ChangeLog:
7.4.142 (after 7.4.137) on MS-Windows 8 IME input doen't work well
7.4.143 TextChangedI is not triggered.
7.4.144 MingW also supports intptr_t for OPEN_OH_ARGTYPE
7.4.145 getregtype() does not return zero for unknown register
7.4.146 when starting Vim with "-u NONE" v:oldfiles is NULL
7.4.147 cursor position wrong when using "gj" after "$"
7.4.148 cannot build with Cygwin and X1.
7.4.149 get E685 error when assigning a function to autoload variable
7.4.150 :keeppatterns is not respected for :s
7.4.151 Python: slices with steps are not supported
7.4.152 Python: Cannot iterate over options
7.4.153 compiler warning for pointer type
7.4.154 (after 7.4.149) still a problem with auto-loading
7.4.155 (after 7.4.150) search offset not kept with :keeppatterns
7.4.156 test file missing from distribution
7.4.157 error number used twice
7.4.158 pattern containing \zs not handled correctly by substitute()
7.4.159 completion hangs when using the current buffer after keywords
7.4.160 Win32: Crash when executing external command
7.4.161 crash in Python exception handling
7.4.162 running tests in shadow dir doesn't work
7.4.163 (after 7.4.142) MS-Windows 7 input doesn't work properly
7.4.164 problem with event handling on Windows 8
7.4.165 by default, after closing a buffer changes can't be undone
7.4.166 auto-loading a function for code that won't be executed
7.4.167 (after 7.4.149) fixes are not tested
7.4.168 can't compile with Ruby 2.1.0
7.4.169 ":sleep" puts cursor in the wrong column
7.4.170 some help tags don't work with ":help"
7.4.171 redo does not set v:count and v:count1
7.4.172 blowfish code says OFB, but it's doing CFB
7.4.173 when using scrollbind the cursor can end up below last line
7.4.174 compiler warnings for Python interface
7.4.175 wrong fall-back to non-wide function if wide function fails
7.4.176 Python: Dictionary.update() thows an unexpected error
7.4.177 compiler warning for unused variable
7.4.178 the J command does not update '[ and '] marks
7.4.179 Compiler warning for type-punned pointer
7.4.180 (after 7.4.174) older Python versions don't support %ld
7.4.181 when using 'pastetoggle' the status lines are not updated
7.4.182 building with mzscheme and racket does not work
7.4.183 MSVC Visual Studio update not supported
7.4.184 match() does not work properly with a {count} argument
7.4.185 Clang gives warnings
7.4.186 (after 7.4.085) Visual mode insert mode is sometimes wrong
7.4.187 delete that crosses line break splits multi-byte character
7.4.188 SIZEOF_LONG clashes with similar defines in header files
7.4.189 compiler warning for unused argument
7.4.190 compiler warning for using %lld for off_t
7.4.191 can't escape a file name for shell commands without a function
7.4.192 memory leak when giving E853
7.4.193 typos in messages
7.4.194 can't build for Android
7.4.195 (after 7.4.193) Python tests fail
7.4.196 tests fail on Solaris 9 and 10
7.4.197 various problems on VMS
7.4.198 can't build with non-threding Perl and dynamic loading
7.4.199 (issue 197) ]P doesn't paste over Visual selection
7.4.200 too many #ifdefs in the code
7.4.201 'lispwords' is a global option
7.4.202 MS-Windows: non-ASCII font names don't work
7.4.203 parsing 'errorformat' is not correct
7.4.204 a mapping where the second byte is 0x80 doesn't work
7.4.205 ":mksession" does not handle the argument list correctly
7.4.206 compiler warnings on 64 bit Windows
7.4.207 cursor report sometimes not recognized causing replace mode
7.4.208 Mercurial picks up files that are not distributed (empty)
7.4.209 when repeating a filter command "%" and "#" are expanded
7.4.210 Visual block mode + virtual edit doesn't work well with tabs
7.4.211 ":lu" is abbreviation for ":lua", but it should be ":lunmap"
7.4.212 #ifdefs for the +visual feature are not useful
7.4.213 it's not possible to open a new buffer without a swapfile
7.4.214 compilation problems on HP_nonStop (Tandem)
7.4.215 ":sp foo" reloads "foo" if it is the current buffer
7.4.216 compiler warnings
7.4.217 "make clean" may run configure pointlessly
7.4.218 it's not easy to remove duplicates from a list
7.4.219 redraw too often when 'relativenumber' or 'cursorline' set
7.4.220 test 105 does not work in a shadow dir
7.4.221 quickfix doesn't resize on ":copen 20"
7.4.222 the Ruby directory is constructed from parts
7.4.223 still using an older autoconf version
7.4.224 /usr/bin/grep on Solaris does not support -F
7.4.225 dynamic Ruby doesn't work on Solaris
7.4.226 (after 7.4.219) cursorline highlight not always redrawn
