Re: 2html optimization

On 16/06/11 21:33, Benjamin Fritz wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Benjamin Koltai<bkoltai11@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, the result of :version is:
>> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jul 5 2010 16:33:43)
>> Included patches: 1-127, 257
>> Compiled by 'http://www.opensuse.org/'
>> Is this out of date? What is the easiest way to update?
>
> I don't think we've responded to this, yet.
>
> Yes, this is out of date. The latest is 7.3.219, and a lot of new
> features have been added (to Vim itself as well as to 2html). Some of
> my other answers (especially the options which might affect speed)
> depend on this recent version of 2html.
>
> The easiest way, would be if your Linux distribution has up-to-date
> packages in their repository. But often these are fairly out of date.
> Check the repository first, but failing that, you can compile Vim
> yourself fairly easily. The source code is available through Mercurial
> from:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/vim
>
> There should be a readme there that says how to compile (it's pretty
> standard). If you get stuck you can google for "building Vim" or check
> the wiki:
>
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Building_Vim
>

The current Vim in the openSUSE distribution is 7.3.62 which is still a
lot behind the times.

I recommend compiling your own, see
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm

Best regards,
Tony.
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