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A link, or links much like this describing the "grammar" of Vim, gets reposted every few months, which is probably fine because it's a good thing to learn and share, but it would be nice if there were a HN "Hall of Fame" which would prevent reposting things like this over and over and over again. It could have either posts, or "concepts" with some of the more popular posts about Vi/Vim/etc, Emacs, C++, etc.

(What reposts, you say? I was thinking of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2911930 or http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3361993 linking to Yan Pritzkers original post, referenced in parent link. But to be fair, they are different posts, not truly reposts.)

(However, there's also value in serendipity of new users "discovering" great links, so perhaps we can just leave well enough alone. Yeah, I know, useless comment when it takes both sides of a point).



And Yan Pritzker's post is primarily a summary of Jared Carroll's http://blog.carbonfive.com/2011/10/17/vim-text-objects-the-d...


> Yeah, I know, useless comment when it takes both sides of a point

Incorrect. Given a subjective question, the most useful comments acknowledge and consider all possible answers according to their due weight.


That's a nice thing to say, thanks. As I kept editing my comment, I kept thinking "Pick one side and stick to it... but I can't!"




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