7.4.227 (after 7.4.225) can't build with Ruby 1.8
7.4.228 compiler warnings when building with Python 3.2
7.4.229 ":let" fails when listing vars with a curly braces expression
7.4.230 error when using ":options"
7.4.231 an error in ":options" is not caught by the tests
7.4.232 ":%s/\n//" uses a lot of memory
7.4.233 escaping special chars in ":!cmd %" is inconsistant
7.4.234 can't get the command that was used to start Vim
7.4.235 it is not easy to get the full path of a command
7.4.236 it's not that easy to check the Vim patch version
7.4.237 (after 7.4.236) has() not checking for specific patch
7.4.238 Vim does not support the smack library
7.4.239 ":e +" does not position cursor at end of the file
7.4.240 ":tjump" shows "\n" as "\\n"
7.4.241 submatch() does not distinguish between a NL and a NUL
7.4.242 getreg() does not distinguish between a NL and a NUL character
7.4.243 cannot use setreg() to add text that includes a NUL
7.4.244 (after 7.4.238) the smack feature causes stray error messages
7.4.245 crash for "vim -u NONE -N -c '&&'"
7.4.246 configure message for detecting smack are out of sequence
7.4.247 NUL and NL mixed up when giving input to system()
7.4.248 cannot distinguish between NL and NUL in output of system()
7.4.249 using setreg() with a list of numbers does not work
7.4.250 some test files missing from distribution
7.4.251 crash when BufAdd autocommand wipes out the buffer
7.4.252 critical error in GTK, removing timer twice
7.4.253 crash when using external reference in syntax regexp
7.4.254 smack support detection is incomplete
7.4.255 configure check for smack doesn't work with all shells
7.4.256 (after 7.4.248) systemlist() does not work properly
7.4.257 compiler warning, possibly for mismatch in parameter name
7.4.258 configure fails if $CC contains options
7.4.259 warning for misplaced "const"
7.4.260 no error for function name with colon or lowercase char
7.4.261 an interactive :s to replace a "\n" with line break may fail
7.4.262 duplicate code in regexec()
7.4.263 GCC 4.8 compiler warning for hiding a declaration
7.4.264 (after 7.4.260) can't define function g:Foo()
7.4.265 (after 7.4.260) can't call function with "g:" in an expression
7.4.266 test 62 fails
7.4.267 (after 7.4.178) '[ mark is in the wrong position after "gq"
7.4.268 exists() on a funcref for script-local function does not work
7.4.269 CTRL-U in Insert mode does not work after using a cursor key
7.4.270 comparing pointers instead of the string they point to
7.4.271 compiler warning on 64 bit windows
7.4.272 using just "$" does not cause an error message
7.4.273 "make autoconf/reconfig" may run configure pointlessly
7.4.274 check for timestamp does not always detect a changed file
7.4.275 no error message when changing type of unplaced sign
7.4.276 the fish shell is not supported
7.4.277 using ":sign unplace *" may leave the cursor in wrong position
7.4.278 list_remove() conflicts with Sun header file
7.4.279 globpath() returns a string, a list would be better
7.4.280 relative position of cursor not restored if session has 2 tabs
7.4.281 positions are off when loading session with two tabpages
7.4.282 (after 7.4.279) test 97 fails on Mac
7.4.283 (after 7.4.276) compiler warning about unused variable
7.4.284 setting 'langmap' in the modeline can cause trouble
7.4.285 line numbers are not always updated for 'relativenumber'
7.4.286 error messages are inconsistant
7.4.287 patches for .hgignore don't work
7.4.288 when 'spellfile' is set the screen is not redrawn
7.4.289 NFA regexp with repeated backreference does not match
7.4.290 a non-greedy match followed by a branch is too greedy
7.4.291 compiler warning for int to pointer of different size
7.4.292 pattern "a" matches accented "a" when pattern is one byte
7.4.293 can't ignore composing characters in a pattern
7.4.294 (after 7.4.293) test files missing from patch
7.4.295 various typos, bad white space and unclear comments
7.4.296 can't run tests on Solaris
7.4.297 memory leak from result of get_isolated_shell_name()
7.4.298 can't have a funcref start with "t:"
7.4.299 when running configure twice DYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL becomes empty
7.4.300 the way config.cache is removed doesn't always work
7.4.301 (after 7.4.280) scrolling problem when loading a session file
7.4.302 signs don't show up after filler lines
7.4.303 double-width chars on the command line sometimes truncated
7.4.304 cannot always use Python with Vim
7.4.305 making 'ttymouse' empty causes problems
