of these days this should get integrated into Cream's current
> > Convert Text-to-HTML add-on. I wrote it to better reflect a
> > document's leading whitespace and paragraph markings without just
> > slamming the entire document into some pre tags. It would take
> > some work though.
> 
> What is there to integrate?  What does your text-to-HTML do that is
> worth preserving that mine doesn't?

Text2HTML preserves leading whitespace, maintains structural
paragraphs, and converts illegal characters to character equivalents.
It's better for lists, and document type text, while :TOhtml is better
for code that is pre-formatted (as-is).

> > There are! I'm still suspicious of the filetype detection stuff.
> > Cream relies almost entirely on Vim's detection architecture which
> > usually re-examines the filename. But there are some window and
> > highlighting management tasks in there, too.
> 
> When I get inspired, I'll go through the entire list, then, starting
> with the filetype stuff.

You might wait until Vim 7.0 and the corresponding Cream release,
there will be huge changes at that point that may compensate.


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