Good to know! I have mostly stuck with the tried-and-true official releases from vim.org, which I know are behind the times a bit. Unless VIM starts misbehaving, I'm cool with sticking to the official releases - my editor is my dialtone - not something I tinker with unless it ain't working or there's a clearly much better one available. :D
Knowing that there's someone out there who rolls a package with the basic VIM stuff, but up to date, is worth looking into! Cheers, -Greg On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 6, 7:27 am, Reid Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-12-05 at 20:31 -0800, Ben Fritz wrote: > > > Probably this won't matter, but that version IS quite old. There's > > > more recent native installers available, or you can compile your own > > > if you're so inclined. At work I just download the installer: > > > > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/ > > > > (g)vim downloads are herehttp://www.vim.org/download.php > > > > Self-installing executableftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim73_46.exe > > Yes, you are correct these are the "official" sources. However, Bram > mostly only releases an installer for base version updates, e.g. 7.1, > 7.2, 7.3... and only in rare circumstances does he ever release an > installer for the many patches generated between versions. Currently > the latest installer available from vim.org is one of those rare > circumstances, and includes patches up to number 46. There are now 364 > patches available. > > As a service, Steve Hall, the maintainer of the "Cream" project which > transforms Vim into a point-and-click editor, also releases installers > for fully patched Vim with all the latest runtime files, WITHOUT his > Cream config. This is the link I gave above. It's not official, but > it's pretty darn close, and is the de facto standard place to grab an > up-to-date Vim installer. > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 from the "vim_use" 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
