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updated for version 7.3.115 Problem: Vim can crash when tmpnam() returns NULL. Solution: Check for NULL. (Hong Xu)
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date Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:44:51 +0100
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1 README_zOS.txt for version 7.3 of Vim: Vi IMproved.
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3 This readme explains how to build Vim on z/OS. Formerly called OS/390.
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4 See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.
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6 Most likely there are not many users out there using Vim on z/OS. So chances
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7 are good, that some bugs are still undiscovered.
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9 Getting the source to z/OS:
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10 ==========================
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12 First get the source code in one big tar file and ftp it a binary to z/OS. If
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13 the tar file is initially compressed with gzip (tar.gz) or bzip2 (tar.bz2)
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14 uncompress it on your PC, as this tools are (most likely) not available on the
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15 mainframe.
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17 To reduce the size of the tar file you might compress it into a zip file. On
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18 z/OS Unix you might have the command "jar" from java to uncompress a zip. Use:
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19 jar xvf <zip file name>
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21 Unpack the tar file on z/OS with
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22 pax -o from=ISO8859-1,to=IBM-1047 -rf vim.tar
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24 Note: The Vim source contains a few bitmaps etc which will be destroyed by
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25 this command, but these files are not needed on zOS (at least not for the
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26 console version).
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29 Compiling:
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30 ==========
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32 Vim can be compiled with or without GUI support. For 7.3 only the compilation
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33 without GUI was tested. Below is a section about compiling with X11 but this
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34 is from an earlier version of Vim.
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36 Console only:
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37 -------------
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39 If you build VIM without X11 support, compiling and building is nearly
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40 straightforward.
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42 Change to the vim directory and do:
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44 # Don't use c89!
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45 # Allow intermixing of compiler options and files.
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47 $ export CC=cc
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48 $ export _CC_CCMODE=1
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49 $./configure --with-features=big --without-x --enable-gui=no
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50 $ cd src
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51 $ make
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53 There may be warnings:
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54 - include files not found (libc, sys/param.h, ...)
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58 $ make test
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60 This will produce lots of garbage on your screen (including error
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61 messages). Don't worry.
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63 If the test stops at one point in vim (might happen in test 11), just
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64 press :q!
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66 Expected test failures:
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67 11: If you don't have gzip installed
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68 24: test of backslash sequences in regexp are ASCII dependent
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69 42: Multibyte is not supported on z/OS
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70 55: ASCII<->EBCDIC sorting
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71 57: ASCII<->EBCDIC sorting
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73 71: Blowfish encryption doesn't work
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75 $ make install
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78 With X11:
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79 ---------
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81 WARNING: This instruction was not tested with Vim 7.3.
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83 There are two ways for building VIM with X11 support. The first way is simple
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84 and results in a big executable (~13 Mb), the second needs a few additional
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85 steps and results in a much smaller executable (~4.5 Mb). This examples assume
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86 you want Motif.
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88 The easy way:
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89 $ export CC=cc
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90 $ export _CC_CCMODE=1
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91 $ ./configure --enable-max-features --enable-gui=motif
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92 $ cd src
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93 $ make
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95 With this VIM is linked statically with the X11 libraries.
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97 The smarter way:
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98 Make VIM as described above. Then create a file named 'link.sed' with the
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99 following content (see src/link.390):
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101 s/-lXext *//g
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102 s/-lXmu *//g
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110 $ rm vim
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111 $ make
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115 See the Makefile and the file link.sh on how link.sed is used.
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