The past few years many people have sponsored my work on Vim.  Now
version 7 is nearing completion, beta testing will start soon, very
soon.  A big thanks to all who supported me!  I would not have been able
to do this without your help.

But things are going to change.  I have accepted a job offer and will go
back to a full time job in a few months.  To avoid speculation and
rumours: I am going to work for Google in Zurich.  Fortunately I can
spend part of my time on Vim.  But it will obviously be less than the
past few years when I was working 150% of my time on Vim.

I will no longer need sponsorship to survive.  Therefore, starting the
end of March, all money given for Vim sponsorship and registration will
go to the project in Kibaale, Uganda.  And no, this is not an April
fools joke.

The voting will continue as before.  And seeing people give money will
motivate me to keep working on Vim.  The children need the help much
more than me anyway.  Thus please keep sending money!

--
hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
255. You work for a newspaper and your editor asks you to write an
      article about Internet addiction...in the "first person."

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0b BETA


This is the first BETA release of Vim 7.  Since Vim 6.4 many new
features have been added.  To mention a few:

- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion: Omni completion
- 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 matching parens, cursor line and cursor column
- Translated manual pages for French, Italian and Russian
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing of remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text

Once you have installed Vim 7.0b BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".  There are also a lot of
bug fixes.

We can still change option names, function arguments, etc. at this
moment.  Please check the new features for consistency and ease of use.


Testing
-------

This is a BETA test version.  Because this is the very first release of
Vim 7 watch out for missing and misplaced files in the distribution.

The 16 bit DOS version is missing, the data doesn't fit in 64 Kbyte.
I don't know if that can still be fixed.  I will not make an Amiga or
OS/2 binary for Vim 7.  A Mac version should be available soon.


Where to get it
---------------

Information about which files to download for what system:
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.0b is also available from CVS and with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0b.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0b-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.0b-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70bhtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70b.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70brt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70blang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70b.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70bole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/vim70bd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70bw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70bsrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
Macintosh issues:  http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Before you ask a question you should search the archives, someone may
already have given the answer.


Reporting bugs
--------------

Send them to <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
Two fish in a tank. One says to the other:
"Do you know how to drive this thing?"

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

Well, bad luck this week.  First the server in Berlin, good old foobar,
suffered from a power surge.  It didn't come back until this afternoon.

Then the server in between that was keeping the messages queued until
foobar was coming back also suffered a power loss, had disk corruption
and apparently most queued messages got lost.

The mail appears to be flowing again.  If your message didn't get
through you might want to send it again.  Not only for the maillist,
all @vim.org addresses.

Work is under way to move the maillists to a more reliable server.  That
means there may be another interruption when this happens.

--
ONE KNIGHT:  (whispers) Sorry.
                  "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0c BETA


This is the second BETA release of Vim 7.

Since the first BETA release a few things changed:
- Win32 GUI implementation for the tab pages line added (by Yegappan
   Lakshmanan)
- The "autoload" directory was missing from the Win32 self-installing
   exe, causing errors during startup.
- Installing in C:\ caused the .bat files to be created in the wrong
   directory.
- The 16 bit DOS version is now included.
- A few bug fixes, see the end of ":help version7".


Since Vim 6.4 many new features have been added.  To mention a few:

- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion: Omni completion
- 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 matching parens, cursor line and cursor column
- Translated manual pages support.
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing of remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text

Once you have installed Vim 7.0c BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".  There are also a lot of
bug fixes.

We can still change option names, function arguments, etc. at this
moment.  Please check the new features for consistency and ease of use.


Testing
-------

This is a BETA test version.  Because this is the very first release of
Vim 7 watch out for missing and misplaced files in the distribution.

I will not make an Amiga or OS/2 binary for Vim 7.  A Mac version should
be available soon on http://macvim.org/


Where to get it
---------------

Information about which files to download for what system:
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.0c is also available from CVS and with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0c.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0c-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.0c-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70chtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70c.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70crt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70clang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70c.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70cole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/vim70cd16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim70cd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70cw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70csrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
LAUNCELOT: At last!   A call!  A cry of distress ...
            (he draws his sword, and turns to CONCORDE)
            Concorde!  Brave, Concorde ... you shall not have died in vain!
CONCORDE:  I'm not quite dead, sir ...
                  "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0d BETA


This is the third BETA release of Vim 7.  It appears to be quite stable
and about ready for daily use, but I would like to do some more testing
to be sure.


