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I guess someone valuing code more than perfection in prose doesn't deserve to be writing code. Remember not everyone speaks English as a first language, and no

by klez 11y ago

I guess someone valuing code more than perfection in prose doesn't deserve to be writing code. Remember not everyone speaks English as a first language, and not everyone has the time, the knowledge or the resources to proof-read their project description. And most people don't care that much when they see such errors.

OJFord 11y ago
I agree about grammar. But for me the hardest part in reading the readme is the presentation - such a wall of text, and a lot of it seems to be trying to sell the idea of vim to me, when I'm presumably already onboard with that if I'm looking at a self-described "vim-like" project.
- pvdebbe 11y ago
  "A wall of text" used to mean a large body of text, unparagraphed and hard to follow. The author's prose may not conform to all points of Strunk & White, but it doesn't look a wall of text to me. (The youngsters these days! :)
  - bechampion 11y ago
    mate no matter you're age , that's a wall of text.
    - JupiterMoon 11y ago
      Paste it into vi/m or a faithful clone then perform the following command. :%s/\n//
    - JupiterMoon 11y ago
      Paste it into vi/m or a faithful clone then perform the following command. :%s/\n// Then it would become a 'wall of text' now it is just lots of paragraphs.
    - to3m 11y ago
      God help you if you ever pick up a book ;) (A book is like a Steve Yegge blog post, or maybe a Mencius Moldbug one, but printed out in a thing that looks a bit like a large version of a Moleskine. Maybe ask your grandparents.)
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  - OJFord 11y ago
    Well, allow me to use it here to mean _unstyled and largely unformatted_. Surely you'd admit that it's not like most, and all great, `readme.md`s?
    - pvdebbe 11y ago
      If the content is good, there's no need for fancy styles or images. In this case, though, the content is not super duber either. But I wouldn't call it a wall of text, especially with paragraphs so small.

by klez 11y ago

OJFord 11y ago

I agree about grammar. But for me the hardest part in reading the readme is the presentation - such a wall of text, and a lot of it seems to be trying to sell the idea of vim to me, when I'm presumably already onboard with that if I'm looking at a self-described "vim-like" project.

pvdebbe 11y ago
"A wall of text" used to mean a large body of text, unparagraphed and hard to follow. The author's prose may not conform to all points of Strunk & White, but it doesn't look a wall of text to me. (The youngsters these days! :)
- bechampion 11y ago
  mate no matter you're age , that's a wall of text.
  - JupiterMoon 11y ago
    Paste it into vi/m or a faithful clone then perform the following command. :%s/\n//
  - JupiterMoon 11y ago
    Paste it into vi/m or a faithful clone then perform the following command. :%s/\n// Then it would become a 'wall of text' now it is just lots of paragraphs.
  - to3m 11y ago
    God help you if you ever pick up a book ;) (A book is like a Steve Yegge blog post, or maybe a Mencius Moldbug one, but printed out in a thing that looks a bit like a large version of a Moleskine. Maybe ask your grandparents.)
    - deleted 11y ago
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- OJFord 11y ago
  Well, allow me to use it here to mean _unstyled and largely unformatted_. Surely you'd admit that it's not like most, and all great, `readme.md`s?
  - pvdebbe 11y ago
    If the content is good, there's no need for fancy styles or images. In this case, though, the content is not super duber either. But I wouldn't call it a wall of text, especially with paragraphs so small.