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*getscript.txt* Get the Latest VimScripts Dec 23, 2005
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Authors: Charles E. Campbell, Jr. <NdrOchip@ScampbellPfamilyA.Mbiz>
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(remove NOSPAM from the email address)
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*GetLatestVimScripts-copyright*
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Copyright: (c) 2004-2005 by Charles E. Campbell, Jr.
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The VIM LICENSE applies to GetLatestVimScripts.vim and
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GetLatestVimScripts.txt (see |copyright|) except use
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"GetLatestVimScripts" instead of "Vim".
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No warranty, express or implied. Use At-Your-Own-Risk.
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==============================================================================
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1. Contents *glvs-contents*
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1. Contents.......................................: |glvs-contents|
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2. GetLatestVimScripts Usage......................: |glvs|
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3. GetLatestVimScripts Data File..................: |glvs-data|
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4. GetLatestVimScripts Plugins....................: |glvs-plugins|
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5. GetLatestVimScripts AutoInstall................: |glvs-autoinstall|
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6. GetLatestVimScripts Algorithm..................: |glvs-alg|
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7. GetLatestVimScripts History....................: |glvs-hist|
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==============================================================================
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2. GetLatestVimScripts Usage *getlatestvimscripts* *getscript* *glvs*
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While in vim, type
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>
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:GetLatestVimScripts
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<
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Unless its been defined elsewhere,
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>
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:GLVS
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<
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will also work.
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The script will attempt to update and, if so directed, automatically
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install scripts from http://vim.sourceforge.net/. To do so it will
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peruse a file, [.vim|vimfiles]/GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dat
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(see |glvs-data|), and examine plugins in your [.vim|vimfiles]/plugin
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directory (see |glvs-plugins|).
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Scripts which have been downloaded will appear in the .../GetLatest
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subdirectory.
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The <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file will be automatically be updated to
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reflect the latest version of script(s) so downloaded.
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==============================================================================
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3. GetLatestVimScripts Data File *getlatestvimscripts-data* *glvs-data*
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The Data file has a header which should appear as:
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>
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ScriptID SourceID Filename
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--------------------------
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<
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Below that are three columns; the first two are numeric followed by a
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text column.
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The first number on each line gives the script's ScriptID. When
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you're about to use a web browser to look at scripts on
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http://vim.sf.net/, just before you click on the script's link, you'll
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see a line resembling
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http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=40
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The "40" happens to be a ScriptID that GetLatestVimScripts needs to
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download the associated page.
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The second number on each line gives the script's SourceID. The
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SourceID records the count of uploaded scripts as determined by
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vim.sf.net; hence it serves to indicate "when" a script was uploaded.
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Setting the SourceID to 1 insures that GetLatestVimScripts will assume
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that the script it has is out-of-date.
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The SourceID is extracted by GetLatestVimScripts from the script's
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page on vim.sf.net; whenever its greater than the one stored in the
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GetLatestVimScripts.dat file, the script will be downloaded.
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If your script's author has included a special comment line in his/her
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plugin, the plugin itself will be used by GetLatestVimScripts to build
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your <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file, including any dependencies on
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other scripts it may have.
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If your comment field begins with :AutoInstall:, GetLatestVimScripts
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will attempt to automatically install the script. Thus,
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GetLatestVimScripts thus provides a comprehensive ability to keep your
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plugins up-to-date!
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==============================================================================
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4. GetLatestVimScripts Plugins *getlatestvimscripts-plugins* *glvs-plugins*
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If a plugin author includes the following comment anywhere in their
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plugin, GetLatestVimScripts will find it and use it to build user's
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GetLatestVimScripts.dat files:
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>
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src_id
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v
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" GetLatestVimScripts: ### ### yourscriptname
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^
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scriptid
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<
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As an author, you should include such a line in to refer to your own
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script plus any additional lines describing any plugin dependencies it
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may have. Same format, of course!
