Patches for Vim - Vi IMproved 7.1 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 < 7.1.001 patch -p0 < 7.1.001 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 7.1: SIZE NAME FIXES 2404 7.1.001 can't build with Gnome GUI 2011 7.1.002 Oracle Pro*C/C++ files are not detected 1529 7.1.003 (extra) Win32: menu entries end up in message history 2481 7.1.004 crash when editing a directory 3841 7.1.005 "cit" used on <foo></foo> deletes <foo> 2941 7.1.006 when reading from stdin 'modified' can't be reset in autocmd 6458 7.1.007 (extra) Mac: context menu does not work, scrollbars not dimmed 2631 7.1.008 getfsize() returns an invalid number for very big files 1881 7.1.009 diff mode: tab to spaces change not highlighted correctly 2796 7.1.010 Gnome: tab pages are not included in the saved session 1934 7.1.011 buffer overflow when $VIMRUNTIME is very long 1904 7.1.012 ":let &tw = 'asdf'" does not give an error message