Releases: vim/vim-appimage
Vim: v9.1.0689
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0689
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0689 - Vim git commit: cacb6693c - glibc: 2.29
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- 9.1.0689: [security]: buffer-overflow in do_search() with 'rightleft'
- runtime(vim): Improve heredoc handling for all embedded scripts
- 9.1.0688: Vim9: dereferences NULL pointer in check_type_is_value()
- 9.1.0687: Makefile may not install desktop files
- runtime(man): Fix <Plug>ManBS
- runtime(java): Make the bundled &foldtext function optional
- runtime(netrw): Change line on `mx` if command output exists
- runtime(netrw): Fix `mf`-selected entry highlighting
- runtime(htmlangular): add html syntax highlighting
- translation(it): Fix filemode of Italian manpages
- runtime(doc): Update outdated man.vim plugin information
- runtime(zip): simplify condition to detect MS-Windows
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/v9.1.0689/GVim-v9.1.0689.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/v9.1.0689/Vim-v9.1.0689.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0686
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0686
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0686 - Vim git commit: 7790ea0c6 - glibc: 2.29
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- 9.1.0686: zip-plugin has problems with special characters
- runtime(pandoc): escape quotes in &errorformat for pandoc
- translation(it): updated Italian manpage
- 9.1.0685: too many strlen() calls in usercmd.c
- runtime(doc): fix grammar in :h :keeppatterns
- runtime(pandoc): refine pandoc compiler settings
- 9.1.0684: completion is inserted on Enter with "noselect"
- translation(ru): update man pages
- 9.1.0683: mode() returns wrong value with <Cmd> mapping
- runtime(doc): remove trailing whitespace in cmdline.txt
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/v9.1.0686/GVim-v9.1.0686.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/v9.1.0686/Vim-v9.1.0686.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0682
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0682
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0682 - Vim git commit: 3840d2fea - glibc: 2.29
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- runtime(doc): remove trailing whitespace in cmdline.txt
- 9.1.0682: Vim9: Segfault with uninitialized funcref
- 9.1.0681: tests: Analyzing failed screendumps is hard
- runtime(doc): more clarification for the :keeppatterns needed
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/v9.1.0682/GVim-v9.1.0682.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/v9.1.0682/Vim-v9.1.0682.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0680
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0680
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0680 - Vim git commit: 10231ac63 - glibc: 2.29
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- 9.1.0680: VMS does not have defined uintptr_t
- runtime(doc): improve typedchar documentation for KeyInputPre autocmd
- runtime(dist): verify that executable is in $PATH
- translation(it): update Italian manpages
- runtime(doc): clarify the effect of :keeppatterns after v9.1.0677
- runtime(doc): update Makefile and make it portable between GNU and BSD
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/v9.1.0680/GVim-v9.1.0680.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/v9.1.0680/Vim-v9.1.0680.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0679
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0679
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0679 - Vim git commit: cba93cab5 - glibc: 2.29
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- runtime(doc): clarify the effect of :keeppatterns after v9.1.0677
- runtime(doc): update Makefile and make it portable between GNU and BSD
- 9.1.0679: Rename from w_closing to w_locked is incomplete
- runtime(colors): update colorschemes
- runtime(vim): Update base-syntax, improve :let-heredoc highlighting
- runtime(doc): Updating the examples in the xxd manpage
- translation(ru): Updated uganda.rux
- runtime(yaml): do not re-indent when commenting out lines
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/v9.1.0679/GVim-v9.1.0679.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/v9.1.0679/Vim-v9.1.0679.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0678
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0678
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0678 - Vim git commit: c6ed81676 - glibc: 2.29
GitHub Actions Logfile
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- runtime(yaml): do not re-indent when commenting out lines
- 9.1.0678: [security]: use-after-free in alist_add()
- 9.1.0677: :keepp does not retain the substitute pattern
- translation(ja): Update Japanese translations to latest release
