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This file contains the particularities for the MSDOS version of Vim.
If the "tx" (textmode) option is set (which is the default), Vim will accept a
single <LF> or a <CR><LF> pair for end-of-line. When writing a file Vim will
use <CR><LF>. Thus if you edit a file and write it, <LF> is replaced with
<CR><LF>. Single <CR> characters are lost. If the "tx" option is not set the
single <LF> will be used for end-of-line. A <CR> will be shown as ^M.
You can use Vim to replace <LF> by <CR><LF> by reading in any mode and
writing in text mode. You can use Vim to replace <CR><LF> by <LF> by reading
in text mode and writing in non-text mode.
Script files contain single <CR> characters. If you want to edit a script file
you should reset the textmode option before loading the file.
The default help filename is "$VIM\vim.hlp". If the environment variable $VIM
is not defined or the file is not found, the DOS search path is used to search
for the file "vim.hlp".
The files "_vimrc" and "_exrc" are used instead of ".vimrc" and ".exrc".
The files "$VIM\_vimrc" and "$VIM\_exrc" are used instead of "s:.vimrc" and
"s:.exrc".
Use CTRL-break instead of CTRL-C to interrupt searches. The CTRL-C is not
detected until a key is read.
Use CTRL-arrow-left and CTRL-arrow-right instead of SHIFT-arrow-left and
SHIFT-arrow-right. The arrow-up and arrow-down cannot be used with SHIFT or
CTRL.
Temporary files (for filtering) are put in the current directory.
The default for the sh (shell) option is "command". External commands are
started with "command /c <command_name>". Typing CTRL-Z starts a new command
shell. Return to Vim with "exit".
MS-DOS allows for only one filename extention. Therefore, in the original
filename the '.' is replaced by a '_', the name is truncated to 8 characters
and the new extention ".vim" or ".bak" is appended. Two examples: "test.c"
becomes "test_c.bak", "ditiseen.tst" becomes "ditiseen.bak".
The MS-DOS binary was compiled with Turbo-C version 2.0 (yes, it's old). You
may get some "argument never used" warning messages. They can be ignored. If
you get all kinds of strange error messages when compiling, you have to add
<CR> characters at the end of each line. This can be done with the addcr
program: "make addcr". This will compile addcr.c to addcr.exe and execute
the addcr.bat file.
The *.info files are for the Amiga. You don't need them with MSDOS.