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    *pi_getscript.txt*  For Vim version 7.1b.  Last change: 2007 May 08

    		GETSCRIPT REFERENCE MANUAL  by Charles E. Campbell, Jr.

    Authors:  Charles E. Campbell, Jr.  <NdrOchip@ScampbellPfamilyA.Mbiz>
    	  (remove NOSPAM from the email address)

    						*GetLatestVimScripts-copyright*

    Copyright: (c) 2004-2006 by Charles E. Campbell, Jr.	*glvs-copyright*
               The VIM LICENSE applies to getscript.vim and
               pi_getscript.txt (see |copyright|) except use
               "getscript" instead of "Vim".  No warranty, express or implied.
    	   Use At-Your-Own-Risk.

    Getscript is a plugin that simplifies retrieval of the latest versions of the
    scripts that you yourself use!  Typing |:GLVS| will invoke getscript; it will
    then use the <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> (see |GetLatestVimScripts_dat|) file to
     get the latest versions of scripts listed therein from	http://vim.sf.net/.

    ==============================================================================

    1. Contents				*glvs-contents* *glvs* *getscript*

       					*GetLatestVimScripts*

    	1. Contents........................................: |glvs-contents|
    	2. GetLatestVimScripts -- Getting Started..........: |glvs-install|
    	3. GetLatestVimScripts Usage.......................: |glvs-usage|
    	4. GetLatestVimScripts Data File...................: |glvs-data|
    	5. GetLatestVimScripts Friendly Plugins............: |glvs-plugins|
    	6. GetLatestVimScripts AutoInstall.................: |glvs-autoinstall|
    	7. GetLatestViMScripts Options.....................: |glvs-options|
    	8. GetLatestVimScripts Algorithm...................: |glvs-alg|
    	9. GetLatestVimScripts History.....................: |glvs-hist|

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    2. GetLatestVimScripts -- Getting Started		*getscript-start*

    						*getlatestvimscripts-install*

    	VERSION FROM VIM DISTRIBUTION			*glvs-dist-install*

    Vim 7.0 does not include the GetLatestVimScripts.dist file which
    serves as an example and a template.  So, you'll need to create
    your own!  See |GetLatestVimScripts_dat|.

    	VERSION FROM VIM SF NET				*glvs-install*

    NOTE: The last step, that of renaming/moving the GetLatestVimScripts.dist
    file, is for those who have just downloaded GetLatestVimScripts.tar.bz2 for
    the first time.

    The GetLatestVimScripts.dist file serves as an example and a template for your
    own personal list.  Feel free to remove all the scripts mentioned within it;
    the "important" part of it is the first two lines.

    Your computer needs to have wget for GetLatestVimScripts to do its work.

    	1. if compressed:  gunzip getscript.vba.gz
    	2. Unix:
    		vim getscript.vba
    		:so %
    		:q
    		cd ~/.vim/GetLatest
    		mv GetLatestVimScripts.dist GetLatestVimScripts.dat
    		(edit GetLatestVimScripts.dat to install your own personal
    		list of desired plugins -- see |GetLatestVimScripts_dat|)

    	3. Windows:
    		vim getscript.vba
    		:so %
    		:q
    		cd **path-to-vimfiles**/GetLatest
    		mv GetLatestVimScripts.dist GetLatestVimScripts.dat
    		(edit GetLatestVimScripts.dat to install your own personal
    		list of desired plugins -- see |GetLatestVimScripts_dat|)

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    3. GetLatestVimScripts Usage				*glvs-usage* *:GLVS*

    Unless its been defined elsewhere,
    	:GLVS
    will invoke GetLatestVimScripts().  If some other plugin has defined that
    command, then you may type

    	:GetLatestVimScripts

    The script will attempt to update and, if permitted, will automatically
     install scripts from	http://vim.sourceforge.net/. To do so it will peruse a
    file,

    	.vim/GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dat                    (unix)

    or
    	..wherever..\vimfiles\GetLatest\GetLatestVimScripts.dat   (windows)
    (see |glvs-data|), and examine plugins in your [.vim|vimfiles]/plugin
    directory (see |glvs-plugins|).

