Get latest releases for syntax highlighting, runtime, plugins etc

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created June 14, 2004 · complexity basic · author Charles E. Campbell, Jr. · version 5.7

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Do you want the latest, official syntax highlighting files, runtime scripts, documents, macros, language support, plugins, etc? See

ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/colors
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/compiler
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/doc
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/lang
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/macros
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/syntax
ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/tools

Patches and whatnot are distributed on vim-dev, but typically don't contain the updates to files in the directories above. If you're having a problm with syntax highlighting, for instance, check the syntax repository above just in case its been fixed already.

In my own case, I put experimental versions of syntax highlighting files and plugins that I maintain on http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim, such as netrw.vim (netrw v46a now supports remote directory listing for example).

Comments

Well, if you're using Gentoo you don't need to worry, because we include runtime patches when we do app-editors/vim-core updates. Other distributions vary, of course.

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I have a shell script that I run every so often that maintains a local mirror of the Vim runtime files from ftp.vim.org. When I run the script, it downloads any updated files from the master FTP server, and then does a diff against my installed vim runtime files. Crude, but effective. :-)

Personally I would much rather see patches against the runtime files, since I always install those as they come out. Or even better, I'd like to see CVS used as more of a core tool instead of occasionally lagging a few days behind development.

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