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diff --git a/runtime/tutor/README_dos.txt b/runtime/tutor/README_dos.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f4818b8a2..000000000 --- a/runtime/tutor/README_dos.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,154 +0,0 @@ -README_dos.txt for version 7.2a of Vim: Vi IMproved. - -This file explains the installation of Vim on MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems. -See "README.txt" for general information about Vim. - -There are two ways to install Vim: -A. Use the self-installing .exe file. -B. Unpack .zip files and run the install.exe program. - - -A. Using the self-installing .exe ---------------------------------- - -This is mostly self-explaining. Just follow the prompts and make the -selections. A few things to watch out for: - -- When an existing installation is detected, you are offered to first remove - this. The uninstall program is then started while the install program waits - for it to complete. Sometimes the windows overlap each other, which can be - confusing. Be sure the complete the uninstalling before continuing the - installation. Watch the taskbar for uninstall windows. - -- When selecting a directory to install Vim, use the same place where other - versions are located. This makes it easier to find your _vimrc file. For - example "C:\Program Files\vim" or "D:\vim". A name ending in "vim" is - preferred. - -- After selecting the directory where to install Vim, clicking on "Next" will - start the installation. - - -B. Using .zip files -------------------- - -These are the normal steps to install Vim from the .zip archives: - -1. Go to the directory where you want to put the Vim files. Examples: - cd C:\ - cd D:\editors - If you already have a "vim" directory, go to the directory in which it is - located. Check the $VIM setting to see where it points to: - set VIM - For example, if you have - C:\vim\vim54 - do - cd C:\ - Binary and runtime Vim archives are normally unpacked in the same location, - on top of each other. - -2. Unpack the zip archives. This will create a new directory "vim\vim70", - in which all the distributed Vim files are placed. Since the directory - name includes the version number, it is unlikely that you overwrite - existing files. - Examples: - pkunzip -d gvim70.zip - unzip vim70w32.zip - - You need to unpack the runtime archive and at least one of the binary - archives. When using more than one binary version, be careful not to - overwrite one version with the other, the names of the executables - "vim.exe" and "gvim.exe" are the same. - - After you unpacked the files, you can still move the whole directory tree - to another location. That is where they will stay, the install program - won't move or copy the runtime files. - - Only for the 32 bit DOS version on MS-DOS without DPMI support (trying to - run install.exe will produce an error message): Unpack the CSDPMI4B.ZIP - archive and follow the instructions in the documentation. - -3. Change to the new directory: - cd vim\vim70 - 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. If you skip this, you can add Vim to the search path manually: - The simplest is to add a line to your autoexec.bat. Examples: - set path=%path%;C:\vim\vim70 - set path=%path%;D:\editors\vim\vim70 - - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu. - -That's it! - - -Remarks: - -- If Vim can't find the runtime files, ":help" won't work and the GUI version - won't show a menubar. Then you need to set the $VIM environment variable to - point to the top directory of your Vim files. Example: - set VIM=C:\editors\vim - Vim version 6.0 will look for your vimrc file in $VIM, and for the runtime - files in $VIM/vim70. See ":help $VIM" for more information. - -- To avoid confusion between distributed files of different versions and your - own modified vim scripts, it is recommended to use this directory layout: - ("C:\vim" is used here as the root, replace it with the path you use) - Your own files: - C:\vim\_vimrc Your personal vimrc. - C:\vim\_viminfo Dynamic info for 'viminfo'. - C:\vim\vimfiles\ftplugin\*.vim Filetype plugins - C:\vim\... Other files you made. - Distributed files: - C:\vim\vim70\vim.exe The Vim version 6.0 executable. - C:\vim\vim70\doc\*.txt The version 6.0 documentation files. - C:\vim\vim70\bugreport.vim A Vim version 6.0 script. - C:\vim\vim70\... Other version 6.0 distributed files. - In this case the $VIM environment variable would be set like this: - set VIM=C:\vim - Then $VIMRUNTIME will automatically be set to "$VIM\vim70". Don't add - "vim70" to $VIM, that won't work. - -- You can put your Vim executable anywhere else. If the executable is not - with the other Vim files, you should set $VIM. The simplest is to add a line - to your autoexec.bat. Examples: - set VIM=c:\vim - set VIM=d:\editors\vim - -- If you have told the "install.exe" program to add the "Edit with Vim" menu - entry, you can remove it by running the "uninstal.exe". See - ":help win32-popup-menu". - -- In Windows 95/98/NT you can create a shortcut to Vim. This works for all - DOS and Win32 console versions. For the console version this gives you the - opportunity to set defaults for the Console where Vim runs in. - - 1. On the desktop, click right to get a menu. Select New/Shortcut. - 2. In the dialog, enter Command line: "C:\command.com". Click "Next". - 3. Enter any name. Click "Finish". - The new shortcut will appear on the desktop. - 4. With the mouse pointer on the new shortcut, click right to get a menu. - Select Properties. - 5. In the Program tab, change the "Cmdline" to add "/c" and the name of the - Vim executable. Examples: - C:\command.com /c C:\vim\vim70\vim.exe - C:\command.com /c D:\editors\vim\vim70\vim.exe - 6. Select the font, window size, etc. that you like. If this isn't - possible, select "Advanced" in the Program tab, and deselect "MS-DOS - mode". - 7. Click OK. - - For gvim, you can use a normal shortcut on the desktop, and set the size of - the Window in your $VIM/_gvimrc: - set lines=30 columns=90 - - -For further information, type one of these inside Vim: - :help dos - :help msdos - :help win32 |