Hello Vim users,

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.2

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".

Notes
-----

The new O'Reilly book "Learning the Vi and Vim editors" is now
available.  See http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html

I will not make an Amiga or OS/2 binary for Vim 7.2.  A Mac version is
hopefully available soon on http://macvim.org/  and/or from the MacVim
project at http://code.google.com/p/macvim/
A Win64 binary should be available soon at
http://code.google.com/p/vim-win3264/

There is no 16-bit DOS version, the executable is too big to fit in the
limited memory space.

Gratitude
---------

If you like Vim, this is the way to say thanks:
http://iccf-holland.org/clinic.html

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 7.2 is also available from CVS.  Subversion will follow later.
        http://www.vim.org/cvs.php
        http://www.vim.org/subversion.php

The Aap files have also been updated, see http://www.a-a-p.org/ports.html

An overview of the files:

UNIX:
unix/vim-7.2.tar.bz2           sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed

MS-WINDOWS one-size-fits-all:
pc/gvim72.exe                  self-installing, includes all runtime files

VARIOUS:
extra/vim-7.2-extra.tar.gz     source files for non-Unix platforms
extra/vim-7.2-lang.tar.gz      multi-language files
doc/vim72html.zip              help files converted to HTML

MS-WINDOWS separate files:
pc/vim72rt.zip                 runtime files
pc/vim72lang.zip               files for translated messages and menus
pc/gvim72.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
pc/gvim72ole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
pc/gvim72_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
pc/vim72d32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
pc/vim72w32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
pc/vim72src.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS RELEASE:
unix/vim-7.1-7.2.diff.gz           sources + runtime files
extra/vim-7.1-7.2-extra.diff.gz    extra files
extra/vim-7.1-7.2-lang.diff.gz     multi-language files

DIFFS TO PREVIOUS BETA RELEASE
unstable/unix/vim-7.2c-7.2.diff.gz          sources + runtime files
unstable/extra/vim-7.2c-7.2-extra.diff.gz   extra files
unstable/extra/vim-7.2c-7.2-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, discuss new features 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 <b...@vim.org>.  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!

--
"Software is like sex... it's better when it's free."
                -- Linus Torvalds, initiator of the free Linux OS
Makes me wonder what FSF stands for...?

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