Please check the changlelog for vim, RH backports patches, so on a RH system, vim install will not be the same as the officially released version of the same number.
-Ross -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> Sent: Fri Dec 07 13:04:13 2007 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Where are my VIM colors? Jon Stanley wrote: >On Dec 7, 2007 11:30 AM, Charles E Campbell Jr ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> - If you didn't install vim-enhanced, I suggest getting the vim >>source, preferably applying the patches, and compiling it yourself: >> >> > >Why? There would be nothing that we could do to support anything >compiled form source. I attempt to discourage it as much as possible. > > * many (usually hundreds) of bugs from any earlier releases have been fixed if one is using an earlier release * applying patches fixes yet more bugs (currently there are 170 patches to vim 7.1) (admittedly, I didn't specify how to apply patches) * runtime files have been updated (generally to fix bugs) * there are options associated with the configure, such as whether to have ruby, perl, cscope, Sun workshop, etc support compiled in (see configure --help for the list) * if one wants support for vim, there's an active mailing list for it with many knowledgable folks, including vim's author (see http://vim.sf.net/ for details) Regards, Chip Campbell _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.
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