https://github.com/heraldofsolace/vimhelpbot

VimHelpBot is a bot that replies to r/vim and r/neovim comments with link to Vim Help page
https://github.com/heraldofsolace/vimhelpbot

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VimHelpBot is a bot that replies to r/vim and r/neovim comments with link to Vim Help page

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/heraldofsolace/vimhelpbot
• Owner: heraldofsolace
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-05-24T14:33:34.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-27T15:50:45.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-27T16:42:44.784Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: bot, praw, python3, reddit, vim
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.61 MB
• Stars: 46
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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VimHelpBot is a cute little bot which lurks on [r/vim](https://reddit.com/r/vim) and [r/neovim](https://reddit.com/r/neovim) as [u/vim-help-bot](https://www.reddit.com/user/vim-help-bot). It looks for comments containing ":h help-topic" and replies with a link to [Vim Help](https://vimhelp.org/).

## How it works

It monitors all comments on r/vim r/neovim and uses two regex to extract the help topic. By default it looks for `:(h|he|hel|help) topic` within backticks and extracts `topic`. If it fails, it looks for `:h` and extracts until the first space after that.

It uses a tag database to figure out which helpfile `topic` belongs to and creates a link to vimhelp for that topic.

If an exact match is not found, it tries to follow Vim's algorithm. From `:h E149`:

>			If there is no full match for the pattern, or there

>			are several matches, the "best" match will be used.

>			A sophisticated algorithm is used to decide which

>			match is better than another one.  These items are

>			considered in the computation:

>			- A match with same case is much better than a match

>			  with different case.

>			- A match that starts after a non-alphanumeric

>			  character is better than a match in the middle of a

>			  word.

>			- A match at or near the beginning of the tag is

>			  better than a match further on.

>			- The more alphanumeric characters match, the better.

>			- The shorter the length of the match, the better.

If no tag is found for a topic, it automatically creates a github issue.

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