* A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070427 10:11]: > Talk nicely to your sysadmin or your sysop, maybe around a glass of beer or a > cup of coffee if you can, and try to convince him to upgrade Vim. He may not > like compiling it himself though, even though it is not really hard: see my > Vim > cheat sheet, http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm -- > you > may want to print that for him before you talk to him. He may be interested > in > the fact that his current version dates back to begin October, and that since > then 111 more patches (including the ones you need) have been published, > including several new ones yesterday. > > > Best regards, > Tony.
If he's not willing to compile vim himself, ask if he is willing to install the version from lenny, which is (currently) 1:7.0-219+1. This will at least get you close to the latest. Your other alternative is to compile it yourself and leave it in your own ~/bin directory. I've not tried mucking with the "install" target to get make to install in ~/bin and ~/.vim, but you can build it and manually move the files yourself. ...Marvin
