Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-6.3-1 Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <20040608084155.539E940065B@cgf.cx> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 04:41:55 -0400 (EDT) I've just updated vim to version 6.3-1. This is an official new release, based on the vanilla sources. The official release message as of two hours ago: ======================================================================== Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 6.3 Author: Bram Moolenaar et al. Announcement ------------ This is a bugfix release of Vim. Since Vim 6.2 hundreds of reported problems have been fixed. Also included are new and updated syntax files, translated menus and messages. Two Beta versions revealed a number of problems, mostly for MS-Windows 98. They have all been fixed and tested again. A few old problems were also fixed. I am confident that the 6.3 release is the most stable Vim ever! The main new features are: - Support for translated help files. The files themselves are available separately, see http://www.vim.org/translations.php. - More conversions are possible on Macintosh and MS-Windows without help of the iconv library. - Amiga binaries are included again. My Amiga was miraculously healed from a harddisk problem. - The Win32 self-installing exe now also includes vim.exe, the console version. Despite that the file size is smaller than before, because of using LZMA compression. - When formatting text, marks are kept at the same position. - Support for the NetBeans interface on MS-Windows. - MS-Windows: Vim can run inside an MDI window of another application (see ":help -P"). Doesn't work for all MDI applications though. - Mousewheel support on the Macintosh. Once you have installed 6.3 you can find details about the changes since Vim 6.2 with ":help version-6.3". There is a long list of fixed bugs. What is next? ------------- Vim 7! If I keep getting donations from sponsors and registered Vim users I will be able to add several "big" features. The list of votes is an indication of the items that might get added in Vim 7: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php What is Vim anyway? ------------------- Vim is an almost 100% compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new features have been added: Multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, filename completion, block operations, etc. Those who don't know Vi can probably skip this message, unless you are prepared to learn something new and useful. Vim is especially recommended for editing programs. Vim runs on almost any Unix flavor, MS-DOS, MS-Windows 3.1, MS-Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, OS/2, Atari MiNT, BeOS, VMS, RISC OS, Macintosh and Amiga. For more information, see http://www.vim.org. This is also a great place to find Vim tips and scripts! Where to get it --------------- Information about which files to download for what system, obtaining Vim through Aap, CVS, etc.: http://www.vim.org/download.php All files can be found below this directory: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/ A list of mirror sites can be found here: http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php An overview of the files: UNIX: unix/vim-6.3.tar.bz2 sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed The same in parts that fit on a floppy: unix/vim-6.3-rt1.tar.gz runtime files part 1 unix/vim-6.3-rt2.tar.gz runtime files part 2 unix/vim-6.3-src1.tar.gz sources part 1 unix/vim-6.3-src2.tar.gz sources part 2 VARIOUS: extra/vim-6.3-extra.tar.gz extra files extra/vim-6.3-lang.tar.gz multi-language files doc/vim63html.zip help files converted to HTML DIFFS between 6.3b and 6.3: unstable/unix/vim-6.3b-6.3.diff.gz sources and runtime files unstable/extra/vim-6.3b-6.3-extra.diff.gz extra files unstable/extra/vim-6.3b-6.3-lang.diff.gz multi-language files MS-WINDOWS: pc/gvim63.exe self-installing, includes all runtime files, gvim.exe, vim.exe, etc. pc/vim63rt.zip runtime files (use with one of the binaries) pc/vim63lang.zip files for translated messages and menus pc/gvim63.zip GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP pc/gvim63ole.zip GUI binary with OLE support pc/vim63d16.zip 16 bits real mode - works on any system pc/vim63d32.zip 32 bits protected mode - needs 386 and DPMI pc/vim63w32.zip console version for Windows NT/2000/XP pc/vim63src.zip sources for PC (with CR-LF) AMIGA: amiga/vim63rt.tgz runtime files (always needed) amiga/vim63bin.tgz executable files amiga/vim63src.tgz sources packed for Amiga 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. First search the archive, it is full of useful hints. If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe to the vim-dev mailing list. Subject specific lists: Multi-byte issues: vim-multibyte Macintosh issues: vim-mac More info on the maillists and links to the archives: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php Reporting bugs -------------- Send them to . 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 reproducable 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 -U NONE". Try different machines if possible. See ":help bugs" in Vim. Send me a patch if you can! If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the vim-dev mailing list. You need to subscribe first. Sponsoring ---------- Fixing bugs and adding new features takes an awful lot of time. Through your donations Bram will be able to have a part-time job and spend more time on Vim. See: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/ Happy Vimming! ======================================================================== To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Once you've downloaded setup.exe, run it and select "Editors" and then click on the appropriate field until the above announced version number appears if it is not displayed already. If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list at: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com . I would appreciate it if you would use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin in general. 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