On Jan 29, 12:32 pm, Ben Fritz <fritzophre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, January 28, 2013 4:20:24 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
>>> There are multiple ways to get an up-to-date Vim on Windows...
>>> See
>>> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Where_to_download_Vimorhttp://sourceforge.n...
>>
>> That *is* odd. I could have sworn that I downloaded the built-in
>> executable installer of the Windows from vim.org in fall 2012.
>
> You may have. vim.org only gives downloads for major releases (in
> this case 7.3) and only rarely provides any patched versions (in
> this case 7.3.46, because of very severe Windows issues fixed) for
> download in binary form.
>
> The cream site I linked above is a project which packages a
> Point-and-click style configuration of Vim, but also provides a
> compilation for Windows of the unmodified Vim from the latest code
> in the Mercurial repository.
OK, thanks for that.
>> I actually tried your virgin gvim command and it did not create
>> erroneous HTML colors. I then tried gvim without the virgin
>> swithes (I know, I'm probably abusing the term "virgin") and failed
>> to re- create the problem. I even turned on folds and turned on
>> search highlighting in case that was the case. Still no erroneous
>> colours.
>
> I'm not sure what happened here, but at least the issue went away.
> If it pops up again, please send a test file and the resulting
> output, if you can.
Will do. It's getting hard these days after getting out of grad
school. Not as much time to do explore things under the hood. Not a
complaint, just relating the reality. Even minor things seem
impossible, but I sometimes manage to get a weekend afternoon.
On Jan 29, 1:37 pm, Steve Hall <digit...@dancingpaper.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Ben Fritz
> <fritzophre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday, January 28, 2013 4:20:24 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
>
>>> There are multiple ways to get an up-to-date Vim on Windows, my
>>> preferred method being the 32-bit "Vim without Cream" installer
>>> from the Cream project.
>
>>> Seehttp://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files
>
> The direct URL for the latest distribution without Cream is:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/
>
> We're a little behind the current pach level at the moment because
> of some critical Vim bugs. With my customizations, gVim crashes on
> startup since about 7.3.780 or so. I haven't had time to diagnose
> what is causing it.
I'm still happy with my old 7.3, but appreciate that the yard sticks
are being moved.
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