From: Ned Konz <ned@...>
Date: 2002-06-22T15:31:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Vim syntax file maintenance

On Friday 21 June 2002 10:58 pm, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Kearns" <djkea2@mugca.its.monash.edu.au>
> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 12:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Vim syntax file maintenance
>
> > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 02:27:07PM +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Where can the latest one be found?
> >
> > The latest is still the distributed version :-). I'll start on it
> > in the next couple of days and post the URL here then.
>
> Hmm, well, I downloaded a gvim that seems to act
> differently from what some people report.
>
> I'm ignorant of vim syntax files in general.
>
> Is there a way I can check my version or something?

Look at the top of the syntax/ruby.vim file (probably in a shared 
directory, perhaps /usr/local/share/vim/vim61/ or somewhere similar). 
I notice I have one in my (personal) ~/.vim/syntax directory that 
says:

" Vim syntax file
" Language:     Ruby
" Maintainer:   Mirko Nasato
" Last Change:  2001 May 10
" Location:     http://altern.org/mn/ruby/ruby.vim
" Subsequently modified by: Hugh Sasse <hgs@dmu.ac.uk>
" Purpose of mod: To provide folding
" Date of mod: 12-APR-2002

while the one that came with the 6.1 distribution says:

" Vim syntax file
" Language:     Ruby
" Maintainer:   Mirko Nasato
" Last Change:  2001 May 10
" Location:     http://altern.org/mn/ruby/ruby.vim

There's quite a bit of difference. The folding is nice, though.

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