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Vim calendar and T-shirt

2009-12-13T12:44:29Z

Hello Vim users!

The Vim calendar has been updated for 2010. I replaced the info about
my old A-A-P project with Zimbu, which you probably find a bit more
interesting. You can find the calendar in PDF format, ready to print,
here: [link]

You can now order a T-shirt and Polo with the Vim logo from Freewear.

Not a Vim announcement

2009-10-04T13:18:15Z

Hello Vim users!
Vim bug fixes are coming out one by one, not very exciting but essential
maintenance. Keeps me busy. Nothing worth announcing though, that is
why this list has been quiet for a while.
I thought you might want to know that I'll be doing a talk at the
reflections/projections conference, October 17 in Illinois. Not about

Vim charity update

2009-05-12T20:07:30Z

Hello Vim users,
Vim comes for free. I do ask you to consider helping Vim's charity,
please read on.
In April I have visited the Kibaale Childrens Centre. My overall
impression is that things are very organized, many children are given
proper education and other basic needs. We are gradually able to help

Vim charity update

2009-03-17T20:59:12Z

Hello Vim users,
Just a short note about Vim's charity project. I have made the
ICCF Holland financial report for 2008.
The total amount of donations has decreased a little bit. The rising
trend of previous years has stopped. If you know a way to make it go up
again in 2009, let me know!
We have again managed to keep the overhead very low: 99.3% of the

Vim calendar for 2009

2008-12-21T16:18:18Z

Hello Vim users,
The usual Vim desktop calendar is now available for download and
printing:
English - A4 : [link]
English - Letter: [link]
Dutch - A4: [link]
Each is about 300 Kbyte. A preview can be seen on my home

Vim version 7.2 released!

2008-08-09T18:18:37Z

Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.2
This is a minor release of Vim. In the 15 months since Vim 7.1 many
bugs were fixed and runtime files have been added and updated. There
are also security improvements, therefore it's a good idea to upgrade.
The main new feature since 7.1 is floating point support. You can use

Vim version 7.2c ready for BETA testing

2008-08-06T17:16:36Z

Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.2c BETA
This is a BETA release of Vim 7.2. It consists of Vim 7.1 plus all
patches, updated runtime files and some more.
I expect this to be stable, since most of the patches have been used by
many people already. However, there are a few recent changes justifying

Vim version 7.2b ready for BETA testing

2008-07-13T18:16:35Z

Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.2b BETA
This is a BETA release of Vim 7.2. It consists of Vim 7.1 plus all
patches, updated runtime files and some more.
I expect this to be stable, since most of the patches have been used by
many people already. However, I did include several patches the last

Vim version 7.2a ready for BETA testing

2008-06-24T20:38:14Z

Hello Vim users,
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.2a BETA
This is a BETA release of Vim 7.2. It consists of Vim 7.1 plus all
patches, updated runtime files and some more.
I expect this to be reasonable stable, since most of the patches have
been used by many people already. However, I did include several

New version of Vim and the Kibaale clinic

2008-06-18T19:43:10Z

Hello Vim users,
In case you were wondering what's with all these patches: I'm planning
to make a Vim 7.2 release soon. This will be a minor release that
includes all the patches and updated runtime files. I do have a few
things that I like to finish, such as the floating point patch. We
should also do a short beta test. So it will still take several weeks.

New features to vote on and sponsoring

2008-01-15T20:55:56Z

Hello Vim users,
I have added two items to vote on:
- add collaborative editing: changes made to a file show up in another
Vim in a second
- add flexible tab stops, can be used for tables
Registered users and sponsors can change their votes. See this page for
info: [link]

December again

2007-12-08T20:04:35Z

Hello Vim users,
I have created the Vim desktop calendar for 2008. You can find three
versions (English Letter, English A4, Dutch A4) here:
[link]
This time of year many people give presents. In case you would like to
make a child in Uganda happy, consider giving it a present:

Searching for Vim scripts

2007-09-04T08:34:23Z

Hello Vim users,
So far we only had the possibility to search for scripts on the Vim
website. Of course you could use your favorite search engine, but then
you would find any type of file, not just Vim scripts.
I have now added a search box to the search page on [link] where
you can specifically search for Vim scripts, anywhere on the internet.

Problems with Vim lists on Google Groups

2007-08-16T18:58:19Z

Hello Vim users,
A few weeks ago the Vim maillists were moved to the Google Groups
system. For most people this worked well, but some experienced problems
receiving and posting messages. That means one is successfully
subscribed, but messages are not received and posting is not allowed.
It took a while to figure out what went wrong. It turned out that it

new Vim book

2007-08-01T15:00:17Z

Kim Schulz has written a book on using Vim The full title is:
"Hacking Vim: A Cookbook to get the Most out of the Latest Vim Editor".
I have written a bit of info about it on this page:
[link]