Thank you both for your suggestions. I put the code in the Vim wiki
for you and others to comment and help improve. Thank you for the
> black panda wrote:
> > I have a first attempt at an indent plugin for the JavaFX
> > language. I don't think it is completely ready for prime
> > time, but I want someplace to post it for others to use and
> > give feedback so I can learn and improve the code. I think
> > the Scripts section of
www.vim.orgis not the right place to
> > put "beta" code.
> > Where would an appropriate place be? Is the wiki the right
> > place for this?
> The wiki is not really the right place for scripts because
> history shows that there is a tendency for quick stuff to be
> uploaded and then neglected, so the tips collection becomes
> burdened with material that is hard to understand and of
> doubtful quality (making it harder to find useful tips).
> We only have a very small community who are willing to actually
> fix things so uploading a script may not get much collaboration.
> There are exceptions, notably the long script here:http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/CSV
> However, I am very happy to try anything provided there is a
> reasonable time limit, so please put your script on the wiki and
> we will review whether it should be kept over the next, say,
> three months. My feeling is that an indent plugin (after being
> developed on the wiki) should be uploaded to vim.org/scripts,
> and then deleted from the wiki because all the details of a
> plugin would make a pretty impenetrable tip.
> Please review the title guidelines:http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Title_guidelines
> Probably the right title is:
> JavaFX indent plugin
> You do not need to worry about formatting; I will fix it within
> a day or two. However, I will let anyone still reading this know
> that GeSHi is available. Most tips use the following wikitext to
> display script:
> Following is my wonderful script.
> <pre>
> " Sample comment.
> function Whatever()
> ...
> endfunction
> </pre>
> An alternative (which uses a MediaWiki extension called GeSHi
> for syntax highlighting) is:
> Following is my wonderful script.
> <source lang="vim">
> " Sample comment.
> function Whatever()
> ...
> endfunction
> </source>
> Problem: It is pretty well impossible for syntax highlighting of
> Vim script to always work, so strange punctuation in the script
> can cause defective highlighting.
> When you make an account at the wiki, you must enter date of
> birth (Google COPPA if you want to know why). Put in any bogus
> date that makes your age more than 13.
> John
