README.patches
Patches for Vim - Vi IMproved 7.3 The files in this directory contain source code changes to fix problems in released versions of Vim. Each file also contains an explanation of the problem that is fixed, like the message that was sent to the vim-dev maillist. The best is to apply the patches in sequence. This avoids problems when a patch depends on a previous patch. If you did not unpack the extra archive, you may want to skip patches marked with "(extra)". Similarly for the "lang" archive. Or ignore errors for missing files. Before patching, change to the top Vim directory, where the "src" and "runtime" directories are located. Depending on the version of "patch" that you use, you may have add an argument to make it patch the right file: patch -p < 7.3.001 patch -p0 < 7.3.001 After applying a patch, you need to compile Vim. There are no patches for binaries. Checksums for the patch files can be found in the file MD5. Individual patches for Vim 7.3: SIZE NAME FIXES 1720 7.3.001 ":find" completion does not always shorten match properly 1610 7.3.002 ":find" completion didn't work halfway an environment variable 1299 7.3.003 crash with specific BufWritePost autocmd 1300 7.3.004 crash when using very long regexp 2747 7.3.005 crash when using undotree() 2987 7.3.006 can't build some multi-byte code with C89 4442 7.3.007 Python code redefines "buffer", re-implements a grow-array 11982 7.3.008 'cursorbind' is kept in places where 'scrollbind' is reset 3197 7.3.009 Win32: Crash when using a bad argument for strftime() 5466 7.3.010 Mac GUI: Missing break statements 8811 7.3.011 X11 clipboard doesn't work in GUI, after :sh selection fails 2127 7.3.012 problems building with MingW 5979 7.3.013 dynamic loading with Ruby doesn't work for 1.9.2 2497 7.3.014 "a" in Ex mode with backslash at end of line doesn't work 2223 7.3.015 a test is using an error message that no longer exists 7448 7.3.016 netbeans interface doesn't work under Athena 4314 7.3.017 errors reported by smatch 2488 7.3.018 (after 7.3.012) missing argument to windres in MingW makefiles 1577 7.3.019 ":nbstart" can fail silently 3696 7.3.020 cursor position wrong when joining lines and 'fo' contains "a" 2145 7.3.021 Mac: Boolean redefined when building with X11 1750 7.3.022 when opening a new window 'spellcapcheck' is cleared 2086 7.3.023 external program may hang when it tries to write to the tty 3222 7.3.024 named signs do not use a negative number as intended 3412 7.3.025 ":mksession" does not escape file name properly 1848 7.3.026 CTRL-] in a help file doesn't always work 2668 7.3.027 MS-Windows: Opening a file on a network share is very slow