Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.3d 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. 7.3d is for a large part the same as 7.3c, but the MS-Windows executables have been build with MSVC 2008. They should now work on Windows 2000 too. The install and uninstall problems for 64 bit systems have been fixed (I hope). Please report every problem you find! The 7.3 release should not contain a problem because you didn't report it. 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 7.3d BETA you can find details about the changes since Vim 7.2 with: :help version-7.3 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/ Direct link to the MS-Windows self-installing executable: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/pc/gvim73d.exe 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-7.3d.tar.bz2 sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed MS-WINDOWS one-size-fits-all: pc/gvim73d.exe self-installing, includes all runtime files VARIOUS: doc/vim73dhtml.zip help files converted to HTML MS-WINDOWS separate files: pc/vim73drt.zip runtime files pc/gvim73d.zip GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP pc/gvim73dole.zip GUI binary with OLE support pc/gvim73d_s.zip GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested) pc/vim73dd32.zip console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98 pc/vim73dw32.zip console version for Windows NT/2000/XP pc/vim73dsrc.zip sources for PC (with CR-LF) DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE: unix/vim-7.3c-7.3d.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! -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 3. Your bookmark takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom. /// 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