Vim: v9.0.1786

Vim AppImage Release v9.0.1786

Version Information:
GVim: v9.0.1786 - Vim git commit: 2f25e40b1 - glibc: 2.29

GitHub Actions Logfile

---

Downloads

This release provides the following Artifacts:

• 
• 

Changelog

• runtime: configure keywordpg for some file types (#5566)
• runtime: Remove Brams name from a few more runtime files (#12780)
• runtime: Fix typos in various files
• 9.0.1786: Vim9: need instanceof() function
• 9.0.1785: wrong cursor position with 'showbreak' and lcs-eol
• 9.0.1784: redundant else in pum_set_selected()
• runtime(termdebug): more termdebug fixes and improvements (#12892)
• Translation(tr): Update Turkish translations (#12897)
• runtime(menu): define shortcut for File->Open Tab (#12895)
• Codeowners: add KBelabas for runtime/syntax/gp.vim (#12898)
• runtime(scala): Link Scala highlighting groups using 'hi def link' in syntax script (#9594)
• runtime(bindzone): updated syntax file
• runtime(cmake) Recognize add_compile_definitions in syntax script (#10416)
• runtime(crontab): add support for BSD specifics in syntax script (#11196)
• runtime(termdebug): add frame related commands (#12511)
• Translations(it): Update po and menus for it
• 9.0.1783: Display issues with virt text smoothscroll and showbreak
• 9.0.1782: prop_list() does not return text_padding_left
• 9.0.1781: Problems when setting bin/paste option
• 9.0.1780: Vim9 type not defined during object creation
• 9.0.1779: Need more state() tests
• runtime(termdebug): Fix various Termdebug issues (#12875)
• runtime(go): Update Go syntax file with 1.21 builtins (#12876)
• runtime(solidity): add new ftplugin (#12877)
• runtime(gp): update gp.vim syntax file for the GP language (version 2.15) (#12884)
• runtime(dosini): save and restore cpo value in syntax script

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/v9.0.1786/GVim-v9.0.1786.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/v9.0.1786/Vim-v9.0.1786.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.