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If your command is auto-installable (see |glvs-autoinstall|), and most
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scripts are, then you may include :AutoInstall: at the start of
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"yourscriptname".
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GetLatestVimScript commands for those scripts are then appended, if
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not already present, to the user's GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dat
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file. Its a relatively painless way to automate the acquisition of
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any scripts your plugins depend upon.
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Now, as an author, you probably don't want GetLatestVimScripts to
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download your own scripts for you yourself, thereby overwriting your
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not-yet-released hard work. GetLatestVimScripts provides a solution
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for this: put
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>
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0 0 yourscriptname
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<
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into your <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file and GetLatestVimScripts will
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skip examining the "yourscriptname" scripts for those
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GetLatestVimScript comment lines. As a result, those lines won't be
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inadvertently installed into your <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file and
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subsequently used to download your own scripts. This is especially
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important to do if you've included the :AutoInstall: option.
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Be certain to use the same "yourscriptname" in the "0 0
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yourscriptname" line as you've used in your GetLatestVimScript
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comment!
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==============================================================================
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5. GetLatestVimScripts AutoInstall *getlatestvimscripts-autoinstall*
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*glvs-autoinstall*
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GetLatestVimScripts now supports "AutoInstall". Not all scripts are
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supportive of auto-install, as they may have special things you need
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to do to install them (please refer to the script's "install"
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directions). On the other hand, most scripts will be
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auto-installable.
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To let GetLatestVimScripts do an autoinstall, the data file's comment
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field should begin with (surrounding blanks are ignored):
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:AutoInstall:
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Both colons are needed, and it should begin the comment
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(yourscriptname) field.
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One may prevent any autoinstalling by putting the following line
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in your <.vimrc>:
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>
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let g:GetLatestVimScripts_allowautoinstall= 0
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<
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With :AutoInstall: enabled, as it is by default, files which end with
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---.tar.bz2 : decompressed and untarred in [.vim|vimfiles] directory
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---.tar.gz : decompressed and untarred in [.vim|vimfiles] directory
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---.vim.bz2 : decompressed and moved to the .vim/plugin directory
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---.vim.gz : decompressed and moved to the .vim/plugin directory
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---.zip : unzipped in [.vim|vimfiles] directory
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---.vim : moved to [.vim|vimfiles]/plugin directory
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and which merely need to have their components placed by the
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untar/gunzip or move-to-plugin-directory process should be
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auto-installable.
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When is a script not auto-installable? Let me give an example:
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>
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[.vim|vimfiles]/after/syntax/blockhl.vim
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<
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The <blockhl.vim> script provides block highlighting for C/C++
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programs; it is available at:
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>
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http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=104
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<
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Currently, vim's after/syntax only supports by-filetype scripts (in
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blockhl.vim's case, that's after/syntax/c.vim). Hence, auto-install
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would possibly overwrite the current user's after/syntax/c.vim file.
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In my own case, I use <aftersyntax.vim> (renamed to
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after/syntax/c.vim) to allow a after/syntax/c/ directory:
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>
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http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1023
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<
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The script allows multiple syntax files to exist separately in the
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after/syntax/c subdirectory. I can't bundle aftersyntax.vim in and
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build an appropriate tarball for auto-install because of the potential
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for the after/syntax/c.vim contained in it to overwrite a user's
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c.vim.
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==============================================================================
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6. GetLatestVimScripts Algorithm *getlatestvimscripts-algorithm*
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*glvs-alg*
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The Vim sourceforge page dynamically creates a page by keying off of
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the so-called script-id. Within the webpage of
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http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=40
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is a line specifying the latest source-id (src_id). The source
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identifier numbers are always increasing, hence if the src_id is
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greater than the one recorded for the script in GetLatestVimScripts
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then its time to download a newer copy of that script.
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GetLatestVimScripts will then download the script and update its
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internal database of script ids, source ids, and scriptnames.