7.4.306 getchar(0) does not return Esc
7.4.307 can't build without the +termresponse feature
7.4.308 ":diffsplit" on empty file cursor is displayed on command line
7.4.309 increasing size of lower window, upper window jumps to the top
7.4.310 getpos()/setpos() don't include curswant
7.4.311 can't use winrestview to only restore part of the view
7.4.312 cannot know what argument list is being used for a window
7.4.313 (after 7.4.310) changing return value of getpos() causes error
7.4.314 completion messages can get in the way of a plugin
7.4.315 (after 7.4.309) fixes for computation of topline not tested
7.4.316 warning from 64-bit compiler
7.4.317 crash when starting gvim, issue 230
7.4.318 fg/bg color settings ignored when checking syntax attributes
7.4.319 crash when putting zero bytes on the clipboard
7.4.320 possible crash when an BufLeave autocommand deletes the buffer
7.4.321 can't build with strawberry perl 5.20 + mingw-w64-4.9.0
7.4.322 using "msgfmt" is hard coded, cannot use "gmsgfmt"
7.4.323 substitute() with zero width pattern breaks multi-byte char
7.4.324 in Ex mode, cyrillic characters are not handled
7.4.325 incorrect display when starting GUI and setting 'laststatus'
7.4.326 can't build Tiny version
7.4.327 when 'verbose' is set may get E724 repeatedly
7.4.328 selection of inner block is inconsistent
7.4.329 window not scrolled if moving cursor and go to another window
7.4.330 using regexp pattern to show a position match can be slow
7.4.331 relative numbering not updated after a linewise yank
7.4.332 GTK: ugly gaps when a sign icon doesn't fit exactly
7.4.333 compiler warning for unused function
7.4.334 (after 7.4.330) unitialized variables, causing some problems
7.4.335 no digraph for the new rouble sign
7.4.336 setting 'history' to a big value causes out-of-memory errors
7.4.337 can't execute command line if there was an error before
7.4.338 cannot wrap lines taking indent into account
7.4.339 local function is available globally
7.4.340 error from sed about illegal bytes when installing Vim
7.4.341 sort() doesn't handle numbers well
7.4.342 clang gives warnings
7.4.343 matchdelete() does not always update the right lines
7.4.344 small issues related to matchaddpos()
7.4.345 (after 7.4.338) indent is not updated when deleting indent
7.4.346 (after 7.4.338) indent is not updated when changing 'briopt'
7.4.347 test55 fails on some systems
7.4.348 Using "J1" in 'cinoptions' may cause too much indent
7.4.349 avoid redrawing the whole window with highlighted matches
7.4.350 C-indenting for Javascript fails for a {} block inside parens
7.4.351 sort() is not stable
7.4.352 with 'linebreak' a Tab causes a missing line break
7.4.353 'linebreak' doesn't work with the 'list' option
7.4.354 compiler warning
7.4.355 several problems with Javascript indenting
7.4.356 mercurial does not ignore memfile_test
7.4.357 after completion some characters are not redrawn
7.4.358 (after 7.4.351) sort is not always stable
7.4.359 if 'ttymouse' set to 'uxterm' xterm version is not requested
7.4.360 pattern with "$" followed by \[vV] is not used as end-of-line
7.4.361 flickering when filling the preview window for 'omnifunc'
7.4.362 short length in matchaddpos() highlights until end of the line
7.4.363 in Windows console typing 0xCE does not work
7.4.364 no error message when the viminfo file can't be renamed
7.4.365 crash when using ":botright split" when there isn't much space
7.4.366 can't run the linebreak test on MS-Windows
7.4.367 (after 7.4.357) other solution for redrawing after completion
7.4.368 window sizes not restored properly when closing cmdline window
7.4.369 using freed memory when exiting while compiled with EXITFREE
7.4.370 linebreak test fails when encoding is not utf-8
7.4.371 with 'linebreak' set control characters displayed wrong
7.4.372 with 'winminheight' zero current window might be zero height
7.4.373 compiler warning for unused argument and unused variable
7.4.374 character after "fb" command sometimes not mapped
7.4.375 test 63 fails when run with GUI-only Vim
7.4.376 (after 7.4.367) popup menu flickers too much
7.4.377 with 'equalalways' set a split may report "no room"
7.4.378 title of quickfist list is not kept for setqflist(list, 'r')
7.4.379 accessing freed memory after using setqflist(list, 'r')
7.4.380 loading python may cause Vim to exit
7.4.381 u_undo error when backspacing in Insert mode deletes 2 lines
7.4.382 mapping chars may not work after typing Esc in Insert mode
