On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pavlov <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. This is completely useless idea for *nix (both linux and mac) users […] > 2. I think this is useless idea for Windows users as well [...]
On Linux, I think most users indeed either use their distro's Vim, or compile their own from sources got by git or Mercurial, and that runtime files are updated together with the executables. On the Mac, there is the MacVim distribution, which is precompiled and takes advantage of (IIUC) the Cocoa GUI. It used to be kept reasonably up-to-date by Björn Winckler but see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_mac/-bd5RKGs8qw (which I haven't all read). On Windows, there is Steve Hall's "Vim without Cream" distribution https://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/ which lags a little but is still being maintained when Steve thinks about it: the latest versions there are 7.4.711, 7.4.827 and 7.4.977 (the latter less than a week ago). This IMHO excellent distribution is made from official sources but out of Bram's control and by means of a slightly different build procedure which shouldn't affect the resulting Vim package once it is installed. It also includes all the runtime files, up-to-date for the build date The problem here is that there are many Windows users who don't know about the latter distribution, or if they do, who don't want to try it, due to its low visibility on the official Vim download page http://www.vim.org/download.php which OTOH prominently highlights Bram distribution, which is not updated for individual patchlevels and thus still is at 7.4.0. Bram, IMHO the problem is not so much incompatible runtime files as a lack of updates in general (runtimes and code) on the part of Windows users. I believe that "Vim without Cream" (at the .../files/Vim/ URL mentioned above) would deserve a mention near the top of the Vim download page, and a mention which would say explicitly that it is more up-to-date than yours. You may still say that it is a "contributed build" if it puts you more at peace. Best regards, Tony. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
