Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.3b BETA This is a BETA release of Vim 7.3. It consists of Vim 7.2 plus all patches, updated runtime files and some more. 7.3b both includes lots of fixes and a few new features. Everything needs to be tested to verify no new problems have been introduced. Please report every problem you find! The time until a 7.3 release depends on how many problems are reported. The biggest additions since 7.2: - Persistent undo, undo for reload - Blowfish encryption, also encrypt the swap file - Conceal text (note: since 7.3a 'conc' was renamed to 'cole') - Lua interface - Python 3 interface I will no longer include new features in 7.3, it's only testing now. Once you have installed Vim 7.3b BETA you can find details about the changes since Vim 7.2 with: :help version-7.3 Known problem: The MS-Windows self-installing executable for 7.2a has set the wrong path for the uninstaller. Installing Vim 7.3b after 7.3a will give an error message. You can uninstall Vim 7.3a through the menu: Start/All Programs/Vim 7.3a/Uninstall Testing ------- Please especially test the persistent undo and encryption. These need to work reliably. Report anything that isn't right. That includes a crash but also a typo in the documentation and a missing file. Gratitude --------- If you like Vim, this is the way to say thanks: http://iccf-holland.org/clinic.html Where to get it --------------- The best way to obtain the latest Vim 7.3 is using Mercurial. Summary: hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim cd vim hg update vim73 More information here: http://www.vim.org/mercurial.php All downloadable files can be found below this directory: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/ Information about which files to download for what system (don't use the links, they are still for Vim 7.2): http://www.vim.org/download.php A list of mirror sites can be found here: http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php An overview of the files below "unstable": UNIX: unix/vim-7.3b.tar.bz2 sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed MS-WINDOWS one-size-fits-all: pc/gvim73b.exe self-installing, includes all runtime files VARIOUS: doc/vim73bhtml.zip help files converted to HTML MS-WINDOWS separate files: pc/vim73brt.zip runtime files pc/gvim73b.zip GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP pc/gvim73bole.zip GUI binary with OLE support pc/gvim73b_s.zip GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested) pc/vim73bd32.zip console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98 pc/vim73bw32.zip console version for Windows NT/2000/XP pc/vim73bsrc.zip sources for PC (with CR-LF) DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE: unix/vim-7.3a-7.3b.diff.gz sources + runtime files Omitted in this version are: - Extra and lang archives, these are now included in the main source and runtime archives. - The 16-bit DOS, OS/2 and Amiga versions, these are obsolete. Mailing lists ------------- For user questions you can turn to the Vim mailing list. There are a lot of tips, scripts and solutions. You can ask your Vim questions, but only if you subscribe. See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim If you want to help Vim development, discuss new features or get the latest patches, subscribe to the vim-dev mailing list. See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev Subject specific lists: Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte Macintosh issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-mac Before you ask a question you should search the archives, someone may already have given the answer. Reporting bugs -------------- Send them to <vim-...@vim.org>. Please describe the problem precisely. All the time spent on answering mail is subtracted from the time that is spent on improving Vim! Always give a reproducible example and try to find out which settings or other things influence the appearance of the bug. Try starting without your own vimrc file: "vim -u NONE". Try different machines if possible. See ":help bugs" in Vim. Send me a patch if you can! Happy Vimming! -- <Beeth> Girls are like internet domain names, the ones I like are already taken. <honx> Well, you can stil get one from a strange country :-P /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" 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