Michael Wookey wrote:
Michael Wookey wrote:
Attached is a small patch to update the information for 'listchars'
in
options.txt. There was no linkage to the highlight groups that
listchars uses.
cheers
Are you sure you diffed against the latest version of the file? In the
version
I have,
*options.txt* For Vim version 7.0. Last change: 2007 Feb 28
your patch matches at an offset of +22 lines (starting at line 4324
instead of
4302).
Note: Changes to the runtime files are often "silently applied" to the
files
on the ftp/rsync/cvs/svc servers without being reflected in an
official
"patch".
I performed the diff against what is in the svn repository since that
will be a 'constant' and a known revision number. This avoids breakage
against a 'point in time' diff against what happens to be the latest on
ftp.nluug.nl at any given time.
OTOH, the svn repository is known to "lag behind" the other repositories,
sometimes by a week or more: diffing against it runs the risk of forking the
code. IIUC, the "latest on nluug.nl" is also the "latest official version" at
any point in time. You can compare the first line of the version you have with
the one I showed above. I think it is wise to always diff against the latest
known version, whichever it be: IOW, if your version is earlier than mine, it
will "imminently" be obsoleted, even if your patch is not accepted.
Also, my mail client was a bit too smart with the group list and I
inadvertently sent the patch to the general vim list and not vim-dev.
cheers
Best regards,
Tony.
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attached to the frog, which was dead anyway. Galvani's discovery led
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