To: vimdev@prz.tu-berlin.de
Subject: Vim version 5.0e ALPHA available!
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 97 13:09:39 +0200
From: Bram Moolenaar <mool@oce.nl>

Hello all,

Yet another update in the 5.0 series.  Again, I didn't have time to fix all
reported problems.  See the start of the todo list.  I did implement a few
things from the todo list though.

- The syntax of the ":syntax region" command has changed.  The "start", "skip"
  and "end" arguments now need an equal sign.  This was done to make it
  consistant with the ":highlight" command.
- Added the "syntax case [match|ignore]" command.  Now you can ignore case for
  specific syntax items.
- $VIM is now used in more places, instead of hard coded path names.  The
  default for $VIM is still set at compile time, so you can run Vim without
  setting the VIM environment variable.
- Added "%", "#", "<cword>", etc. to expression evaluation.
- Autocommands can nest, but only when the "nested" option is used.

NOTE: To save me time and worries, this is a source-code only release.
Binary versions will be made for later versions.  You can compile it yourself,
if you can, all the required stuff is included.

You can find Vim 5.0e in the usual place:

	ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/misc/vim/beta-test/unix/vim-5.0e.tar.gz

And on the mirrors (within in a couple of days).

Another NOTE: Please don't discuss this in the "vim" mailing list.  This for
for deveopers only!  At least for now.

Have fun!