Since the second BETA release quite a few things were improved, here is
a summary:
- $MYVIMRC is set to to the first found .vimrc file and $MYGVIMRC to the
   first found .gvimrc file.  Added menu item "Startup Settings" that
   edits the $MYVIMRC file
- Added matcharg().
- The tab page labels are shortened, directory names are reduced to a
   single letter by default.  Added the pathshorten() function to allow a
   user to do the same.
- Added CTRL-W gf: open file name under the cursor in a new tab page.
- "New tab" item in the GUI tabline menu opens tab left of the click.
- Added "usetab" to 'switchbuf': jump to window in other tab page.
- Added tabpage-local variables t:var.
- 'cmdheight' now works local to a tab page.
- Motif: Added GUI tab pages line. (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
- Win32: The font used for the tab page labels was too big.  Use the
   system menu font. (George Reilly)
- Use of the Enter key for the popup menu works differently, hopefully
   better.
- Win32: Set the default for 'isprint' back to the wrong default
   "@,~-255", because many people use Windows-1252 while 'encoding' is
   "latin1".
- When init_spellfile() finds a writable directory in 'runtimepath' but
   it doesn't contain a "spell" directory, create one.
- A series of bug fixes, see the end of ":help version7".

Since Vim 6.4 many new features have been added.  To mention a few:

- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion: Omni completion
- 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 matching parens, cursor line and cursor column
- Translated manual pages support.
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing of remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text

Once you have installed Vim 7.0d BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".  There are also a lot of
bug fixes.


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.

A known problem is that generating the Hungarian spell file doesn't
work.

I will not make an Amiga or OS/2 binary for Vim 7.  A Mac version should
be available soon on http://macvim.org/


Where to get it
---------------

Information about which files to download for what system:
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.0d is also available from CVS and with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0d.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0d-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.0d-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70dhtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70d.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70drt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70dlang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70d.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70dole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/vim70dd16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim70dd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70dw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70dsrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS BETA:
unix/vim-7.0c-7.0d.diff.gz     sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.0c-7.0d-extra.diff.gz   extra files
extra/vim-7.0c-7.0d-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
Tips for aliens in New York: Land anywhere.  Central Park, anywhere.
No one will care or indeed even notice.
		 -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

This is a message for all people who maintain syntax files, plugins,
translations, etc.: Please send me updated files within a week. Thursday
20 April the latest.  Then I can make a final beta testing version for
Vim 7.

I don't search around on the internet for updated files, please e-mail
them to me.

This is also a last chance to make improvements.  All changes need to be
tested!

If you are not a maintainer but know there is a newer version available,
or know about a problem that needs to be fixed, please contact the
maintainer directly.  They might not all read this message.

--
Never go to the toilet in a paperless office.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0e BETA


This is the fourth BETA release of Vim 7.  It appears to be quite stable
and about ready for daily use, but I would like to do some more testing
to be sure.

We are getting closer to a release.  Please report every problem you
find!

Since the third BETA release a few more things were improved, here is
a summary:
- Added CTRL-W T: move a window to a new tab page.
- Fixed a crash on startup in the code that sets $MYVIMRC.
- The Win32 install program didn't use the "All Users" but the
   administrator directory.
- In spell files hide the || and ** around tags to make commands easier
   to read.
- Added "tabpages" to 'sessionoptions'.  A session can now also restore
   the tab pages.
- When completing menu names, e.g., after ":emenu", don't sort the
   entries but keep them in the original order.
- When a list is indexed with [a : b] and b was greater than the length
   an error message was given.  Now silently truncate the result.
- The extra files for XML Omni completion are now also installed.
- Added the 'M' flag to 'cinoptions'.
- Added gettabwinvar() and settabwinvar().
- For Hungarian the Myspell dictionary is now used again.  I gave up on
   using the Hunspell one, it has too many words.  Making this work would
   require too many changes to the code.
- A series of bug fixes, see the end of ":help version7".

