Vim 8.0 released!
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Bram Moolenaar
Sep 12, 2016, 8:53:54 AM9/12/16
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Hello Vim users!
Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting
new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.
Among the new features are:
- Asynchronous I/O support, channels, JSON
- Jobs
- Timers
- Partials, Lambdas and Closures
- Packages
- New style testing
- Viminfo merged by timestamp
- GTK+ 3 support
- MS-Windows DirectX support
Once you have installed Vim 8.0 you can find details about the changes
since Vim 7.4 with:
:help version8
Or view it online:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vim/vim/master/runtime/doc/version8.txt
Gratitude
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If you like Vim, please consider helping poor children in the south of
Uganda: http://iccf-holland.org
Where to get it
---------------
The best way to obtain the latest Vim is using Git. Summary:
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
More information here: http://www.vim.org/git.php
For MS-Windows most of you will want the self-installing executable:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim80.exe
Information about which files to download for what system:
http://www.vim.org/download.php
A list of mirror sites can be found here:
http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php
The files available for download:
UNIX:
sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-8.0.tar.bz2
VARIOUS:
help files converted to HTML:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/doc/vim80html.zip
MS-WINDOWS one-size-fits-all:
Self-installing, includes all runtime files, loads libraries dynamically:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim80.exe
MS-WINDOWS separate files:
Runtime files:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim80rt.zip
GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim80.zip
GUI binary with OLE support:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim80ole.zip
Console version for Windows NT/2000/XP/7:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim80w32.zip
Sources for PC (with CR-LF):
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim80src.zip
For debugging:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim80.pdb
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim80ole.pdb
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim80w32.pdb
AMIGA:
Only runtime and sources are provided, no binary:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/amiga/vim80rt.tgz
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/amiga/vim80src.tgz
Omitted in this version are:
- The 16-bit DOS, OS/2 and Amiga versions, these are obsolete.
- The 32-bit console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
- The 16 bit MS-Windows version
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http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev
Subject specific lists:
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.
Alternatively, create an issue at github and/or a pull request.
Please try to write a test that reproduces the problem and will pass
once it is fixed. See https://github.com/vim/vim
Happy Vimming!
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h_east
Sep 12, 2016, 9:15:14 AM9/12/16
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Hi Bram and Vim developers and users!
Congrats!!
I'll continue to write a patch in the future :-)
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Best regards,
Hirohito Higashi (a.k.a. h_east)
skywind3000
Sep 12, 2016, 11:51:32 AM9/12/16
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Bram Moolenaar wrote：
Hope package maintainers of debian / ubuntu can update vim to version 8.0
as soon as possible.
> Hello Vim users!
>
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
>
> This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting
> new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.
At last !
>
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
>
> This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting
> new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.
Hope package maintainers of debian / ubuntu can update vim to version 8.0
as soon as possible.
LCD 47
Sep 12, 2016, 12:04:39 PM9/12/16
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On 12 September 2016, Bram Moolenaar <Br...@moolenaar.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Vim users!
>
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
[...]
>
>
> Hello Vim users!
>
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
Congratulations!
/lcd
Christian J. Robinson
Sep 12, 2016, 12:33:00 PM9/12/16
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I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
":echo v:version" still shows "704".
- Christian
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vegetarian. -- Dennis Wholey
skywind3000
Sep 12, 2016, 12:47:21 PM9/12/16
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If so, that will be unnecessary to write a terminal in C any more.
Bram Moolenaar
Sep 12, 2016, 12:58:39 PM9/12/16
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Christian Robinson wrote:
> I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
> ":echo v:version" still shows "704".
Sounds like you are running an older binary with newer runtime files.
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Christian J. Robinson
Sep 12, 2016, 1:02:58 PM9/12/16
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Christian Robinson wrote:
>
>> I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
>> ":echo v:version" still shows "704".
>
> If v:version says 704, then it's 7.4.
> Sounds like you are running an older binary with newer runtime files.
I am not. Read my message again. ":intro" and ":version" both say
> Christian Robinson wrote:
>
>> I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
>> ":echo v:version" still shows "704".
>
> If v:version says 704, then it's 7.4.
> Sounds like you are running an older binary with newer runtime files.
8.0, and those are compiled into the binary and not affected by
runtime files, just like v:version.
A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged.
A liberal is a conservative who just got arrested.