7.4.383 bad interaction between preview window and omnifunc
7.4.384 test 102 fails when compiled with small features
7.4.385 when building with tiny/small features .mo files build fails
7.4.386 when splitting a window the changelist position is wrong
7.4.387 "4gro" replaces one character then executes "ooo"
7.4.388 with 'linebreak' set and 'list' unset Tab not counted properly
7.4.389 still sometimes Vim enters Replace mode when starting up
7.4.390 advancing pointer over end of a string
7.4.391 no 'cul' highlight with cursor on a line with diff highlight
7.4.392 not easy to detect type of command line window
7.4.393 text drawing on newer MS-Windows systems is suboptimal
7.4.394 (after 7.4.393) with DirectX last italic char is incomplete
7.4.395 C indent wrong below an if with wrapped () followed by {}
7.4.396 when 'clipboard' is "unnamed", :g/pat/d is very slow
7.4.397 matchparen only uses the topmost syntax item
7.4.398 (after 7.4.393) gcc error for argument of InterlockedIncrement
7.4.399 crypt implementation is messy; blowfish crypt has a weakness
7.4.400 list of distributed files is incomplete
7.4.401 (after 7.4.399) new files missing in Makefiles
7.4.402 test 72 crashes under certain conditions
7.4.403 valgrind reports errors when running test 72
7.4.404 Windows 64 bit compiler warnings
7.4.405 screen updating is slow when using matches
7.4.406 test 72 and 100 fail on MS-Windows
7.4.407 Visual block insert with cursor move repeats the wrong text
7.4.408 Visual block insert breaks a multi-byte character
7.4.409 can't build with Perl on Fedora 20
7.4.410 fold does not open after search with CmdwinLeave autocmd
7.4.411 "foo bar" sorts before "foo" with sort()
7.4.412 can't build on Windows XP with MSVC
7.4.413 MS-Windows: inserting dead key does not always work
7.4.414 cannot define a command only when it's used
7.4.415 (after 7.4.414) cannot build, warning for shadowed variable
7.4.416 problem with breakindent/showbreak and tabs
7.4.417 minimum width used for breakindent is not set after split
7.4.418 when leaving ":append" the cursor shape is like in Insert mode
7.4.419 when part of a list is locked it's possible to make changes
7.4.420 it's not obvious how to add a new test
7.4.421 crash when searching for "\ze*"
7.4.422 with conceal + linebreak some text is not displayed correctly
7.4.423 expand("$shell") does not work as documented
7.4.424 ml_get error when using Python to delete lines in a buffer
7.4.425 when 'showbreak' is used "gj" may move to the wrong position
7.4.426 README File missing from list of files
7.4.427 system() typeahead may be echoed and mess up the display
7.4.428 executable() may return a wrong result on MS-Windows
7.4.429 build fails with fewer features
7.4.430 test_listlbr fails when compiled with normal features
Upstream changes:
7.4.053 test75 has a wrong header
7.4.054 reading past end of the 'stl' string
7.4.055 Mac: Where macros are defined depends on the system
7.4.056 Mac: Compilation problem with OS X 10.9 Mavericks
7.4.057 byteidx() does not work for composing characters
7.4.058 warnings on 64 bit Windows
7.4.059 set_last_cursor() may encounter w_buffer being NULL
7.4.060 declaration has wrong return type for PyObject_SetAttrString()
7.4.061 (after 7.4.056) configure check in the wrong place
7.4.062 (after 7.4.061) wrong configure check for AvailabilityMacros.h
7.4.063 crash when using invalid key in Python dictionary
7.4.064 in Visual block mode replacing with CR does not break lines
7.4.065 the character typed at the hit-enter prompt is recorded twice
7.4.066 MS-Windows: swap file name wrong if colon in file name
7.4.067 CTRL-\ CTRL-O moves the cursor after inserting comment leader
7.4.068 cannot build Vim on Mac with non-Apple compilers
7.4.069 cannot right shift comment lines starting with #
7.4.070 (after 7.4.069) can't compile with tiny features
7.4.071 (after 7.4.069) passing limits around too often
7.4.072 crash when using Insert mode completion
7.4.073 setting undolevels for one buffer changes undo in another
7.4.074 when undo'ing all and making a change, undo structure is wrong
7.4.075 locally setting 'undolevels' is not tested
7.4.076 "cgn" does not wrap around the end of the file
7.4.077 DOS installer creates shortcut without a path
7.4.078 MSVC 2013 is not supported
7.4.079 a script cannot detect whether 'hlsearch' highlighting is on
7.4.080 (after 7.4.079) missing documentation for v:hlsearch
7.4.081 (after 7.4.078) wrong logic when ANALYZE is "yes"
7.4.082 using "gf" in a changed buffer suggests adding "!"
