On 4 August 2010 19:15, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > 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!
I have uploaded a 7.3d BETA build of MacVim to [1] (it requires Intel/OS X 10.6+). Anybody already running a BETA build should be able to update via the "MacVim -> Check for updates..." menu. Björn [1] http://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/downloads -- 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