Since Vim 6.4 many new features have been added.  To mention a few:

- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion: Omni completion
- 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 matching parens, cursor line and cursor column
- Translated manual pages support.
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing of remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text

Once you have installed Vim 7.0e BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".  There are also a lot of
bug fixes.


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.  A Mac version should
be available soon on http://macvim.org/


Where to get it
---------------

Information about which files to download for what system:
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.0e is also available from CVS and with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0e.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0e-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.0e-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70ehtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70e.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70ert.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70elang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70e.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70eole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/vim70ed16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim70ed32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70ew32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70esrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS BETA:
unix/vim-7.0d-7.0e.diff.gz     sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.0d-7.0e-extra.diff.gz   extra files
extra/vim-7.0d-7.0e-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
From "know your smileys":
  :-* A big kiss!

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://www.ICCF.nl         ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0f BETA


This is the fifth BETA release of Vim 7.  It is looking stable and
should be ready for daily use.  However, there are quite a few changes
compared to the previous BETA, thus more testing is required.

With a bit of luck this is the last BETA version before the Vim 7
release.  Please check everything.  It would be very disappointing to
discover a problem just after sending out the final release!

Since the fourth BETA release a few more things were improved, here is
a summary:
- Added the feedkeys() function: put keys in the typeahead queue.
- Many runtime files have been updated.
- The problems reported by coverity.com were all taken care of.
- Slicing a list allows indexes out of range.
- Added CTRL-W gF: open file name under cursor in new tab page.
- Mac: clipboard now works again when compiled without multi-byte
   feature.
- Mac: added 'macatsui' as a temporary work around for problems with
   displaying (multi-byte) text.
- A few more changes for Win64, should work properly now.
- Several crashes, hangs, bugs and problems were fixed.


Since Vim 6.4 many new features have been added.  To mention a few:

- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion: Omni completion
- 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 matching parens, cursor line and cursor column
- Translated manual pages support.
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing of remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text

Once you have installed Vim 7.0f BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".  The changes since version
7.0e are at the end.


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.  A Mac version should
be available soon on http://macvim.org/


Where to get it
---------------

Information about which files to download for what system:
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.0f is also available from CVS and with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0f.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0f-extra.tar.gz     extra (non-Unix) files
extra/vim-7.0f-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70fhtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70f.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70frt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70flang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70f.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70fole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim70f_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim70fd16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim70fd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70fw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70fsrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS BETA:
unix/vim-7.0e-7.0f.diff.gz     sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.0e-7.0f-extra.diff.gz   extra files
extra/vim-7.0e-7.0f-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain
figures out what I'm doing.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0g BETA


This is the last BETA release of Vim 7 (hopefully).  The last few days
there have been too many changes to do a release.  This is the last
chance to report problems.  It would be very disappointing to discover a
problem just after sending out the final release!

Since the fifth BETA release there are mostly bug fixes.  Here is
a summary:
- For Motif and GTK tooltips were added to the tab page labels, so that
   you can see the full path.
- Help files with a non-utf-8 byte reported an illegal byte when
   'encoding' is "utf-8".
- Restricted what the expression for ":map <expr>" can do to avoid
   unpredictable problems.
- Prevent that CTRL-R = in Insert mode can start Visual mode.
- Typing a multi-byte character or a special key at the hit-enter prompt
   did not work (old problem).
- 'formatexpr' could not work properly without knowing what character is
   going to be inserted.  Added the v:char variable.
- With 8 colors Search highlighting could make text disappear.
- Allow "all" to appear together with other values in 'eventignore'.
- Win32: Dropping a shortcut on the Vim icon edited the shortcut instead
   of the file it refers to (old problem).
- In Insert mode the matchparen plugin highlighted the wrong paren when
   there is a string just next to a paren.

The coming days I will only fix serious problems, to avoid that changes
introduce new bugs.


Since Vim 6.4 many new features have been added.  To mention a few:

- Spell checking support for about 50 languages
- Intelligent completion: Omni completion
- 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 matching parens, cursor line and cursor column
- Translated manual pages support.
- Internal grep; works on all platforms, searches compressed files
- Browsing of remote directories, zip and tar archives
- Printing multi-byte text

Once you have installed Vim 7.0g BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 6.4 with ":help version7".  The changes since version
7.0f are at the end.