7.4.083 hard to avoid adding a used pattern to the search history
7.4.084 Python: interrupt not being properly discarded
7.4.085 can't move cursor when inserting text in Visual block mode
7.4.086 can't skip over expression when not evaluating for dict member
7.4.087 compiler warning on 64 bit Windows systems
7.4.088 Asian characters are always marked as spell errors
7.4.089 Vim doesn't set the security context on a renamed file
7.4.090 Win32: no completion if dir name contains an exclamation mark
7.4.091 (after 7.4.089) missing semicolon
7.4.092 (after 7.4.088) can't build small version
7.4.093 configure can't use LuaJIT on ubuntu 12.04
7.4.094 configure may not find that -lint is needed for gettext()
7.4.095 (after 7.4.093) regexp for LuaJIT version doesn't work on BSD
7.4.096 can't change directory to an UNC path
7.4.097 unexpected behavior change related to 'virtualedit'
7.4.098 error for line numbers out of range when using ":'<,'>del"
7.4.099 append in blockwise Visual mode with "$" is wrong
7.4.100 NFA regexp doesn't handle backreference correctly
7.4.101 using \1 in pattern goes one line too far
7.4.102 crash when interrupting "z="
7.4.103 dos installer escapes spaces in the diff command wrong
7.4.104 ":help s/\_" reports an internal error
7.4.105 completing a tag pattern may give an error for invalid pattern
7.4.106 can't build with Ruby using Cygwin
7.4.107 Python try/catch doesn't catch Vim error in vim.eval()
7.4.108 "zG" and "zW" leave temp files around on MS-Windows
7.4.109 ColorScheme autocommand matches with the current buffer name
7.4.110 "gUgn" cannot be repeeated
7.4.111 memory leak in Python OptionsAssItem
7.4.112 MS-Windows: defaults for 'dir' and 'bdir' do not include $TEMP
7.4.113 MSVC static analysis gives warnings
7.4.114 new GNU make directory change messages are different
7.4.115 Zsh: expanding ~abc fails when the result contains a space
7.4.116 'showcmd' does not show a typed space
7.4.117 can't build with Cygwin/MingW and Perl 5.18
7.4.118 redrawing status lines may causes recursive call
7.4.119 Vim doesn't work well on OpenVMS
7.4.120 (after 7.4.117) can't build with Perl 5.18 on Linux
7.4.121 completion doesn't work for ":py3d" and ":py3f"
7.4.122 Win32: :grep doesn't work when 'encoding' and ACP differ
7.4.123 Win32: Getting user name does not use wide function
7.4.124 Win32: Getting host name does not use wide function
7.4.125 Win32: Dealing with messages may not work for multi-byte chars
7.4.126 compiler warnings for "const" and incompatible types
7.4.127 Perl 5.18 on Unix doesn't work
7.4.128 Perl 5.18 for MSVC doesn't work
7.4.129 getline(-1) returns zero
7.4.130 relative line numbers mix up windows when using folds
7.4.131 syncbind causes E315 errors in some situations
7.4.132 (after 7.4.122) Win32: flags/inherit_handles args mixed up
7.4.133 Clang warns for using NUL
7.4.134 spurious space in MingW Makefile
7.4.135 missing dot in MingW test Makefile
7.4.136 (after 7.4.096) Windows: readonly when saving UNC path file
7.4.137 cannot use IME with Windows 8 console
7.4.138 (after 7.4.114) directory change messages are not recognized
7.4.139 crash when using :cd in autocommand
7.4.140 crash when autocommand wipes out only other buffer
7.4.141 problems when building with Borland
pkgsrc changes:
remove patches/patch-os__mac.h, it is included upstream.