    Scripts which have been downloaded will appear in the
    ~/.vim/GetLatest (unix) or ..wherever..\vimfiles\GetLatest (windows)
    subdirectory.  GetLatestVimScripts will attempt to automatically
    install them if you have the following line in your <.vimrc>:

    	let g:GetLatestVimScripts_allowautoinstall=1

    The <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file will be automatically be updated to
    reflect the latest version of script(s) so downloaded.
    (also see |glvs-options|)

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    4. GetLatestVimScripts Data File		*getscript-data* *glvs-data*

     						*:GetLatestVimScripts_dat*
    The data file <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> must have for its first two lines
    the following text:

    	ScriptID SourceID Filename
    	--------------------------

    Following those two lines are three columns; the first two are numeric
    followed by a text column.  The GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dist file
    contains an example of such a data file.  Anything following a #... is
    ignored, so you may embed comments in the file.

    The first number on each line gives the script's ScriptID.  When you're about
     to use a web browser to look at scripts on	http://vim.sf.net/, just before you
    click on the script's link, you'll see a line resembling

    	http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=40

    The "40" happens to be a ScriptID that GetLatestVimScripts needs to
    download the associated page.

    The second number on each line gives the script's SourceID.  The SourceID
    records the count of uploaded scripts as determined by vim.sf.net; hence it
    serves to indicate "when" a script was uploaded.  Setting the SourceID to 1
    insures that GetLatestVimScripts will assume that the script it has is
    out-of-date.

    The SourceID is extracted by GetLatestVimScripts from the script's page on
    vim.sf.net; whenever it's greater than the one stored in the
    GetLatestVimScripts.dat file, the script will be downloaded
    (see |GetLatestVimScripts_dat|).

    If your script's author has included a special comment line in his/her plugin,
    the plugin itself will be used by GetLatestVimScripts to build your
    <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file, including any dependencies on other scripts it
    may have.  As an example, consider:

    	" GetLatestVimScripts: 884  1 :AutoInstall: AutoAlign.vim

    This comment line tells getscript.vim to check vimscript #884 and that the
    script is automatically installable.  Getscript will also use this line to
    help build the GetLatestVimScripts.dat file, by including a line such as:

    	884 1 AutoAlign.vim

    in it an AutoAlign.vim line isn't already in GetLatestVimScripts.dat file.
    See |glvs-plugins| for more.  Thus, GetLatestVimScripts thus provides a
    comprehensive ability to keep your plugins up-to-date!

    						*GetLatestVimScripts_dat*
    As an example of a <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file:

        ScriptID SourceID Filename
        --------------------------
        294 1 Align.vim
        120 2 decho.vim
         40 3 DrawIt.tar.gz
        451 4 EasyAccents.vim
        195 5 engspchk.vim
        642 6 GetLatestVimScripts.vim
        489 7 Manpageview.vim

    Note: the first two lines are required, but essentially act as comments.

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    5. GetLatestVimScripts Friendly Plugins	*getscript-plugins* *glvs-plugins*

    If a plugin author includes the following comment anywhere in their plugin,
    GetLatestVimScripts will find it and use it to automatically build the user's
    GetLatestVimScripts.dat files:

    	                         src_id
    	                            v
    	" GetLatestVimScripts: ### ### yourscriptname
    	                        ^
    	                    scriptid

    As an author, you should include such a line in to refer to your own script
    plus any additional lines describing any plugin dependencies it may have.
    Same format, of course!

    If your command is auto-installable (see |glvs-autoinstall|), and most scripts
    are, then you may include :AutoInstall: at the start of "yourscriptname".

    GetLatestVimScripts commands for those scripts are then appended, if not
    already present, to the user's GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dat file.  Its a
    relatively painless way to automate the acquisition of any scripts your
    plugins depend upon.

    Now, as an author, you probably don't want GetLatestVimScripts to download
    your own scripts for you yourself, thereby overwriting your not-yet-released
    hard work.  GetLatestVimScripts provides a solution for this:  put

    	0 0 yourscriptname

    into your <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file and GetLatestVimScripts will skip
    examining the "yourscriptname" scripts for those GetLatestVimScripts comment
    lines.  As a result, those lines won't be inadvertently installed into your
    <GetLatestVimScripts.dat> file and subsequently used to download your own
    scripts.  This is especially important to do if you've included the
    :AutoInstall: option.

