Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.4a BETA This is the first BETA release of Vim 7.4. Please check that the distribution is OK. I haven't done one for a long time. Report anything that isn't right. That includes a crash but also a typo in the documentation or a missing file. The biggest additions since 7.3: - A new, faster regular expression engine. - More than a thousand fixes and small improvements. Once you have installed Vim 7.4a BETA you can find details about the changes since Vim 7.3 with: :help version-7.4 Gratitude --------- If you like Vim, please consider helping poor children in the south of Uganda: http://iccf-holland.org Where to get it --------------- The best way to obtain the latest Vim 7.4 is using Mercurial. Summary: hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim cd vim hg update More information here: http://www.vim.org/mercurial.php The tag for this beta version is v7-4a. For MS-Windows most of you will want the self-installing executable: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim74a.exe Information about which files to download for what system (don't use the links, they are still for Vim 7.3): http://www.vim.org/download.php A list of mirror sites can be found here: http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php The files available for download: UNIX: sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/unix/vim-7.4a.tar.bz2 VARIOUS: help files converted to HTML: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/doc/vim74ahtml.zip MS-WINDOWS one-size-fits-all: Self-installing, includes all runtime files, loads libraries dynamically: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim74a.exe MS-WINDOWS separate files: Runtime files: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/vim74art.zip GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim74a.zip GUI binary with OLE support: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim74aole.zip Console version for Windows NT/2000/XP/7: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/vim74aw32.zip Sources for PC (with CR-LF): ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/vim74asrc.zip For debugging: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim74a.pdb ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim74aole.pdb ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/vim74aw32.pdb Omitted in this version are: - The 16-bit DOS, OS/2 and Amiga versions, these are obsolete. - The 32-bit console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98 - The 16 bit MS-Windows version Mailing lists ------------- For user questions you can turn to the Vim mailing list. There are a lot of tips, scripts and solutions. You can ask your Vim questions, but only if you subscribe. See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim If you want to help Vim development, discuss new features or get the latest patches, subscribe to the vim-dev mailing list. See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev Subject specific lists: Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte Macintosh issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-mac Before you ask a question you should search the archives, someone may already have given the answer. Reporting bugs -------------- Send them to <vim-...@vim.org>. Please describe the problem precisely. All the time spent on answering mail is subtracted from the time that is spent on improving Vim! Always give a reproducible example and try to find out which settings or other things influence the appearance of the bug. Try starting without your own vimrc file: "vim -u NONE". Try different machines if possible. See ":help bugs" in Vim. Send a patch if you can! Happy Vimming! -- Q: What kind of stuff do you do? A: I collect hobbies. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.