Patches for vim 7.4:
7.4.001 'ic' doesn't work for patterns such as [a-z]
7.4.002 pattern with two alternative look-behind matches doesn't match
7.4.003 memory access error in Ruby syntax highlighting
7.4.004 when closing a window fails ":bwipe" may hang
7.4.005 "vaB" while 'virtualedit' is set selects the wrong area
7.4.006 mkdir("foo/bar/", "p") gives an error message
7.4.007 creating a preview window on startup messes up the screen
7.4.008 new regexp engine can't be interrupted
7.4.009 too easy to write a file was not decrypted (yet)
7.4.010 (after 7.4.006) crash with invalid argument to mkdir()
7.4.011 cannot find out if "acl" and "xpm" features are supported
7.4.012 MS-Windows: resolving multi-bye shortcut does not work
7.4.013 MS-Windows: File name buffer too small for utf-8
7.4.014 MS-Windows: check for writing to device does not work
7.4.015 MS-Windows: Detecting node type fails for multi-byte chars
7.4.016 MS-Windows: File name completion has problem with Chinese
7.4.017 ":help !!" does not find the "!!" tag in the help file
7.4.018 when completing item becomes unselected
7.4.019 file name completion fails with Chinese characters
7.4.020 NFA engine matches too much with \@>
7.4.021 NFA regexp: Using \ze may result in wrong end
7.4.022 deadlock while exiting, because of allocating memory
7.4.023 MS-Windows: warning for 64 bit type
7.4.024 current user cannot always use the undo file he created
7.4.025 reading before start of a string
7.4.026 clang warning for int shift overflow
7.4.027 valgrind error when using CTRL-X CTRL-F at start of the line
7.4.028 equivalence classes are not working for multi-byte characters
7.4.029 an error in a pattern is reported twice
7.4.030 the -mno-cygwin argument is no longer supported by Cygwin
7.4.031 ":diffoff!" resets options even when 'diff' is not set
7.4.032 NFA engine does not match the NUL character
7.4.033 if terminal has 20 lines test 92 and 93 overwrite input file
7.4.034 using "p" in Visual block mode only changes the first line
7.4.035 MS-Windows: mouse pointer flickers when going to Normal mode
7.4.036 NFA engine does not capture group correctly when using \@>
7.4.037 "\ze" in a sub-pattern does set the end of the match
7.4.038 Using "zw" and "zg" when 'spell' is off give confusing error
7.4.039 MS-Windows: < MSCV10 can't handle symlinks to a directory
7.4.040 error on exit when variable holds reference to a script scope
7.4.041 Visual selection does not remain after being copied over
7.4.042 after ":setlocal" 'spell'/'spellang' :spelldump doesn't work
7.4.043 VMS can't handle long function names
7.4.044 can't build with old MSVC
7.4.045 substitute() has a problem with pattern starting with "\ze".
7.4.046 can't use Tcl 8.6
7.4.047 input() does not work in a function invoked by a mapping
7.4.048 recent clang version complains about -fno-strength-reduce
7.4.049 in Ex mode substitute prompt is wrong with line numbers
7.4.050 "gn" may select too much when there are two matching lines
7.4.051 syntax highlighting a Yaml file causes a crash
7.4.052 cursor may end up in the wrong position when auto-formatting
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
it in the Vim script language to add up a list of amounts, for example.
Once you have installed Vim 7.2 you can find details about the changes
since Vim 7.1 with ":help version-7.2".
Add CHECK_INTERPRETER_SKIP for pkg/38710
Apply the following patches:
1480 7.1.316 when 'cscopetag' is set ":tag" gives an error message
5203 7.1.317 compiler warnings in Motif calls
5428 7.1.318 mem leak when closing xsmp conn.; crash on exit with Lesstif
1514 7.1.319 illegal memory access when pasting illegal utf-8 on cmd line
28763 7.1.320 Win64: Warnings while compiling Python interface
2603 7.1.321 (extra) Win32 / Win64: Install file is outdated
2677 7.1.322 can't get start of Visual area in an <expr> mapping
1734 7.1.323 test 19 and 38 fail with some termcaps
1847 7.1.324 file name path length on Unix is limited to 1024
3559 7.1.325 editing a command line that doesn't fit reverses char order
1641 7.1.326 ":smagic!from!to!" doesn't work, it sees the "!" as a flag
5454 7.1.327 gvimtutor is also installed when not building a GUI version
1859 7.1.328 crash when using Cygwin and non-posix path name in tags file
2172 7.1.329 right halve of double-wide char under popup menu not redrawn
1905 7.1.330 reading uninitialized memory when using Del in replace mode
command line or not -- we want to do what the user specifies via
the pkgsrc PREFER_* settings.
+ Drop dependency on ncurses -- vim only wants a termcap library.
This should fix PR pkg/38110.
+ Add missing dependency on gettext-lib as one of the "normal" feature
sets is to build with gettext and multi-language support.
Bump the PKGREVISION of vim editor packages to 1.
