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If you have '''<tt>rsync</tt>''' installed, you can use it to synchronize your runtime files. I use it to keep my "master" runtimes up-to-date, currently at '''<tt>~/.build/vim/vim72/runtime/</tt>''', as follows (the "parent" '''<tt>vim72</tt>''' directory being the current directory): |
If you have '''<tt>rsync</tt>''' installed, you can use it to synchronize your runtime files. I use it to keep my "master" runtimes up-to-date, currently at '''<tt>~/.build/vim/vim72/runtime/</tt>''', as follows (the "parent" '''<tt>vim72</tt>''' directory being the current directory): |
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On Linux, I follow that by a '''<tt>make installruntime</tt>''' step if anything other than '''<tt>tags</tt>''' has been updated. |
On Linux, I follow that by a '''<tt>make installruntime</tt>''' step if anything other than '''<tt>tags</tt>''' has been updated. |
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Revision as of 05:22, 4 July 2009
created June 14, 2004 · complexity basic · author Charles E. Campbell, Jr. · version 5.7
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.
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.
If you have rsync installed, you can use it to synchronize your runtime files. I use it to keep my "master" runtimes up-to-date, currently at ~/.build/vim/vim72/runtime/, as follows (the "parent" vim72 directory being the current directory):
rsync -avzcP --delete --exclude="/dos/" ftp.nluug.nl::Vim/runtime/ ./runtime/
On Linux, I follow that by a make installruntime step if anything other than tags has been updated.
Note: Even on Windows, where I expect rsync to be available at least via Cygwin and/or MinGW and/or GnuWin32, I recommend downloading the "Unix" runtimes; even Vim for Windows can source them with no problem. It's true that Notepad cannot display them correctly, but Wordpad can. — Tonymec 05:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)