Patches for Vim - Vi IMproved 6.3 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. 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 < 6.3.001 patch -p0 < 6.3.001 After applying a patch, you need to compile Vim. There are no patches for binaries. Individual patches for Vim 6.3: SIZE NAME FIXES 2672 6.3.001 ":browse split" gives file selection dialog twice 3913 6.3.002 utf-8 detection in translated help files is wrong 1891 6.3.003 crash when using console dialog without default choice 2438 6.3.004 too many hit-enter prompts when searching for long string 2809 6.3.005 crash when searching with character offset in closed fold 1566 6.3.006 the current directory is prepended to the ":breakadd" argument 1755 6.3.007 swap file is not deleted for a "nofile" buffer after ":cd" 1865 6.3.008 OS/2: can't compile, missing error message 3670 6.3.009 (after 6.3.006) ":breakadd file" does not match for a symlink 2450 6.3.010 writing to a named pipe causes an error message for fsync() 1896 6.3.011 crash when user command completion uses "normal :cmd"