2943 7.1.176 compiling with Aap fails if "compiledby" contains '<' or '>'
5450 7.1.177 freeing memory twice when in debug mode while reading a script
1567 7.1.178 "%" doesn't work on "/* comment *//* comment */"
6581 7.1.179 configure doesn't find TCL 8.5
7099 7.1.180 regexp patterns are not sufficiently tested
1878 7.1.181 accessing uninitialized memory in Farsi mode with ":s"
5457 7.1.182 with tab pages and an argument list session file may be wrong
2489 7.1.183 Internal error for ":echo matchstr('a', 'a\%[\&]')"
2132 7.1.184 crash when deleting backwards over a line break in Insert mode
3744 7.1.185 "gR" and then BS doesn't work properly with multi-byte chars
3294 7.1.186 "expand('<afile>')" returns a bogus value after ":cd dir"
2341 7.1.187 Win32 GUI: custom completion using system() doesn't work
1688 7.1.188 "W10" message could be displayed in the second column
1950 7.1.189 (after 7.1.104) need to call plain_vgetc() in ask_yesno()
1685 7.1.190 cursor after end-of-line: "iA sentence.<Esc>)"
2007 7.1.191 Win32 GUI: when not in focus click in scrollbar doesn't work
2605 7.1.192 CTRL-C doesn't stop duplicating text for "s" in Visual block
2962 7.1.193 some of the Vim 5.x digraphs could be supported
1650 7.1.194 Unix: ":echo glob('~/{}')" results in "/home/user//"
2273 7.1.195 '0 mark doesn't work for "~/foo ~ foo"
2642 7.1.196 (extra) Win32 GUI: "\n" in a tooltip doesn't cause line break
2308 7.1.197 Mac: "make install" doesn't work when $prefix is set
1460 7.1.198 hang when using ":s/\n//gn"
3572 7.1.199 can't do command line completion for a file name extension
2310 7.1.200 (after 7.1.177 and 7.1.182) compiler warnings
2705 7.1.201 when reading stdin 'fenc' and 'ff' are not set
2383 7.1.202 incomplete utf-8 byte sequence is not checked for validity
2261 7.1.203 if 'virtualedit' is "onemore" then ":normal 99|" is not right
2891 7.1.204 (extra) Win32: 'balloonexpr' tooltip disappears after 4 sec
5481 7.1.205 can't get the operator in an ":omap"
1690 7.1.206 compiler warnings when using MODIFIED_BY
7708 7.1.207 netbeans: "remove" cannot delete one line
2051 7.1.208 on Alpha get an unaligned access error
2249 7.1.209 GTK GUI: when using the netrw plugin ":gui" causes a hang
1923 7.1.210 listing mapping for 0xdb fails when 'encoding' is utf-8
25525 7.1.211 matchparen plugin may take so long it looks like Vim hangs
1491 7.1.212 accessing a byte before a line
This is the latest stable version of VIM. Changes since 7.0.243:
* some translation fixes
* the following patches after the official 7.1 release
2404 7.1.001 can't build with Gnome GUI
2011 7.1.002 Oracle Pro*C/C++ files are not detected
* download and extract vim-7.0-extra.tar.gz so that previously unused patches
can be applied and that all future patches will apply without errors
1579 7.0.005 (extra) Win32: uninstall didn't delete spell and autoload dirs
1347 7.0.006 Mac: "make shadow" didn't link infplist.xml
1344 7.0.027 (extra) Win32: hang on exit when compiled with SNiFF+
3014 7.0.028 (extra) OS/2: compilation problem
1424 7.0.032 (extra, after 7.0.027) missing semicolon
1741 7.0.045 (extra) Win32: MSVC 2005 compiler warnings for OLE version
1779 7.0.057 (extra, after 7.0.45) compilation trouble with Borland C 5.5
1750 7.0.065 (extra) Mac: horizontal scroll wheel caused vertical scroll
6819 7.0.074 (extra) Win32: tooltips can be in the wrong encoding
2583 7.0.108 (extra) Amiga: compilation error for mch_mkdir()
* changes since 7.0.121
2865 7.0.122 only half of double-wide bold character may be drawn
4200 7.0.123 SCO Openserver: configure selects the wrong terminal library
2376 7.0.124 window-local variables from getwinvar() are for current window
2335 7.0.125 '< and '> marks were set before Visual mode finishes
2112 7.0.126 undo could be wrong when 'formatexpr' uses setline()
2605 7.0.127 crash when swap file has invalid timestamp
2246 7.0.128 GUI: display not updated when cancelling exit dialog
2884 7.0.129 GTK GUI: avoid GTK bug concerning directory for file dialog
5509 7.0.130 (extra) MS-DOS, MS-Windows: may get stuck using a device name
2632 7.0.131 Win32: "vim -r" does not find swap files starting with a dot
2163 7.0.132 (after 7.0.130) crash when reading from stdin
3189 7.0.133 too many messages in history when searching included files
2290 7.0.134 crash when trying to compare recusively looped List or Dict
10022 7.0.135 crash in garbage collector with recusively looped List/Dict
1703 7.0.136 CursorMoved not triggered when inserting a line
2746 7.0.137 configure check for big features is wrong
12174 7.0.138 (extra) Mac: modifiers keys don't work with function keys
2044 7.0.139 undo info missing when using CTRL-PageUp in Insert mode
2235 7.0.140 (after 7.0.134) comparing list/dict with itself is inefficient
6513 7.0.141 extra CR when pasting with the mouse on the command line
2075 7.0.142 middle mouse button didn't work right in Select mode
1531 7.0.143 setting 'scroll' to its default value didn't work correctly
5584 7.0.144 pattern matching may do wrong pointer computations
be embedded in the installed share/vim/vim70/tools/efm_perl.pl script;
make this script interpreter be '${SETENV} perl' hence avoiding a run-time
package dependency on perl.
