From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
To: vim-announce@vim.org
Subject: Vim version 5.5 has been released
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:30:12 +0200

Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 5.5
    Author:  Bram Moolenaar et al.

Announcement
------------
This is a bug-fix release of Vim.  Since version 5.4 bugs have been fixed, and
some items cleaned up.

Vim 5.5 has been tested by quite a few people over the past weeks, and there
are no big changes since version 5.4.  This should be the most stable Vim
version ever.  But it's free software, the usual disclaimers apply.


What is Vim?
------------
Vim is an almost 100% compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.  Many new
features have been added: Multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line
history, filename completion, block operations, etc.  Those who don't know Vi
can probably skip this message, unless you are prepared to learn something new
and useful.  Vim is especially recommended for editing programs.

Vim runs on almost any Unix flavor, MS-DOS, MS-Windows 3.1, MS-Windows
95/98/NT, OS/2, Atari MiNT, BeOS, VMS, RISC OS, Macintosh and Amiga.

For more information, see "http://www.vim.org".


New since version 5.4
---------------------
Not much:
- Support for a mouse scroll wheel in X11 (GTK, Athena and Motif).  Should
  also work in an xterm when translations are installed.
- Support for decompression of bzip2 files in the example vimrc file.
- Handling of patch numbers, they show up in the ":version" output.
- Uninstall program for MS-Windows, for those that have a problem with the
  "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry.

And many bug fixes!  This version is aimed at stability.

See ":help version-5.5" in Vim for the details.


Where to get it
---------------
You can find a list of distribution sites at

        ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS

Suggested locations:

        ftp://ftp.<country>.vim.org/pub/vim/
        ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/

Replace <country> with a country code, e.g.:

        ftp://ftp.us.vim.org/pub/vim/


What is available
-----------------
Note that for all systems the distribution is split into an archive with
runtime files (documentation, syntax files, etc.) and a binary and/or source
archive.  You should download at least two archives.

FILE                       SYSTEM  COMMENTS

unix/vim-5.5-src.tar.gz    Unix(*) Sources.
unix/vim-5.5-rt.tar.gz     Unix(*) Runtime files.

extra/vim-5.5-extra.tar.gz Unix(*) Extra sources and docs (Farsi, OLE, VisVim).

unix/vim-5.4-5.5-rt.diff.gz        Runtime diff with version 5.4.
unix/vim-5.4-5.5-src.diff.gz       Sources diff with version 5.4.
extra/vim-5.4-5.5-extra.diff.gz    Extra diff with version 5.4.

pc/vim55rt.zip            Win32    MS-DOS and MS-Windows runtime files.
pc/gvim55.zip             Win32    32 bit MS-Windows 95/98/NT GUI binaries.
                                   Recommended for MS-Windows 95/98/NT.
                                   The best choice for syntax highlighting and
                                   speed.
pc/gvim55ole.zip          Win32    32 bit MS-Windows 95/98/NT GUI binaries,
                                   with OLE support and VisVim.
pc/gvim55_s.zip           Win32s   32 bit MS-Windows 3.1/3.11 GUI binaries.
                                   Requires Win32s.
pc/vim55w32.zip           Win32    32 bit MS-Windows 95/98/NT console binaries.
                                   Recommended for Windows NT, NOT for 95/98.
                                   Supports long file names.
pc/vim55d32.zip           MS-DOS   32 bit protected mode binaries.
                                   Recommended for MS-DOS, MS-Windows 3.1 and
                                   MS-Windows 95/98 console.  It is compiled
                                   with DJGPP, it may need a DPMI driver
                                   (CWSDPMI is included).  Supports long file
                                   names on MS-Windows 95/98 (NOT on NT).
pc/vim55d16.zip           MS-DOS   16 bit real mode binaries.
                                   Runs on most MS-DOS systems, but is
                                   restricted to using 640K memory.  Small
                                   version, without e.g., syntax highlighting
                                   and autocommands.
pc/vim55src.zip           PC       Sources for PC versions (with CR-LF).

os2/vim55rt.zip           OS/2     Runtime files (same as for PC).
os2/vim55os2.zip          OS/2     Binaries.
                                   (use the Unix+extra archives for sources)

amiga/vim55rt.tgz         Amiga    Runtime files.
amiga/vim55bin.tgz        Amiga    Binaries.
amiga/vim55big.tgz        Amiga    Binaries with more features.
amiga/vim55src.tgz        Amiga    Sources for Amiga.

doc/vim55html.zip         all      Documentation converted to HTML.

patches/*                 all      Recent patches.

(*) Also for BeOS, OS/2, VMS, Macintosh and Atari MiNT

The contents of the source archives depends on the specified system.  To
obtain the full sources and docs, get the three Unix archives.


system    file type      Unpack with

Unix      file.tar.gz    gunzip file.tar.gz; tar xf file.tar
Amiga     file.tgz       gzip -d file.tgz; tar xf file.tar
PC        file.zip           pkunzip -d file.zip
                         or: unzip file.zip


Mailing lists
-------------
For user questions you can turn to the Vim mailing list.  There are a lot of
tips, scripts and solutions.  You can ask your Vim questions, but only if you
subscribe.  See http://www.vim.org/mail.html.  An archive is kept at
http://www.egroups.com/group/vim.

If you want to help developing Vim or get the latest patches, subscribe to the
vim-dev mailing list.  An archive is kept at
http://www.egroups.com/group/vimdev.


Reporting bugs
--------------
Send them to <Bram@vim.org>.  Please be brief, all the time spent on answering
mail is subtracted from the time that is spent on improving Vim!  Always give
a reproducable example and try to find out which settings or other things
influence the appearance of the bug.  Try different machines if possible.  See
":help bugs" in Vim.  Send me patches if you can!

If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the
vim-dev mailing list.  You need to subscribe first.


Happy Vimming!