On Jan 29, 12:32 pm, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, January 28, 2013 4:20:24 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote: >>> There are multiple ways to get an up-to-date Vim on Windows... >>> See >>> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Where_to_download_Vimorhttp://sourceforge.n... >> >> That *is* odd. I could have sworn that I downloaded the built-in >> executable installer of the Windows from vim.org in fall 2012. > > You may have. vim.org only gives downloads for major releases (in > this case 7.3) and only rarely provides any patched versions (in > this case 7.3.46, because of very severe Windows issues fixed) for > download in binary form. > > The cream site I linked above is a project which packages a > Point-and-click style configuration of Vim, but also provides a > compilation for Windows of the unmodified Vim from the latest code > in the Mercurial repository.
OK, thanks for that. >> I actually tried your virgin gvim command and it did not create >> erroneous HTML colors. I then tried gvim without the virgin >> swithes (I know, I'm probably abusing the term "virgin") and failed >> to re- create the problem. I even turned on folds and turned on >> search highlighting in case that was the case. Still no erroneous >> colours. > > I'm not sure what happened here, but at least the issue went away. > If it pops up again, please send a test file and the resulting > output, if you can. Will do. It's getting hard these days after getting out of grad school. Not as much time to do explore things under the hood. Not a complaint, just relating the reality. Even minor things seem impossible, but I sometimes manage to get a weekend afternoon. On Jan 29, 1:37 pm, Steve Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Ben Fritz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Monday, January 28, 2013 4:20:24 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote: > >>> There are multiple ways to get an up-to-date Vim on Windows, my >>> preferred method being the 32-bit "Vim without Cream" installer >>> from the Cream project. > >>> Seehttp://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files > > The direct URL for the latest distribution without Cream is: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/ > > We're a little behind the current pach level at the moment because > of some critical Vim bugs. With my customizations, gVim crashes on > startup since about 7.3.780 or so. I haven't had time to diagnose > what is causing it. I'm still happy with my old 7.3, but appreciate that the yard sticks are being moved. -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
