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README for version 1.27 of Vim: Vi IMitation.
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor vi. Only the 'Q'
command is missing. Many new features have been added: multi level undo,
command line history, filename completion, quoting, etc. See difference.doc.
This editor is very useful for editing programs and other plain ASCII files.
All commands are given with normal keyboard characters, so those who can type
with ten fingers can work very fast. Function keys can be used for macros.
Vim currently runs under Amiga DOS, MSDOS and UNIX. Porting to other systems
should not be very difficult.
Documentation:
tutor/readme - one hour training course for beginners
reference.doc - complete reference of all Vim commands
difference.doc - summarizes the differences with UNIX vi
index - alfabetical list of commands
unix.doc - remarks for unix
msdos.doc - remarks for MSDOS
Vim is Public Domain. You can copy it as much as you like. If you want to
distribute a modified version of the source code please contact me first.
Installation on the Amiga:
- Put "arp.library" in "libs:" (not required for Amiga DOS 2.0 and later)
- Assign "vim:" to the directory where the vim.hlp file is (for the help
command).
- With DOS 1.3 or earlier: make sure that newcli and run are in "c:" (for
executing external commands).
- Put a shell that accepts a command with "-c" (e.g. "Csh" from Fish disk
624) in "c:" or in any other directory that is in your search path (for
executing external commands).
If you have sufficient memory you can avoid startup delays by making Vim and
csh resident with the command "rez csh vim". You will have to put
"rezlib.library" in your "libs:" directory. Under 2.0 you will need rez
version 0.5.
If you do not use digraphs, you can save some memory by recompiling without
the DIGRAPHS option. If you want to use Vim with other terminals you can
recompile with the TERMCAP option. Vim compiles with Manx 5.x and SAS 6.x.
See the makefiles.
Please send comments, bug reports and suggestions to:
Bram Moolenaar
Clematisstraat 30
5925 BE Venlo
The Netherlands
UUCP E-mail: mool@oce.nl