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.  A Mac version should
be available soon on http://macvim.org/


Where to get it
---------------

Information about which files to download for what system:
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.0g is also available (after a few hours) from Subversion, CVS and
with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0g.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0g-extra.tar.gz     extra (non-Unix) files
extra/vim-7.0g-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70ghtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70g.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70grt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70glang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70g.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70gole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim70g_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim70gd16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim70gd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70gw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70gsrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS BETA:
unix/vim-7.0f-7.0g.diff.gz     sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.0f-7.0g-extra.diff.gz   extra files
extra/vim-7.0f-7.0g-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
(letter from Mark to Mike, about the film's probable certificate)
       For an 'A' we would have to: Lose as many shits as possible; Take Jesus
       Christ out, if possible; Loose "I fart in your general direction"; Lose
       "the oral sex"; Lose "oh, fuck off"; Lose "We make castanets out of your
       testicles"
                  "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.0


Vim 7 is ready!  After years of development this feature packed editor
is waiting for you.

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".


Credits
-------

A lot of people helped making Vim 7 possible by providing patches,
suggestions, bug reports and proofreading the documentation.  You can
find their names with ":help version7".  Many thanks to all of them!

Also thanks to Vim sponsors who supported me while working on Vim 7.  I
am now going back to a paid job.  Please continue sponsoring Vim.  The
money now goes to help children in Uganda.  The more you help them the
more I will feel obliged to work on Vim.  There is a drought right now,
we need to help 200 families with food.  http://www.vim.org/sponsor/


Where to get it
---------------

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

Downloading through ftp from:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/

Downloading through http from:
         http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/

Using rsync:
         rsync://ftp.nl.vim.org/Vim

Using Subversion:
         http://www.vim.org/subversion.php

Anonymous CVS is five week behind and doesn't have Vim 7.0 yet.


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.0.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.0-extra.tar.gz     extra (non-Unix) files
extra/vim-7.0-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim70html.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim70.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim70rt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim70lang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim70.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim70ole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim70_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim70d16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim70d32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim70w32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim70src.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS BETA
unstable/unix/vim-7.0g-7.0.diff.gz           sources + runtime files
unstable/extra/vim-7.0g-7.0-extra.diff.gz    extra files
unstable/extra/vim-7.0g-7.0-lang.diff.gz     multi-language files

SPELL FILES
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/
http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/

You should be able to do ":set spellang=xx" and Vim will offer you to
download spell files for "xx".



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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

--
Well, you come from nothing, you go back to nothing...  What have you
lost?  Nothing!
				 -- Monty Python: The life of Brian

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

The Vim 7.0 binaries for OS/2 are now also available.  Thanks to David
Sanders for making these.

You can find the Vim 7.0 files here: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/
Or see ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS for alternate servers.

os2/vim70rt.tgz              runtime files
os2/vim70os2.tgz             executable files, including EMX libraries

Install instructions can be found in the README_os2.txt file.

Happy Vimming!

--
Advice to worms:  Sleep late.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Greetings, Vim users.

You may have noticed patches for Vim 7 appear at a slow pace.  I
currently have limited time to work on Vim.  And my internet connection
isn't 100% reliable, and SourceForge was down for a day, and [insert
your favorite excuse here]...

On the positive side: I found a nice apartment in Zurich.  Once I have
moved in there and have a proper internet connection again I'll try to
work away the most important items in the todo list.  First the ones for
which I have received a patch (hint!).


While we are enjoying unusually sunny weather here in western Europe,
children in Uganda are suffering from an unusual drought.  Especially in
the area around Kibaale the situation is really bad.  Planted crops
withered and died.  It has not been this bad since 1992.

Kibaale Childrens Centre (KCC), the charity supported by Vim, has
started food assistance to over 400 families.  This has helped them
through the most difficult period.  However, we expect the families to
run out of food again after August, by the end of the dry season.  We
need to prepare to help the children and their families again.

For more background information read about the famine relief program:

	 http://iccf-holland.org/famine2006.html

Please consider making a donation this month!

- Bram

--
Tips for aliens in New York: Land anywhere.  Central Park, anywhere.
No one will care or indeed even notice.
		 -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Greetings, Vim users.

