Justin M. Keyes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ben Fritz wrote: > >> On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 2:44:27 PM UTC-6, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > Yes, that is why we need to either use something available on every > > Windows system (I don't know what though) or include wget.exe. I have > > one that is about 250 Kbyte. Only problem is that I don't know where it > > came from, need to check if we can distribute it. > > > > Including this is a good idea anyway, so you can just edit any file on > > an ftp or web server "out of the box". > > curl is a better choice than wget because: > > - it has a less restrictive license than wget > - development is very active > - it has many more features than wget > > curl should have been included with the win32 Vim 10 years ago, it > would have enabled many more plugins to have network capabilities > without being broken on Windows.
OK, good to know. Is there a curl.exe that I could include? Does it work on Windows XP and up? > These are contortions to avoid the actual solution, which is to > provide up-to-date win32 binaries at vim.org. Sure, but in practice this doesn't happen. > >> All in all, though, I think such a plugin would not be very useful for > >> most people. > > > > Best is to have something check for updates, click on "update now", and > > it all works perfectly... Dreaming? > > In the meantime, providing up-to-date win32 installers is a reasonable > and automate-able middle ground. The "check for updates" part is probably the most easy part of this. -- Not too long ago, compress was something you did to garbage... /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- 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_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.