Christian J. Robinson
Sep 12, 2016, 1:26:55 PM9/12/16
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Christian J. Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
>> Christian Robinson wrote:
>>
>>> I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
>>> ":echo v:version" still shows "704".
>>
>> If v:version says 704, then it's 7.4.
>> Sounds like you are running an older binary with newer runtime
>> files.
>
> I am not. Read my message again. ":intro" and ":version" both say
> 8.0, and those are compiled into the binary and not affected by
> runtime files, just like v:version.
The build I did under Linux worked as expected, so I forced a full
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
>> Christian Robinson wrote:
>>
>>> I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
>>> ":echo v:version" still shows "704".
>>
>> If v:version says 704, then it's 7.4.
>> Sounds like you are running an older binary with newer runtime
>> files.
>
> I am not. Read my message again. ":intro" and ":version" both say
> 8.0, and those are compiled into the binary and not affected by
> runtime files, just like v:version.
rebuild under Windows and now v:version shows "800" as it should.
Sorry for the false bug report.
Reality -- what a concept! -- Robin Williams
Bram Moolenaar
Sep 12, 2016, 1:51:38 PM9/12/16
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Christian Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
> > Christian Robinson wrote:
> >
> >> I just updated. Things like ":intro" and ":version" show 8.0, but
> >> ":echo v:version" still shows "704".
> >
> > If v:version says 704, then it's 7.4.
> > Sounds like you are running an older binary with newer runtime files.
>
> I am not. Read my message again. ":intro" and ":version" both say
> 8.0, and those are compiled into the binary and not affected by
> runtime files, just like v:version.
Vim 8.0 certainly has v:version set to 800.
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Wei Huang
Sep 13, 2016, 12:44:55 AM9/13/16
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On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 8:53:54 PM UTC+8, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Hello Vim users!
>
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
>
> This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting
> new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.
>
Congratulations and Thank you Bram!
> Hello Vim users!
>
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
>
> This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting
> new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.
>
I've upgraded my MacVim, which is 8.0 already.
Marcin Szamotulski
Sep 13, 2016, 4:17:46 AM9/13/16
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Congrats and thanks for the work!
Marcin
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Tumbler Terrall
Sep 13, 2016, 10:28:23 AM9/13/16
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> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
>
> This the first major Vim release in ten years. There are interesting
> new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.
Oh, just curious. Are you going to update the download link on vim.org since 8.0.0 doesn't work with with netrw? ;)
Yegappan Lakshmanan
Sep 13, 2016, 10:29:30 AM9/13/16
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Hi Bram,
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Bram Moolenaar <Br...@moolenaar.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Vim users!
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
Congratulations on releasing the 25th anniversary edition of Vim.
Thanks for spending 25 years of your life on improving developer
productivity across the world.
Regards,
Yegappan
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Bram Moolenaar <Br...@moolenaar.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Vim users!
>
> Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 8.0
>
Thanks for spending 25 years of your life on improving developer
productivity across the world.
Regards,
Yegappan
Bram Moolenaar
Sep 13, 2016, 3:59:25 PM9/13/16
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specifically to 8.0.0, I replaced the files with 8.0.2. That was within
an hour or so.
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Lars Bahner
Sep 13, 2016, 6:21:04 PM9/13/16
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Thanks a bunch!
I finally got my head out of my **** and sent 0.1 Bitcoins to The Cause™:-) I care about the people in Uganda too.
Keep up the good work!
- bahner
I finally got my head out of my **** and sent 0.1 Bitcoins to The Cause™:-) I care about the people in Uganda too.
Keep up the good work!
- bahner
Wuh Orp
Sep 13, 2016, 7:12:10 PM9/13/16
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Thank you for this new Vim release! I am loving the new features.
https://github.com/w0rp/ale
I have already started working on a plugin for linting while you type which uses the new asynchronous execution features. It seems to work now for flake8 and eslint. I'll add more tools as I need them, or as people as for them.
Hopefully this will be useful for others, and other plugins will start taking advantage of asynchronous execution too.
https://github.com/w0rp/ale
I have already started working on a plugin for linting while you type which uses the new asynchronous execution features. It seems to work now for flake8 and eslint. I'll add more tools as I need them, or as people as for them.
Hopefully this will be useful for others, and other plugins will start taking advantage of asynchronous execution too.
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