I am hosting a Vim BOF at the upcoming O'Reilly Open Source Convention:

       Title: Vim 8?
        Date: Tuesday, 19 September 2006
        Time: 20:30 - 21:30
    Location: Salon Versailles

     Summary: Vim 7 was released May 2006. Does it make sense to make
              another major release and add lots of new features? Or
              should priority be given to fix problems and fine tune
              existing features?

              What new features would users really profit from? Talk
              about the pros and cons with the main Vim author.

The conference is held in Brussels, 18 - 21 September.

More information: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/euos2006/view/e_sess/9854

--
Linux is just like a wigwam: no Windows, no Gates and an Apache inside.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

The audio recording of the Vim BOF session at the euroOSCON is now
available:

	 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/stuff/20060919_BOF.wav
	 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/stuff/20060919_BOF.mp3

The size of the .wav is 17 Mbyte.  It's a 8000 Hz mono recording.
The .mp3 file is about half that size and still sounds about the same.

The most notable subjects discussed:

0:00: Introduction by Bram: a bit of history, Vim 7 release, current situation
0:10: GUI Tab pages labels: more control over color/bold/etc/ of the text
0:13: file changed outside of Vim
0:23: undo tree view; search in text saved for undo
0:28: Perl integration: Vim functions in Perl directly
0:38: there are 3 match items only, need more
0:47: viper mode
0:48: seven habits of effective text editing
0:55: vertical folds
1:02: formatting text
1.10: the killer feature

Enjoy!

--
FIRST VILLAGER: We have found a witch.  May we burn her?
                  "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Greetings, Vim users.

If you don't care about helping needy children in Uganda, which is Vim's
charity, then skip this message.


As mentioned before, the area of Kibaale has been suffering from a
drought for several months now.  Here is an update from Jackie Ammeter
that I received today:

The famine and drought continue to worsen. Yes, we have been getting a
bit of rain, but a shower once a week is far from adequate. We should be
getting 2 or 3 hours of rain every other day for two months straight in
order to bring everything back to life. People are actually beginning to
die of hunger.

Everyday we are having hungry and needy people coming for help. I can't
really describe the difficulty of the situation. On Monday, about 20
people came to the community development office pleading for help.
Justine came and told me about the most heart-wrenching case of the day:
a 10 year old girl came asking for food for herself and for her siblings
aged 8, 6, and 4 whom she was looking after. Their parents had died and
they were living with a grandmother who was currently in the hospital.
They hadn't eaten in 3 or 4 days. Justine said the girl was just
shaking.

We also had a grandfather who was caring for a baby grandchild. He had
no milk to give the baby. We gave him 6,000 (about $4) to buy milk for
one month. The needs are endless and people are now saying the crisis
far surpasses that of 1992.


For more background information read about the famine relief program:

	 http://iccf-holland.org/famine2006.html


--
From "know your smileys":
  :-)-O Smiling doctor with stethoscope

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Dear Vim users,

The traditional Vim calendar has been updated for 2007!

This is a desktop calendar for 2007, made from one sheet of paper.
After folding, one side contains a useful 12-month calendar.
On the other side there is brief information about ICCF-Holland,
Vim and A-A-P.

	 English, A4:     http://www.moolenaar.net/2007_en_a4.pdf
	 English, Letter: http://www.moolenaar.net/2007_en_le.pdf
	 Dutch, A4:       http://www.moolenaar.net/2007_nl_a4.pdf

Each file is in PDF and about 180 Kbyte.


I'm afraid the problem with scripts on www.vim.org has not been solved
yet.  We are waiting for SourceForge support...


Happy holidays!

--
It is illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over
puddles of water.
		 [real standing law in California, United States of America]

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Dear Vim users,

I will be doing a presentation on Vim, here is the announcement:


Open Source Developers @ Google Speaker Series: Bram Moolenaar

Tuesday, February 13, 19.00h

Title: Seven habits for effective text editing, 2.0.


Bram's presentation will give an overview of several ways to effectively
use Vim to edit programs, structured text and documentation.

Please join us for Bram's presentation if you're in the area. Doors will
open at 6:30 PM and Bram will begin speaking at 7:00 PM. Refreshments
will be served; please plan to sign in at Building 41 reception when you
arrive.


