Update runtime filesWhen you obtain the latest version of Vim and apply all the patches, you stilldon't have the latest version of the runtime files (syntax highlighting,indenting, filetype plugins, etc.). That is because no patches are made forthem.The recommended way is to use the git repository at github.You can fetch the files easily, but you still need to install them.SeeThis page for how to get filesfrom github. If you do not want to build a new binary, you can manually copy the runtimefiles to the right place: % cd vimgithub/runtime% cp -rf * $VIMRUNTIME Find out the value for $VIMRUNTIME inside Vim::echo $VIMRUNTIME Catches: - This will NOT remove deleted files (using rsync might work better). - Some updated scripts may not work with with an older Vim binaryAnother method which directly overwrites the files: % cd $VIMRUNTIME% wget https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/master.tar.gz -O- |tar zfx - vim-master/runtime/ --strip-components=1 |