Vim: v9.0.1757

Vim AppImage Release v9.0.1757

Version Information:
GVim: v9.0.1757 - Vim git commit: 4b1cc7906 - glibc: 2.29

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Changelog

• 9.0.1757: ex_class() function is too long
• 9.0.1756: failing cursorline sign test
• 9.0.1755: CI still fails with sodium mlock error
• 9.0.1754: still Ci breakage (after 9.0.1741)
• 9.0.1753: can't move to last non-blank char
• 9.0.1752: CI: Coveralls is no longer used
• 9.0.1751: CI: labeler configuration not found
• 9.0.1750: CI: fails because of changed error messages
• 9.0.1749: Text property highlight doesn't override a sign highlight on TAB
• 9.0.1748: CI: cannot label issues automatically
• docs: Improve Markdown in README (#12829)
• 9.0.1747: screenpos() may cause unnecessary redraw
• 9.0.1746: vim9class compile error for char/char_u conversion
• 9.0.1745: Missing test coverage for blockwise Visual highlight
• 9.0.1744: Dead code in open_cmdwin()
• Translations: Update po files for zh and ja
• 9.0.1743: Parameter of gui_gtk:gui_mch_browse incorrectly marked as UNUSED
• 9.0.1742: wrong curswant when clicking on second cell of double-width char
• 9.0.1741: No type checking in interfaces
• Runtime: add new sed ftplugin (#12843)
• 9.0.1740: segfault when reading invalid viminfo file
• 9.0.1739: Leftover files in libvterm
• 9.0.1738: Duplicate code to reverse a string
• 9.0.1737: Calling a base class method through an extended class fails
• Runtime: Update Italian Translation
• 9.0.1736: Github Actions times out after 20 minutes
• Add TODO, FIXME to Haskell syntax file (#8055)
• bindzone runtime: add new DNS record types (#7351)
• Keywords 'of' and 'yield' for Javascript. (#7873)
• 9.0.1735: Rename completion specific findex var
• 9.0.1734: :runtime completion fails for multiple args
• 9.0.1733: CI: cannot cache linux-modules-extra
• 9.0.1732: vimexpr: shadowing variable
• 9.0.1731: blockwise Visual highlight not working with virtual text
• man.vim: Recognise hyphenated-at-eol cross-references (#12609)
• man.vim: Uniformly place cursor at the same column with `Ctrl-t` (#12608)
• 9.0.1730: passing multiple patterns to runtime not working
• 9.0.1729: screenpos() wrong when w_skipcol and cpoptions+=n
• 9.0.1728: missing winid argument for virtcol()
• 9.0.1727: minor problems with the teapot
• 9.0.1726: incorrect heights in win_size_restore()
• 9.0.1725: cursor pos wrong after concealed text with 'virtualedit'
• 9.0.1724: vim9class constructor argument type checking bug
• Update sr.po (#12820)
• Use string interpolation (#12823)
• 9.0.1723: Fix regression in {func} argument of reduce()
• 9.0.1722: wrong error messages when passing wrong types to count()

What is the Difference between the GVim and the Vim Appimage?

The difference between the GVim and Vim Appimage is, that the GVim version includes a graphical User Interface (GTK3) and other X11 features like clipboard handling. That means, for proper clipboard support, you'll need the GVim Appimage, but you can only run this on a system that has the X11 libraries installed.

For a Server or headless environment, you are probably be better with the Vim version.

Note: The image is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS focal. It most likely won't work on older distributions.

Run it

Download the AppImage, make it executable then you can just run it:

wget -O /tmp/gvim.appimage https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/download/v9.0.1757/GVim-v9.0.1757.glibc2.29-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x /tmp/gvim.appimage
/tmp/gvim.appimage
# alternatively, download the Vim Appimage
wget -O /tmp/vim.appimage https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/download/v9.0.1757/Vim-v9.0.1757.glibc2.29-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x /tmp/vim.appimage
/tmp/vim.appimage

That's all, you should have a graphical vim now running (if you have a graphical system running) 😄

If you want a terminal Vim (with X11 and clipboard feature enabled), just create a symbolic link with a name starting with "vim". Like:

ln -s /tmp/gvim.appimage /tmp/vim.appimage

Then execute vim.appimage to get a terminal Vim.

More Information

If you need a dynamic interface to Perl, Python2, Python3.8, Ruby or Lua make sure your system provides the needed dynamic libraries (e.g. libperlX, libpython2.7 libpython3X liblua5X and librubyX) as those are not distributed together with the image to not make the image too large.

However, Vim will work without those libraries, but some plugins might need those additional dependencies. This means, those interpreters have to be installed in addition to Vim. Without it Vim won't be able to use those dynamic interfaces.