On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Charles Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > James Vega wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:06:54PM +0100, Karsten Hopp wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've got a bugreport that you might end up with invalid syntax files >>> when the automated download for new spell files is used. >>> That's https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518791 >>> >>> It looks like elinks -dump formats the contents of the downloaded file, >>> try p.e. >>> >>> elinks 'http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/de.utf-8.spl' -dump > >>> de.utf-8.spl_elinks and compare it with >>> lynx 'http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/de.utf-8.spl' -dump > >>> de.utf-8.spl_lynx >>> >>> This can be avoided by using -source instead of -dump for the elinks >>> command in autoload/netrw.vim >>> >> >> I've previously sent a patch to Chip (attached here too) to revert >> netrw's default behavior back to using -source instead of -dump, but got >> no response. My reasoning was mainly that it was a change in behavior >> and wasn't consistent among the tools netrw will use for http downloads. >> >> > I do remember your patch, James, but there wasn't a reason other than, > presumably, preference. I'd thought that I'd communicated that before.
The inconsistency among the different http handlers was my main concern, as the default behavior of netrw varied based on which http handler was present. The secondary concern was the change in behavior, but I do understand your take on preference. Your reply must have been rejected at Debian's end since I uploaded a fix with my patch and closed the bug. Once the bug got archived, it doesn't accept further correspondence without being unarchived first. > However, Karsten has come up with a good reason for reverting back to > -dump. So, netrw v136q now has -dump as its default (mentioning -source > in the help). Thanks! :) -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
