To: vimdev@prz.tu-berlin.de
Subject: Vim version 5.0f ALPHA available!
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 97 14:17:28 +0200
From: Bram Moolenaar <mool@oce.nl>

Hello all,

Yet another update in the 5.0 series.  This time I have fixed most of the
reported problems, and implemented a few new things.  See the src/version.c
file for the list of changes.  The most important ones:

- Use of syntax files changed a bit.  See the "syntax" directory.  There are a
  few more syntax files too.  And now there are menu commands to set the
  syntax manually in the GUI.

- Changed '|' register to '=' register (expression evaluation).  Just because
  '=' sounds more like an expression.

- Added 'nrformat' option.

- New expression function: "file_readable()".

- Added "\{-n,m}" for regexp patterns (Robert Webb).

- Fixed a few obscure syntax highlighting problems, which were confusing
  writers of syntax files.

- Ex mode should work on most systems now.  Didn't have time to check this.

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 5.0f in the usual place, including the diff now:

	ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/misc/vim/beta-test/unix/vim-5.0f.tar.gz
	ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/misc/vim/beta-test/unix/vim-50e.50f.diff.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 developers only!  At least for now.

Have fun!