Subject: Vim 3.0 (vim-3.0.tar.gz) replaced at sunsite
From: [email-masked] (Darren Hiebert)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 14:52:02 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

It has been reported to me that the archive of Vim 3.0 at sunsite,
(sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/apps/editors/vi/vim-3.0.tar.gz) has somehow
become corrupted after its upload (I have noted that it is now 11 bytes too
short). I have uploaded a replacement for this file. The correct length is
468261 bytes. Note also that the LSM file has been revised as well. Both of
these can be found at /pub/Linux/Incoming until they are moved to replace
their former conterparts at /pub/Linux/apps/editors/vi.

It has also been reported by one person that the archive file at the primary
site has also been corrupted, but I have not been able to confirm this. If
you have knowledge of this, please let me know.

Please note that the author Bram Moolenaar (formerly at [email-masked]) has
moved to Uganda for one year to participate in building schools for
children. His previous email address is no longer valid and should be
changed when he is able to find an account somewhere.

For those who are interested in the good heart of the author of their
favorite editor, here is a report he sent me of his previous month-long trip
to Uganda in February:

> I have spend most of the time in the place I visited last summer. It is
> Kibale Children's centre. It consists of a nursery school, primary school,
> orphanage, sponsorship administration and community work center. I have
> painted in the nursery school that we built last summer. The finishing touch.
> 17th of January the school started there. It was great to see the children
> play and learn in a proper classroom.
> 
> As I was working by myself this trip I could choose my own time. The girl that
> accompanied me did some other work for the school. I had a lot of time to talk
> to the other people that were working at the project, read a book, enjoy the
> food, etc. Although the place is a bit primitive, it really felt like a
> holiday (painting is more a hobby than work for me).
> 
> I visited many other places and met a lot of people. I spend a few days
> driving through the north with a headmaster. He showed me three other
> projects: a secondary school recovering from the rebel wars in 1987; a primary
> school being rebuild; a project to rehabilitate street children. This showed
> me that there are so many places in Uganda where help is needed. Can you
> imagine studying in a school without doors? They were used for firewood during
> the war and still have not been replaced.
> 
> I learned a lot about the project in Kibale. They have many plans for the
> future. This year they want to start building a new primary school. Currently
> dormitories are used as classrooms. They have just started a very big building
> which will function as the center of the community project. It will house
> seminar rooms, a clinic, a dentist, a library and offices. In villages up to
> 10 miles from the center they will start improving the water and sanitary
> system, educate health workers, do adult literacy classes, etc. Hearing about
> these plans I really feel I have to go back there again!

And after finishing Vim 3.0 in August, he wrote:

> I'm off to Uganda now. Don't bother to send me mail until I have the new
> address. If you send something to [email-masked] it will be stored and forwarded
> later.
> 
> September 1994 - August 1995:
> Kibaale Children's Centre			Tel: +256 481 21033
> p.o. box 1658, Masaka, Uganda, East Africa   	Fax: +256 481 20514

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