different format of features in :version

2006-08-15 Thread Yakov Lerner
I want to suggest different format of features listing in output of :version. Namely, I suggest that all included features go first in one list, and after them, all excluded go in another list. I think this is more readable than existing format, in which both (+) and (-) features are mixed in a

Re: different format of features in :version

2006-08-15 Thread Robert Cussons
IMHO, that depends on for what reason you are looking at it, if you are looking whether a particular feature is included or not the present alphabetical ordering offers you the fastest (?) way of finding that information Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 8/15/06, Yakov Lerner [EMAIL PROTECTED]

more on local additions in help.txt

2006-08-15 Thread Gabriel Farrell
Hi, Regarding a thread [1] back in February on this list about local additions, I'm not seeing some of the errors remarked upon at that time, but I do see 'matchit.txt' under the LOCAL ADDITIONS heading even when it's not installed. If I do copy it into the doc directory and run helptags, it's

Re: Patch 7.0.048

2006-08-15 Thread Alexey I. Froloff
* Bram Moolenaar Bram@ [060808 22:52]: ! call system(a:cmd . ' . nmt . ') This patch is evil (:-E~~~). Better add shellescape() function to Vim and properly escape argument. Patch attached. I'm not sure if I handle WIN/UNIX defines properly, also I don't know how to shell-escape string on

Re: Vim's mch_FullName() function and ClearCase versioned file names

2006-08-15 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2006-08-14, A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Johnson wrote: [...] I've also come up with a solution for part of the problem, that of Vim's insistence on converting a name like /project/xyz/system/src/bar.c@@/main/42 (through chdir() and getcwd()) to a name like

Re: Patch 7.0.048

2006-08-15 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Alexey I. Froloff wrote: * Bram Moolenaar Bram@ [060808 22:52]: ! call system(a:cmd . ' . nmt . ') This patch is evil (:-E~~~). Better add shellescape() function to Vim and properly escape argument. Well, at least it's a lot better than what it was. I know it wasn't perfect. Patch

Patch 7.0.052

2006-08-15 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Patch 7.0.052 Problem:The user may not be aware that the Vim server allows others more functionality than desired. Solution: When running Vim as root don't become a Vim server without an explicit --servername argument. Files: src/main.c ***

Patch 7.0.053

2006-08-15 Thread Bram Moolenaar
Patch 7.0.053 Problem:Shortening a directory name may fail when there are multi-byte characters. Solution: Copy the correct bytes. (Titov Anatoly) Files: src/misc1.c *** ../vim-7.0.052/src/misc1.c Sun Apr 30 20:49:14 2006 --- src/misc1.c Tue Aug 8 11:23:45 2006

Re: more on local additions in help.txt

2006-08-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Gabriel Farrell wrote: Hi, Regarding a thread [1] back in February on this list about local additions, I'm not seeing some of the errors remarked upon at that time, but I do see 'matchit.txt' under the LOCAL ADDITIONS heading even when it's not installed. If I do copy it into the doc directory

Re: Patch 7.0.048

2006-08-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Bram Moolenaar wrote: Alexey I. Froloff wrote: * Bram Moolenaar Bram@ [060808 22:52]: ! call system(a:cmd . ' . nmt . ') This patch is evil (:-E~~~). Better add shellescape() function to Vim and properly escape argument. Well, at least it's a lot better than what it was. I know it

conceal-patch status

2006-08-15 Thread Philipp M. Frank
Hi, I've been looking for a 7.0-compatible version of the conceal-patch [1], but so far I have been unsuccessful. Does anyone know if this patch is still maintained or should I try to adapt it to 7.0 myself? (To those not familiar with the conceal-functionality: it allows a kind of

Re: conceal-patch status

2006-08-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Philipp M. Frank wrote: Hi, I've been looking for a 7.0-compatible version of the conceal-patch [1], but so far I have been unsuccessful. Does anyone know if this patch is still maintained or should I try to adapt it to 7.0 myself? (To those not familiar with the conceal-functionality: it

Fastest way to append line or char to a buffer

2006-08-15 Thread Brad Beveridge
Hi all, I'm working with a Vim that has been patched to support ECL Lisp (http://wiki.alu.org/Vim_ECL). Part of our project involves outputting potentially large amounts of data to a buffer in a streaming fashion, ie always adding at the end. I think that I have worked out a reasonable way to