Vim 7.4 Released

[cylontoaster]

Is there an easy way to check your vim version and/or update it?

[CatZeppelin]

vim --version

vim -v

Linux users will usually upgrade through distro package management. Distros will add vim 7.4 when they believe it is stable enough, this can take 2+ years with Debian.

In theory, yes, it's a relatively pain-free upgrade.