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!

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