Approved by MAINTAINER.
Since Vim 6.4 many new features have been added. To mention a few:
- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion for C, HTML, Ruby, Python, PHP, etc.
- Tab pages, each containing multiple windows
- Undo branches: never accidentally lose text again
- Vim script supports Lists and Dictionaries (similar to Python)
- Vim script profiling
- Improved Unicode support
- Highlighting of cursor line, cursor column and matching braces
- Translated manual pages support.
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text
Once you have installed Vim 7.0 you can find details about the changes
since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".
This is a bugfix release of Vim. Since Vim 6.3 dozens of reported
problems have been fixed. Also included are new and updated syntax
files, translated menus and messages.
There are no new features. This release is only fixing bugs.
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.
This is a bugfix release of Vim. Since Vim 6.1 hundreds of reported
problems have been fixed. Also included are new and updated syntax
files, translated menus and messages.
The main new features are:
- Support for GTK 2. (Daniel Elstner)
- Support for editing Arabic text. (Nadim Shaikli & Isam Bayazidi)
- ":try" command and exception handling. (Servatius Brandt)
- Support for the neXtaw GUI toolkit (mostly like Athena). (Alexey Froloff)
- Support for PostScript printing in various 8-bit encodings. (Mike Williams)
* Loading the sh.vim syntax file causes error messages
* Using a '@' item in 'viminfo' doesn't work
* The configure check for ACLs on AIX doesn't work
* The find/replace dialog doesn't reuse a previous argument properly
* In Insert mode, "CTRL-O :ls" has a delay before redrawing
* With a vertical split, 'number' set and 'scrolloff' non-zero, making
the window width very small causes a crash
* When setting 'filetype' while there is no FileType autocommand, a
following ":setfiletype" would set 'filetype' again
* 'imdisable' is missing from the options window
* Nextstep doesn't have S_ISBLK
* Using "gf" on a file name starting with "./" or "../" in a buffer
without a name causes a crash
* Python: After replacing or deleting lines get an ml_get error
-----------------------------------------------------
The number of changes is huge. These are just the main new items:
Folding - momentarily hide part of the text
Vertically split windows - mixed with horizontal splits
Diff mode - show and remove differences between files
Easy Vim: click-and-type - for those who really don't like two modes
User manual - learn to use Vim, reads like a book
Flexible indenting - automatic indenting for any language
Extended search patterns - more regexp power than you will need
UTF-8 support - Unicode allows editing nearly all languages
Multi-language support - translated messages and menus
Plugin support - drop a script in a directory and you can use it
Filetype plugins - an easy way to setup for editing a type of file
File browser - browse directories, also on a terminal
Editing files over a network - read and write a remote file directly
command-line editing window - use any Vim command to edit an Ex command
Debugging mode - debug your Vim functions and scripts
Cursor in virtual position - edit tables and draw ASCII pictures
Debugger interface - use Vim with Sun Visual Workshop
Communication between Vims - let one Vim tell another Vim what to do
Printing - print with syntax colors
Quickfix extended - see error messages in a window and jump there
Writing files improved - rename or copy to make a backup file
Argument list - select groups of files to work on
Restore a View - save the looks of a window and restore it later
Color schemes - quickly switch between different color setups
New since version 5.6
---------------------
Not much:
- 19 new syntax files.
- "explorer.vim" script, works like a file browser.
And many bug fixes! This version is aimed at stability.
New since version 5.5
---------------------
Not much:
- New "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry for MS-Windows. Avoids problems with
the MS Office taskbar.
- 18 new syntax files.
- "z+" and "z^" commands.
And many bug fixes! This version is aimed at stability.
See ":help version-5.6" in Vim for the details.