More information:
http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/02/open-source-developers-google-sp\
eaker.html

For instructions how to get there click on "Mountain View headquarters".
But pay attention to the building number 41, there are many Google
buildings :-).


Hope to meet you there!

--
From "know your smileys":
  <<<:-{    Worf (Never smiles anyways, so he's a bad smiley)

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Dear Vim users,

I will be doing a presentation on Vim, here is the announcement again:


Open Source Developers @ Google Speaker Series: Bram Moolenaar

Tuesday, February 13, 19.00h (7 pm)

Title: Seven habits for effective text editing, 2.0.


Bram's presentation will give an overview of several ways to effectively
use Vim to edit programs, structured text and documentation.

Please join us for Bram's presentation if you're in the area. Doors will
open at 6:30 PM and Bram will begin speaking at 7:00 PM. Refreshments
will be served; please plan to sign in at Building 41 reception (aka
lobby) when you arrive.


More information:
http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/02/open-source-developers-google-sp\
eaker.html

For instructions how to get there click on "Mountain View headquarters".
Pay attention to the building number: 41, there are many Google
buildings :-).

To be clear: this presentation is open to everyone.

Hope to meet you there!

:wq

--
hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
107. When using your phone you forget that you don't have to use your
      keyboard.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Dear Vim users,

A week ago I did a presentation on Vim, called "Seven habits of
effective text editing 2.0".  I was happy to see a lot of people
come to listen to me.  Many more than expected, we ran out of food and
had to get extra chairs.  Thanks to all who were there, it was nice to
have a big audience.  And I was excited to greet some of the people who
I previously only knew through e-mail.

The video of the presentation is now available on Google video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2538831956647446078

The presentation itself is about 45 minutes.  With the Q&A included it
is 80 minutes.

If you can't use Google video, you may get the video file from the ftp
server: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/stuff/7Habits20.avi
This is 507 Mbyte of divx.  You may want to use a mirror site:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS

It's a lot quicker to get the PDF with the presentation and notes:
http://www.moolenaar.net/habits.pdf
This is about 640 Kbyte.

--
hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
163. You go outside for the fresh air (at -30 degrees) but open the
      window first to hear new mail arrive.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

I wrote:

> It's a lot quicker to get the PDF with the presentation and notes:
> http://www.moolenaar.net/habits.pdf
> This is about 640 Kbyte.

But that's the old one!  Use this link instead:
http://www.moolenaar.net/habits_2007.pdf

Oh, and in case you are interested in the books mentioned, use this
link: http://iccf-holland.org/click2.html

Sorry for the confusion.

--
hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
168. You have your own domain name.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Greetings, Vim users!

The ICCF Holland foundation is Vim's charity.  Vim users are asked to
consider helping needy children in Kibaale, Uganda.  Since April 2006
the Vim sponsorship and registration is also destined for this project.

The financial report for 2006 is now available.  You can find it here:
	 http://iccf-holland.org/jaar2006.pdf

There is also a Dutch version:
	 http://iccf-holland.org/jaar2006n.pdf

I'm glad to report that the total revenue has increased by 25%.  Mainly
because of Vim sponsorship.  Thanks to all the people who donated!

More information about ICCF Holland on the website:
http://iccf-holland.org

I hope to visit the project before the summer and report how the money
is being used.

--
Proverb: A nightingale that forgets the lyrics is a hummingbird.

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Greetings, Vim users!

Vim sponsors and registered Vim users can vote for features.  The result
can be seen here: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php

Vim 7.0 has added a number of features that still appeared in the voting
list.  I have now updated the list to reflect the Vim 7.0 features.

Removed features:
- add tabbed windows
- add undo tree (be able to go back to any previous situation)
- add a ":grep" command that does not use an external command
- add option to highlight the screen line (and column) of the cursor

Changed features:
- "add intelligent completion"
   -> "add more and better omni completion plugins"
- "add more features to Vim scripting (arrays, lists, sorting, etc.)"
   -> "add more features to Vim scripting"
- "add more autocommand events (for ":cd", start Insert mode, etc.)"
   -> "add more autocommand events (for ":cd", jump to tag, etc.)"
- "add on-the-fly spell checking"
   -> "improve on-the-fly spell checking"


If you voted for one of these, please go to the voting pages and adjust
your votes: http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote.php  You need to login.

