On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 6, 11:44 pm, Greg Underwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! > > > > You can see what you'd be getting if you upgraded, here: > > ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/README > > There are a few really nice goodies in there, plus some easy-to-get > errors which have been fixed. > > Also, if you upgrade, you'd be getting an all-new set of runtime > files, including improved syntax highlighting, better TOhtml > conversion, bugfixes in the netrw plugin (used to "edit" directories > on local or remote systems, or files on remote systems via FTP or > other protocols), and much more.
If you want to dig in to the changes, far better to look at http://code.google.com/p/vim/source/list -- /George V. Reilly [email protected] Twitter: @georgevreilly http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog http://blogs.cozi.com/tech -- 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
