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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.
-