Happy Vimming!

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Instead of doing a boring holiday job, students can work on Vim this
summer.  Google sponsors the work.

Ideas for what could be worked on can be found on the ideas page:
http://www.vim.org/soc/ideas.php

But you can also come up with your own task.  Keep in mind that the
number of students that will be accepted is limited, thus write a good
application!

For more information about the Google Summer of Code program, you can
visit this page: http://code.google.com/soc/

Students should plan to submit their applications by March 24, 2007.

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Upon request I have added one more item to vote on:

	 Add an indication what text was changed since editing started
	 (change bar or diff)

If you are sponsoring Vim or are a registered Vim users you can adjust
your votes at http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote.php .

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		 [real standing law in Texas, United States of America]

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
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  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.1a BETA


This is a BETA release of Vim 7.1.  It consists of Vim 7.0 plus all
patches and updated runtime files.

I expect this to be stable, since the patches have been used by many
people already.  This BETA is mainly to check that the files has been
setup properly.  It's been almost a year since the last one!

Please report every problem you find!  It will only be a few days until
the 7.1 release, so please take a little time right now to check it out.

Once you have installed Vim 7.1a BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 7.0 with ":help version-7.1".


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 7.1a.  A Mac version is
hopefully available soon on http://macvim.org/


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 7.0):
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.1a is also available from CVS (when it works again) and with Aap:
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.1a.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.1a-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.1a-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim71ahtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim71a.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim71art.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim71alang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim71a.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim71aole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim71a_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim71ad16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim71ad32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim71aw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim71asrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE:
unix/vim-7.0-7.1a.diff.gz    sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.0-7.1a-extra.diff.gz   extra files
extra/vim-7.0-7.1a-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

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53. To find out what time it is, you send yourself an e-mail and check the
     "Date:" field.

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///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.1b BETA


This is a BETA release of Vim 7.1.  It consists of Vim 7.0 plus all
patches, updated runtime files and a few fixes.

If you were using 7.1a please upgrade to 7.1b and verify it works well.
Please report every problem you find!  It will only be a couple of days
until the 7.1 release, so hurry.

Once you have installed Vim 7.1b BETA you can find details about the
changes since Vim 7.0 with ":help version-7.1".

Changes since 7.1a:

- Lots of spelling mistakes fixed.
- Several runtime files updated.  Somehow people tend to send me updates
   _after_ doing a release...
- Bug in downloading a missing spell file fixed.  Could wipe out a
   buffer with your text when downloading failed.
- Building with MingW fixed (and now Win32s version also builds).
- Editing compressed files didn't work when folding enabled.


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 7.1b.  A Mac version is
hopefully available soon on http://macvim.org/


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 7.0):
         http://www.vim.org/download.php

A list of mirror sites can be found here:
         http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php

Vim 7.1b is also available from CVS (soon, still checking in):
	 http://www.vim.org/develop.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.1b.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.1b-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.1b-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim71bhtml.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim71b.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim71brt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim71blang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim71b.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim71bole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim71b_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim71bd16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim71bd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim71bw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim71bsrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE:
unix/vim-7.1a-7.1b.diff.gz     sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.1a-7.1b-extra.diff.gz   extra files
extra/vim-7.1a-7.1b-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

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	    a mustache, and a double chin

  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.1


This is a stable release of Vim, version 7.1.  Since version 7.0 lots of
problems were fixed and runtime files were updated.  It has been one
year and five days since 7.0!

Most of Vim 7.1 was already available as patches for quite a while.  A
couple of test versions were made to spot problems in the distribution.
Therefore Vim 7.1 can be considered very stable.

If you are using an older version, it is highly recommended you install
Vim 7.1.  Several crashing bugs and a security issue were fixed.

Once you have installed Vim 7.1 you can find details about the
changes since Vim 7.0 with ":help version-7.1".

