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| Subject: Patch 7.3.248 |
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| From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> |
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| Patch 7.3.248 |
| Problem: PC Install instructions missing install instructions. |
| Solution: Step-by-step explanation. (Michael Soyka) |
| Files: src/INSTALLpc.txt |
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| *** 11,19 **** |
| this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should |
| be fine for most people. |
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| ! With the exception of the last two sections (Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS), |
| ! this document assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 |
| ! (Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista and Windows 95/98/Me) |
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| Contents: |
| --- 11,19 ---- |
| this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should |
| be fine for most people. |
| |
| ! With the exception of two sections (Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS), this document |
| ! assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 or later. |
| ! (Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7) |
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| Contents: |
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| *** 27,32 **** |
| --- 27,35 ---- |
| 8. Windows 3.1 |
| 9. MS-DOS |
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| + 10. Installing after building from sources |
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| + |
| The currently preferred method is using the free Visual C++ Toolkit 2008 |
| |msvc-2008-express|, the produced binary runs on most MS-Windows systems. If |
| you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2003 one |
| |
| *** 409,411 **** |
| --- 412,470 ---- |
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| If you get all kinds of strange error messages when compiling, try adding |
| changing the file format from "unix" to "dos". |
| + |
| + |
| + 10. Installing after building from sources |
| + ========================================== |
| + |
| + [provided by Michael Soyka] |
| + |
| + After you've built the Vim binaries as described above, you're ready to |
| + install Vim on your system. However, if you've obtained the Vim sources |
| + using Mercurial or by downloading them as a unix tar file, you must first |
| + create a "vim73" directory. If you instead downloaded the sources as |
| + zip files, you can skip this setup as the zip archives already have the |
| + correct directory structure. |
| + |
| + A. Create a Vim "runtime" subdirectory named "vim73" |
| + ----------------------------------------------------- |
| + If you obtained your Vim sources as zip files, you can skip this step. |
| + Otherwise, continue reading. |
| + |
| + Go to the directory that contains the Vim "src" and "runtime" |
| + directories and create a new subdirectory named "vim73". |
| + |
| + Copy the "runtime" files into "vim73": |
| + copy runtime\* vim73 |
| + |
| + B. Copy the new binaries into the "vim73" directory |
| + ---------------------------------------------------- |
| + Regardless of how you installed the Vim sources, you need to copy the |
| + new binaries you created above into "vim73": |
| + |
| + copy src\*.exe vim73 |
| + copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim73 |
| + copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim73 |
| + |
| + C. Move the "vim73" directory into the Vim installation subdirectory |
| + --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| + Move the "vim73" subdirectory into the subdirectory where you want Vim |
| + to be installed. Typically, this subdirectory will be named "vim". |
| + If you already have a "vim73" subdirectory in "vim", delete it first |
| + by running its unstal.exe program. |
| + |
| + D. Install Vim |
| + --------------- |
| + "cd" to your Vim installation subdirectory "vim\vim73" and run the |
| + "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about |
| + how you would like to have your Vim setup. Among these are: |
| + - You can tell it to write a "_vimrc" file with your preferences in the |
| + parent directory. |
| + - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer |
| + popup menu. |
| + - You can have it create batch files, so that you can run Vim from the |
| + console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your |
| + PATH or add the directory to PATH using the Windows Control Panel. |
| + - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu. |
| + |
| + Happy Vimming! |
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| *** 711,712 **** |
| --- 711,714 ---- |
| { /* Add new patch number below this line */ |
| + /**/ |
| + 248, |
| /**/ |
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