Vim version 7.2b ready for BETA testing
Bram Moolenaar
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
few days, this might break something.
Please report every problem you find! The time until a 7.2 release
depends on how many problems are reported.
The biggest addition since 7.1 is floating point support.
Since version 7.2a several reported problems were fixed. The MS-Windows
binary is now built with VC 2003, so that it also works on MS-Windows 98
and ME. Should also work on Vista.
Once you have installed Vim 7.2b BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 7.1 with ":help version-7.2".
Testing
-------
This is a BETA test version. Please give it a good test and report
anything that isn't right. That includes a crash but also a typo in the
documentation.
I will not make an Amiga or OS/2 binary for Vim 7.2b. A Mac version is
hopefully available soon on http://macvim.org/ and/or from the MacVim
project at http://code.google.com/p/macvim/
Gratitude
---------
If you like Vim, this is the way to say thanks:
http://iccf-holland.org/clinic.html
Where to get it
---------------
All files can be found below this directory:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/
Information about which files to download for what system (don't use the
links, they are still for Vim 7.1):
http://www.vim.org/download.php
A list of mirror sites can be found here:
http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php
Vim 7.2b is also available from CVS. Subversion will follow later.
http://www.vim.org/cvs.php
http://www.vim.org/subversion.php
The Aap files have also been updated.
An overview of the files below "unstable":
UNIX:
unix/vim-7.2b.tar.bz2 sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed
MS-WINDOWS one-size-fits-all:
pc/gvim72b.exe self-installing, includes all runtime files
VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.2b-extra.tar.gz source files for non-Unix platforms
extra/vim-7.2b-lang.tar.gz multi-language files
doc/vim72bhtml.zip help files converted to HTML
MS-WINDOWS separate files:
pc/vim72brt.zip runtime files
pc/vim72blang.zip files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim72b.zip GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim72bole.zip GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim72b_s.zip GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim72bd32.zip console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim72bw32.zip console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim72bsrc.zip sources for PC (with CR-LF)
DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE:
unix/vim-7.2a-7.2b.diff.gz sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.2a-7.2b-extra.diff.gz extra files
extra/vim-7.2a-7.2b-lang.diff.gz multi-language files
There is no 16-bit DOS version, I could not build it.
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Reporting bugs
--------------
Send them to <bu...@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!
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Happy Vimming!
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Bram Moolenaar
Tony Mechelynck
>
>
> 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
> few days, this might break something.
>
> Please report every problem you find! The time until a 7.2 release
> depends on how many problems are reported.
>
> The biggest addition since 7.1 is floating point support.
>
> Since version 7.2a several reported problems were fixed. The MS-Windows
> binary is now built with VC 2003, so that it also works on MS-Windows 98
> and ME. Should also work on Vista.
>
> Once you have installed Vim 7.2b BETA you can find details about the
> changes since Vim 7.1 with ":help version-7.2".
>
>
> Testing
> -------
>
> This is a BETA test version. Please give it a good test and report
> anything that isn't right. That includes a crash but also a typo in the
> documentation.
>
> I will not make an Amiga or OS/2 binary for Vim 7.2b. A Mac version is
> hopefully available soon on http://macvim.org/ and/or from the MacVim
> project at http://code.google.com/p/macvim/
>
>
Works well so far: compiles flawlessly, both as Huge +gui_gtk2
+gui_gnome +perl +python +ruby +tcl and as Tiny -x11 -mouse; in both
cases -tag_old_static +xterm_save. The GUI has reloaded my session with
no problems (yet).
Happy Vimming everyone!
Best regards,
Tony.
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Corinna Vinschen
> 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.
Builds fine on Cygwin, all tests successful.
Thanks,
Corinna
--
Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Project Co-Leader
Red Hat
Dominique Pelle
> Please report every problem you find! The time until a 7.2 release
> depends on how many problems are reported.
Vim-7.2b.2 BETA builds and works flawlessly for me so far on
Linux x86. I only noticed 2 typos in ":help version-7.2".
See attached patch.
-- Dominique
Robert Webb
I just wrote a simple function in vim script and needed 12 backslashes
to escape a space! I haven't sat down and tried to figure out exactly
why it needs that many, but it won't work with less.
It's a useful function too, so here it is:
""""""""""""""""""""""""
func! AddDir(setting, path)
if isdirectory(a:path)
exec "set " . a:setting "+=" . substitute(a:path, " ", "\\\\\\\\\\\\ ",
"g")
endif
endfunc
""""""""""""""""""""""""
Then in your .vimrc/_vimrc file you can use it like this:
""""""""""""""""""""""""
call AddDir("path", "F:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/VC/include")
""""""""""""""""""""""""
The directory path will be added to the given setting if and only if
it exists, and the path may be provided without having to escape
spaces. For me this is handy as it allows me to use the same .vimrc
on different machines with different paths, without the 'path' setting
getting out of hand.
I also have a similar function called AddFile, where isdirectory is
replaced with filereadable. Useful for the 'dict' setting.
12 backslashes does seem a bit excessive though :-)
Rob.
--
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Ben Schmidt
> Hi,
>
> I just wrote a simple function in vim script and needed 12 backslashes
> to escape a space! I haven't sat down and tried to figure out exactly
> why it needs that many, but it won't work with less.
>
> It's a useful function too, so here it is:
>
> """"""""""""""""""""""""
> func! AddDir(setting, path)
> if isdirectory(a:path)
> exec "set " . a:setting "+=" . substitute(a:path, " ", "\\\\\\\\\\\\ ",
> "g")
> endif
> endfunc
> """"""""""""""""""""""""
LOL. I like it! But I don't, too. This is one of the things that does
annoy me about Vimscript. But it's shared by pretty much every language
that has the same concept of escape characters. Here's the breakdown:
1. The :set command needs a backslash before a space. One backslash.
2. The 'path' option needs a backslash before a space, because for
compatibility a space is an alternative to a comma. Since :set needs
this escaped too, we have three now.
3. In the substitute replacement, backslashes must be escaped, so double
each. Six now.
4. In double quotes, you need to escape backslashes. Double them again.
Twelve.
Step 4 can easily be avoided by using single quotes, leaving six.
exec "set " . a:setting "+=" . substitute(a:path, " ", '\\\\\\ ', "g")
And for options other than 'path', you will only need two.
Ben.