I will not make an Amiga or OS/2 binary for Vim 7.1.  A Mac version is
hopefully available soon on http://macvim.org/


Where to get it
---------------

All files can be found below this directory:
         ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/

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

Vim 7.1 is also available from CVS and Subversion:
	 http://www.vim.org/cvs.php
	 http://www.vim.org/subversion.php


An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.1.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.1-extra.tar.gz     extra files
extra/vim-7.1-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim71html.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS:
pc/gvim71.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files
pc/vim71rt.zip                 runtime files for binaries below
pc/vim71lang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim71.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim71ole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim71_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1
pc/vim71d16.zip                16 bit console version for MS-DOS
pc/vim71d32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim71w32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim71src.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE:
unix/vim-7.0-7.1.diff.gz             sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.0-7.1-extra.diff.gz             extra files
extra/vim-7.0-7.1-lang.diff.gz              multi-language files

unstable/unix/vim-7.1b-7.1.diff.gz     sources + runtime files
unstable/extra/vim-7.1b-7.1-extra.diff.gz   extra files
unstable/extra/vim-7.1b-7.1-lang.diff.gz    multi-language files


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.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim

If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe
to the vim-dev mailing list.  See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-dev

Subject specific lists:
Multi-byte issues: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php#vim-multibyte
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 <bugs@...>.  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!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!

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  /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@... -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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  \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///

You may have noticed that the Vim maillist server has died.  It was an
old machine.  A big thanks to the people in Berlin for keeping it alive
for such a long time!

The situation with our own maillist server was OK, but when the
maintainer is on a holiday it may take quite a long time before a
problem gets fixed.  Or we lose contact with the maintainer for unknown
reasons (which is what happened last week with a potential new server).
Several people suggested using Google Groups.  We have tried it out for
a few days with the vim-experiment group.  It mostly works well.
Although it is not perfect I have decided to move everything there now.


You are getting this message because you were subscribed to one of the
maillists in the past.  The subscriber lists are NOT transferred to the
new groups (1).  If you want to continue getting messages about Vim you
need to subscribe.

        IF YOU DO NOTHING, THIS IS THE LAST MESSAGE YOU WILL GET!

To subscribe, send a message to the <name>-subscribe@... list.  You
will get a message back that you need to reply to before you are
actually subscribed.  NOTE: clicking on the URL in the message may not
work.

These are the subscription addresses:

vim-announce-subscribe@...      important announcements only
vim-subscribe@...               using Vim
vim-dev-subscribe@...           developing Vim
vim-mac-subscribe@...           Vim on the Mac
vim-multibyte-subscribe@...     multi-byte issues

Note that, like before, you need to be subscribed to be able to post a
message.  Thus make sure you subscribe from the same account you would
normally send a message to a Vim list from.

For more information visit:  http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
You can set your subscription to be in digest form on the Google Groups
webpage.  I haven't seen a method using e-mail only yet.

After a few days the vim-experiment list will be removed, please stop
using it.

I'm trying to add the Yahoo groups as a subscriber, so that we have a
complete archive there (well, for as far as Yahoo didn't delete messages
for quota reasons).  Didn't work yet.

Happy Vimming!

- Bram

(1) I have tried to use the "add subscribers" feature of Google Groups,
     but they have several mechanisms to protect from spammers misusing
     this.  I have sent in a few lists, some people may be automatically
     subscribed.  But it was too cumbersome to do it for everybody.

--
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bladders who would rather be doing anything else.
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As you are reading this it means the maillists are working for you
again.  Unless you were expecting an e-mail and have to read it online.
Apparently there are still a few people who do not receive messages by
e-mail.  This appears to be a random effect.  If it happens for you, try
unsubscribing and subscribing again.

I'll keep the vim-experiment list for a few more days.  Use this list
for experimenting with your Google Groups subscription.  Please avoid
doing this on the real lists, hundreds of people will get your "just
testing, please ignore" message.  If you want to test if you can send a
message, write something useful! :-)

More info about the maillists: http://www.vim.org/maillist.php


I visited Vim's charity project in May.  I finally found some time to
finish my report and add pictures.  You can find it here:

	 http://iccf-holland.org/news.html#May2007


The Vim tips have been successfully moved to a wiki.  Please take a
little time in this community effort to improve the Vim tips:

	 http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Esp. see the "YOU CAN HELP" link.

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complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and
ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred
and ninety-nine times out of a trillion it is much simpler and more
effective just to take the thing away and do without it.
		 -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

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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:
	 http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html

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