    Be certain to use the same "yourscriptname" in the "0 0 yourscriptname" line
    as you've used in your GetLatestVimScripts comment!

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    6. GetLatestVimScripts AutoInstall			*getscript-autoinstall*

    							*glvs-autoinstall*

    GetLatestVimScripts now supports "AutoInstall".  Not all scripts are
    supportive of auto-install, as they may have special things you need to do to
    install them (please refer to the script's "install" directions).  On the
    other hand, most scripts will be auto-installable.

    To let GetLatestVimScripts do an autoinstall, the data file's comment field
    should begin with (surrounding blanks are ignored):

    	:AutoInstall:

    Both colons are needed, and it should begin the comment (yourscriptname)
    field.

    One may prevent any autoinstalling by putting the following line in your
    <.vimrc>:

    	let g:GetLatestVimScripts_allowautoinstall= 0

    With :AutoInstall: enabled, as it is by default, files which end with

    	---.tar.bz2  : decompressed & untarred in .vim/ directory
    	---.vba.bz2  : decompressed in .vim/ directory, then vimball handles it
    	---.vim.bz2  : decompressed & moved into .vim/plugin directory
    	---.tar.gz   : decompressed & untarred in .vim/ directory
    	---.vba.gz   : decompressed in .vim/ directory, then vimball handles it
    	---.vim.gz   : decompressed & moved into .vim/plugin directory
    	---.vba      : unzipped in .vim/ directory
    	---.vim      : moved to .vim/plugin directory
    	---.zip      : unzipped in .vim/ directory

    and which merely need to have their components placed by the untar/gunzip or
    move-to-plugin-directory process should be auto-installable.  Vimballs, of
    course, should always be auto-installable.

    When is a script not auto-installable?  Let me give an example:

    	.vim/after/syntax/blockhl.vim

    The <blockhl.vim> script provides block highlighting for C/C++ programs; it is
    available at:

    	http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=104

    Currently, vim's after/syntax only supports by-filetype scripts (in
    blockhl.vim's case, that's after/syntax/c.vim).  Hence, auto-install would
    possibly overwrite the current user's after/syntax/c.vim file.

    In my own case, I use <aftersyntax.vim> (renamed to after/syntax/c.vim) to
    allow a after/syntax/c/ directory:

    	http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1023

    The script allows multiple syntax files to exist separately in the
    after/syntax/c subdirectory.  I can't bundle aftersyntax.vim in and build an
    appropriate tarball for auto-install because of the potential for the
    after/syntax/c.vim contained in it to overwrite a user's c.vim.

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    7. GetLatestVimScripts Options					*glvs-options*

    	g:GetLatestVimScripts_wget
     	default= "wget"
    		This variable holds the name of the command for obtaining
    		scripts.

    	g:GetLatestVimScripts_options
     	default= "-q -O"
    		This variable holds the options to be used with the
    		g:GetLatestVimScripts_wget command.

     	g:getLatestVimScripts_allowautoinstall
     	default= 1
    		This variable indicates whether GetLatestVimScripts is allowed
    		to attempt to automatically install scripts.  Note that it
    		doesn't understand vimballs (yet).  Furthermore, the plugin
    		author has to have explicitly indicated that his/her plugin
    		is automatically installable.

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    8. GetLatestVimScripts Algorithm		*glvs-algorithm* *glvs-alg*

    The Vim sourceforge page dynamically creates a page by keying off of the
    so-called script-id.  Within the webpage of

    	http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=40

    is a line specifying the latest source-id (src_id).  The source identifier
    numbers are always increasing, hence if the src_id is greater than the one
    recorded for the script in GetLatestVimScripts then it's time to download a
    newer copy of that script.

    GetLatestVimScripts will then download the script and update its internal
    database of script ids, source ids, and scriptnames.