- runtime(netrw): Drop committed trace lines
- runtime(netrw): Error popup not always used
- runtime(netrw): ErrorMsg() may throw E121
- runtime(tutor): update Makefile and make it portable between GNU and BSD
- translation: improve the po/cleanup.vim script
- runtime(lang): update Makefile and make it portable between GNU and BSD
- 9.1.0676: style issues with man pages
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/v9.1.0678/GVim-v9.1.0678.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/v9.1.0678/Vim-v9.1.0678.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0675
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0675
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0675 - Vim git commit: ded1677dd - glibc: 2.29
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- 9.1.0675: Patch v9.1.0674 causes problems
- runtime(dosbatch): Show %%i as an argument in syntax file
- runtime(dosbatch): Add syn-sync to syntax file
- runtime(sql, mysql): fix E169: Command too recursive with sql_type_default = "mysql"
- 9.1.0674: Vim9: compiling abstract method fails because of missing return
- runtime(javascript): fix a few issues with syntax higlighting
- runtime(mediawiki): fix typo in doc, test for b:did_ftplugin var
- runtime(termdebug): Fix wrong test for balloon feature
- runtime(doc): Remove mentioning of the voting feature
- runtime(doc): add help tags for json + markdown global variables
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/v9.1.0675/GVim-v9.1.0675.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/v9.1.0675/Vim-v9.1.0675.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0673
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0673
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0673 - Vim git commit: dc831db6e - glibc: 2.29
GitHub Actions Logfile
Downloads
This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- runtime(doc): add help tags for json + markdown global variables
- 9.1.0673: Vim9: too recursive func calls when calling super-class method
- runtime(syntax-tests): Facilitate the viewing of rendered screendumps
- runtime(doc): fix a few style issues
- 9.1.0672: marker folds may get corrupted on undo
- Problem: crash with WinNewPre autocommand
- 9.1.0670: po file encoding fails on *BSD during make
- translation(it): Update Italian translation
- translation: Stop using msgconv
- 9.1.0669: if_python: stable python ABI not used by default
- Update .gitignore and .hgignore files
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/v9.1.0673/GVim-v9.1.0673.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/v9.1.0673/Vim-v9.1.0673.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0668
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0668
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0668 - Vim git commit: 9abd7158d - glibc: 2.29
GitHub Actions Logfile
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This release provides the following Artifacts:
Changelog
- 9.1.0668: build-error with python3.12 and stable ABI
- translations: Update generated po files
- 9.1.0667: Some other options reset curswant unnecessarily when set
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/v9.1.0668/GVim-v9.1.0668.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/v9.1.0668/Vim-v9.1.0668.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.
Vim: v9.1.0666
Vim AppImage Release v9.1.0666
Version Information:
GVim: v9.1.0666 - Vim git commit: 9c4b2462b - glibc: 2.29
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Changelog
- 9.1.0666: assert_equal() doesn't show multibyte string correctly
- runtime(doc): clarify directory of Vim's executable vs CWD
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/v9.1.0666/GVim-v9.1.0666.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/v9.1.0666/Vim-v9.1.0666.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.
Interpreter interfaces
The Vim / GVim AppImage's are compiled with Vim interfaces for Perl 5.30, Python 3.8+, Ruby 2.7, and Lua 5.3 and built on Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal"). If your system runs this exact version of Ubuntu (or some compatible flavor), and has the corresponding interpreter packages installed, they will work just as in a native Vim distro package.
Otherwise,
- for Python 3: install it on your system. In Vim,
set pythonthreedll=libpython3.10.so
or similar (use the shell commandsudo ldconfig -p | grep libpython3
to find the library name). See:help +python3/dyn-stable
. - for any interpreter other than Python: the appimage embeds a version of its runtime. The Vim interface will work (see e.g.
:help lua
,:help perl
,:help ruby
), however it won't have access to the default / base modules (with various effects for each interpreter). Any interpreter modules (base and add-ons) installed on your system will be ignored and are most likely not compatible with the runtime version embedded in the AppImage.