[Vimoutliner] Discrepancies with Debian/Ubuntu, documentation, and some questions

[Scott Scriven]

* Mark S. <throaway at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've noticed that are have already been some posts from people 
> about not being able to get VO to work under Debian/Ubuntu.

I started out with the debian package for vim-vimoutliner, but it 
broke during an upgrade and I've since had no luck getting it to 
work.  Instead, I just do a personal install inside ~/.vim/ .  
This is easier for me for two reasons:

  - It works without trying to figure out what the package 
    maintainer broke.

  - I can check it into svn and then it gets automatic updates on 
    all my systems.

Also, this makes it easier for me to patch VO.  I just change 
whatever I like, then "svn diff" when I'm done.

> Possibly someone with authority could alert the Debian people 
> of the inconsistency.

That's probably the best solution. Everyone benefits if you can 
get the package fixed.  :)

> QUESTION: Why is the vimoutliner.org site so dormant? It looks 
> like nothing has happened since September 07. I'm asking 
> because I'm hesitant to start a new learning curve on a product 
> if its no longer supported.

Vimoutliner hasn't had many recent updates because:

  - Most of the users are satisfied with it as-is.  It already 
    does most of what it should do.

  - Many of the features VO could use would be ... rather 
    difficult to add.

So, as Steve mentioned, a lot of the activity is outside of VO 
itself, in the form of add-ons and related utilities.


-- Scott