    The AutoInstall process will:

    	Move the file from GetLatest/ to the following directory
    		Unix   : $HOME/.vim
    		Windows: $HOME\vimfiles
    	if the downloaded file ends with ".bz2"
    		bunzip2 it
    	else if the downloaded file ends with ".gz"
    		gunzip it
    	if the resulting file ends with ".zip"
    		unzip it
    	else if the resulting file ends with ".tar"
    		tar -oxvf it
    	else if the resulting file ends with ".vim"
    		move it to the plugin subdirectory

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    9. GetLatestVimScripts History		*getscript-history* *glvs-hist* {{{1

    v24 Apr 16, 2007 : * removed save&restore of the fo option during script
                         loading
    v23 Nov 03, 2006 : * ignores comments (#...)
                       * handles vimballs
    v22 Oct 13, 2006 : * supports automatic use of curl if wget is not
                         available
    v21 May 01, 2006 : * now takes advantage of autoloading.
    v20 Dec 23, 2005 : * Eric Haarbauer found&fixed a bug with unzip use;
                         unzip needs the -o flag to overwrite.
    v19 Nov 28, 2005 : * v18's GetLatestVimScript line accessed the wrong
                         script! Fixed.
    v18 Mar 21, 2005 : * bugfix to automatic database construction
                       * bugfix - nowrapscan caused an error
                         (tnx to David Green for the fix)
        Apr 01, 2005   * if shell is bash, "mv" instead of "ren" used in
                         :AutoInstall:s, even though its o/s is windows
        Apr 01, 2005   * when downloading errors occurred, GLVS was
                         terminating early.  It now just goes on to trying
                         the next script (after trying three times to
                         download a script description page)
        Apr 20, 2005   * bugfix - when a failure to download occurred,
                         GetLatestVimScripts would stop early and claim that
                         everything was current.  Fixed.
    v17 Aug 25, 2004 : * g:GetLatestVimScripts_allowautoinstall, which
                         defaults to 1, can be used to prevent all
                         :AutoInstall:
    v16 Aug 25, 2004 : * made execution of bunzip2/gunzip/tar/zip silent
                       * fixed bug with :AutoInstall: use of helptags
    v15 Aug 24, 2004 : * bugfix: the "0 0 comment" download prevention wasn't
                         always preventing downloads (just usually).  Fixed.
    v14 Aug 24, 2004 : * bugfix -- helptags was using dotvim, rather than
                         s:dotvim.  Fixed.
    v13 Aug 23, 2004 : * will skip downloading a file if its scriptid or srcid
                         is zero.  Useful for script authors; that way their
                         own GetLatestVimScripts activity won't overwrite
                         their scripts.
    v12 Aug 23, 2004 : * bugfix - a "return" got left in the distribution that
                         was intended only for testing.  Removed, now works.
                       * :AutoInstall: implemented
    v11 Aug 20, 2004 : * GetLatestVimScripts is now a plugin:
                       * :GetLatestVimScripts command
                       * (runtimepath)/GetLatest/GetLatestVimScripts.dat
                         now holds scripts that need updating
    v10 Apr 19, 2004 : * moved history from script to doc
    v9  Jan 23, 2004 :   windows (win32/win16/win95) will use
                         double quotes ("") whereas other systems will use
                         single quotes ('') around the urls in calls via wget
    v8  Dec 01, 2003 :   makes three tries at downloading
    v7  Sep 02, 2003 :   added error messages if "Click on..." or "src_id="
                         not found in downloaded webpage
                         Uses t_ti, t_te, and rs to make progress visible
    v6  Aug 06, 2003 :   final status messages now display summary of work
                         ( "Downloaded someqty scripts" or
                           "Everything was current")
                         Now GetLatestVimScripts is careful about downloading
                         GetLatestVimScripts.vim itself!
                         (goes to <NEW_GetLatestVimScripts.vim>)
    v5  Aug 04, 2003 :   missing an endif near bottom
    v4  Jun 17, 2003 :   redraw! just before each "considering" message
    v3  May 27, 2003 :   Protects downloaded files from errant shell
                         expansions with single quotes: '...'
    v2  May 14, 2003 :   extracts name of item to be obtained from the
                         script file.  Uses it instead of comment field
                         for output filename; comment is used in the
                         "considering..." line and is now just a comment!
                       * Fixed a bug: a string-of-numbers is not the
                         same as a number, so I added zero to them
                         and they became numbers.  Fixes comparison.

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