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 < 7.4b.001
patch -p0 < 7.4b.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 7.4b:
SIZE NAME FIXES
3017 7.4b.001 Win32: dialog may extend off-screen
6045 7.4b.002 crash searching for \%()*
5804 7.4b.003 regexp code is not nicely aligned
4881 7.4b.004 regexp crash on pattern "@\%[\w\-]*"
1765 7.4b.005 finding %s in shellpipe and shellredir does not ignore %%s
2858 7.4b.006 Using \{n,m} in an autocommand pattern no longer works
2282 7.4b.007 on 32 bit MS-Windows :perldo does not work
2657 7.4b.008 'autochdir' causes setbufvar() to change current directory
1862 7.4b.009 manually defined Visual area doesn't work in new buffer
2092 7.4b.010 Win32: Tcl library load does not use standard mechanism
2557 7.4b.011 ":he \%(\)" does not work
1468 7.4b.012 output from a shell command is truncated at a NUL
1907 7.4b.013 install dir for JP man pages is wrong
1648 7.4b.014 (after 7.4b.012) stupid mistake
1901 7.4b.015 (after 7.4b.008) can't compile without the 'acd' feature
2593 7.4b.016 Ruby detection fails on Fedora 19
1730 7.4b.017 ":he \^x" gives a strange error message
4460 7.4b.018 Win32: Dialog can still be too big
2634 7.4b.019 tabline is not updated properly when closing a tab on Win32
2857 7.4b.020 "g~ap" changes first character of next paragraph
1530 7.4b.021 multiple press-enter messages when pressing "u"
1686 7.4b.022 not waiting for a character when the tick count overflows
