To:	vim-dev@vim.org
From:	mool@oce.nl (Bram Moolenaar)
Subject: Vim version 5.0u BETA available!
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 98 14:55:23 +0100

This is the third BETA version.  Quite a few bugs have been fixed, and the
last items for 5.0 have been added.

New functionality: ":tselect" command.  It lists matching tags, and allows you
to select one to jump to.

Version 5.0t had a few serious problems with tags commands, that's why I
didn't announce it in comp.editors.  I have tested 5.0u a bit better now.

I also included a nice extra.  You can consider it my new year's gift to the
Vim community!  In the GUI version, try out the "Syntax/convert to HTML" menu
entry.  It does what it says: Convert the current file to HTML.  This includes
the syntax highlighting, such that it looks exactly the same as in Vim.
You should now be able to view and print your colorful files from Netscape!
There is one drawback: It's quite slow, because it is an interpreted script.

I have now included "big" versions for Amiga and OS/2.  They have most features
enabled.  Maybe this should be the default, the executables are only
a bit bigger, and it avoids making two executable versions available.

The OLE version of the Win32 GUI is also included.  I didn't test it
myself yet, other than checking that it runs and registering works.
See ":help if_ole" for how to use it.

I'll be taking compilation notes for Unix systems.
Look in src/Makefile for the format of the line.

I hope to have version 5.0v ready in about two weeks.
There should be no additions, only bug fixes.
If 5.0v appears to be working well, 5.0 can be released a week later.


WHERE TO GET IT
---------------

You can find Vim 5.0u in the usual place:

	ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/vim/beta-test/

Or use one of the mirrors (updated within in a couple of days):

	ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/vim/MIRRORS


unix/vim-5.0u.tar.gz		Source files for Unix
unix/vim-50t-50u.diff.gz	Idem, diff with version 5.0t
extra/vime-5.0u.tar.gz		Extra files for Unix and others

pc/vim50usrc.zip		Sources packed for DOS
pc/vim50ud16.zip		binary+docs 16 bit DOS
pc/vim50ud32.zip		binary+docs 32 bit DOS
pc/vim50uw32.zip		binary+docs 32 bit Windows NT/95
pc/gvim50u.zip			binary+docs Windows NT/95 GUI
pc/gvim50uole.zip		exe for Windows NT/95 GUI with OLE

amiga/vim50usrc.tgz		sources packed for Amiga
amiga/vim50ubin.tgz		binary+docs for Amiga
amiga/vim50ubig.tgz		exe for Amiga with more features

os2/vim50uos2.zip		binary+docs for OS/2
os2/vim50uos2big.zip		exe for OS/2 with more features

Note that the source archives don't have all the files.
This was done to reduce their size.  If you want to get all
the source files, get both the Unix and the extra archive.


RELEASE NOTES
-------------

Changes:

- ":ta" at top of the tag stack no longer does ":tnext".

- For Dos16 version, don't include the mouse code (saves a bit of memory).

- Win32 GUI: "File/Print" menu now uses Notepad, works better.

- Replaced csdpmi3 with csdpmi4.

- Removed mappings for MS-DOS that were already covered by commands.

- Changed <C-Left> and <C-Right> to skip a WORD intead of a word.

- Changed the defaults for configure to be the same as the defaults for
  Makefile: Include GUI, Perl and Python.

- Renamed "W32GUIvc4.mak" to "Gvim_vc.mak".


Added:

- ":tselect" command; select a tag from a list of matches.  Also "g^]": Like
  "^]", but use ":tselect" instead of ":tag".

- Added synID(), highlightID(), synIDattr() and synIDtrans() functions to
  expression evaluation.  Allows for using syntax recognition in scripts.

- Added "syntax/2html.vim": Convert file to HTML, using the current syntax
  highlighting.  Now you can convert all your colored files to HTML!  And
  from Netscape you can print them.

- Allow a tag name with wildcards for ":ta" and "tselect".

- "<Bslash>" special character.  Helps for avoiding multiple backslashes in
  mappings and menus.

- Added "\<xxx>" special key codes to expression evaluation.

- Added 'A' flag to 'shortmess': Don't give ATTENTION message.

- Included the MIDL files, for compiling OLE with Borland C++.

- Included version 1.8 of xxd. (Juergen Weigert)

- Included version 1.7.5 of ctags (Darren Hiebert)

- When 'list' is set, the column of the ruler was wrong.  Also, textwidth
  formatting was wrong.  And expanding Tabs (sometimes).  Added 'L' flag in
  'cpoptions' to do it the Vi way (which is not intuitive, so it's default
  off).


Fixed:

- Fixed: ":ta" as the first command crashed Vim.  Also ":he", ":q", ":he".

- Many other bug fixes.  See src/version.c.


Happy Vimming!