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The AutoInstall process will:
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Move the file from GetLatest/ to the following directory
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Unix : $HOME/.vim
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Windows: $HOME\vimfiles
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if the downloaded file ends with ".bz2"
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bunzip2 it
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else if the downloaded file ends with ".gz"
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gunzip it
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if the resulting file ends with ".zip"
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unzip it
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else if the resulting file ends with ".tar"
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tar -oxvf it
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else if the resulting file ends with ".vim"
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move it to the plugin subdirectory
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==============================================================================
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7. GetLatestVimScripts History *getlatestvimscripts-history* *glvs-hist*
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v20 Dec 23, 2005 : * Eric Haarbauer found&fixed a bug with unzip use;
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unzip needs the -o flag to overwrite.
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v19 Nov 28, 2005 : * v18's GetLatestVimScript line accessed the wrong
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script! Fixed.
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v18 Mar 21, 2005 : * bugfix to automatic database construction
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* bugfix - nowrapscan caused an error
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(tnx to David Green for the fix)
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Apr 01, 2005 * if shell is bash, "mv" instead of "ren" used in
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:AutoInstall:s, even though its o/s is windows
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Apr 01, 2005 * when downloading errors occurred, GLVS was
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terminating early. It now just goes on to trying
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the next script (after trying three times to
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download a script description page)
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Apr 20, 2005 * bugfix - when a failure to download occurred,
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GetLatestVimScripts would stop early and claim that
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everything was current. Fixed.
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v17 Aug 25, 2004 : * g:GetLatestVimScripts_allowautoinstall, which
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defaults to 1, can be used to prevent all
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:AutoInstall:
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v16 Aug 25, 2004 : * made execution of bunzip2/gunzip/tar/zip silent
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* fixed bug with :AutoInstall: use of helptags
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v15 Aug 24, 2004 : * bugfix: the "0 0 comment" download prevention wasn't
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always preventing downloads (just usually). Fixed.
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v14 Aug 24, 2004 : * bugfix -- helptags was using dotvim, rather than
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s:dotvim. Fixed.
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v13 Aug 23, 2004 : * will skip downloading a file if its scriptid or srcid
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is zero. Useful for script authors; that way their
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own GetLatestVimScripts activity won't overwrite
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their scripts.
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v12 Aug 23, 2004 : * bugfix - a "return" got left in the distribution that
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was intended only for testing. Removed, now works.
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* :AutoInstall: implemented
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v11 Aug 20, 2004 : * GetLatestVimScripts is now a plugin:
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* :GetLatestVimScripts command
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* (runtimepath)/GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dat
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now holds scripts that need updating
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v10 Apr 19, 2004 : * moved history from script to doc
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v9 Jan 23, 2004 : windows (win32/win16/win95) will use
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double quotes ("") whereas other systems will use
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single quotes ('') around the urls in calls via wget
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v8 Dec 01, 2003 : makes three tries at downloading
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v7 Sep 02, 2003 : added error messages if "Click on..." or "src_id="
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not found in downloaded webpage
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Uses t_ti, t_te, and rs to make progress visible
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v6 Aug 06, 2003 : final status messages now display summary of work
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( "Downloaded someqty scripts" or
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"Everything was current")
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Now GetLatestVimScripts is careful about downloading
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GetLatestVimScripts.vim itself!
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(goes to <NEW_GetLatestVimScripts.vim>)
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v5 Aug 04, 2003 : missing an endif near bottom
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v4 Jun 17, 2003 : redraw! just before each "considering" message
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v3 May 27, 2003 : Protects downloaded files from errant shell
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expansions with single quotes: '...'
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v2 May 14, 2003 : extracts name of item to be obtained from the
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script file. Uses it instead of comment field
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for output filename; comment is used in the
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"considering..." line and is now just a comment!
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* Fixed a bug: a string-of-numbers is not the
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same as a number, so I added zero to them
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and they became numbers. Fixes comparison.
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==============================================================================
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