> On Dec 6, 11:44 pm, Greg Underwood <greg.underw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Good to know! I have mostly stuck with the tried-and-true official
> > releases from vim.org, which I know are behind the times a bit. Unless VIM
> > starts misbehaving, I'm cool with sticking to the official releases - my
> > editor is my dialtone - not something I tinker with unless it ain't working
> > or there's a clearly much better one available. :D
> >
> > Knowing that there's someone out there who rolls a package with the basic
> > VIM stuff, but up to date, is worth looking into!
> >
>
> You can see what you'd be getting if you upgraded, here:
>
> ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/README
>
> There are a few really nice goodies in there, plus some easy-to-get
> errors which have been fixed.
>
> Also, if you upgrade, you'd be getting an all-new set of runtime
> files, including improved syntax highlighting, better TOhtml
> conversion, bugfixes in the netrw plugin (used to "edit" directories
> on local or remote systems, or files on remote systems via FTP or
> other protocols), and much more.
If you want to dig in to the changes, far better to look at
http://code.google.com/p/vim/source/list
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