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1 README_ami.txt for version 7.4 of Vim: Vi IMproved.
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3 This file explains the installation of Vim on Amiga systems.
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4 See README.txt for general information about Vim.
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7 Unpack the distributed files in the place where you want to keep them. It is
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8 wise to have a "vim" directory to keep your vimrc file and any other files you
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9 change. The distributed files go into a subdirectory. This way you can
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10 easily upgrade to a new version. For example:
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12 dh0:editors/vim contains your vimrc and modified files
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13 dh0:editors/vim/vim54 contains the Vim version 5.4 distributed files
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14 dh0:editors/vim/vim55 contains the Vim version 5.5 distributed files
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16 You would then unpack the archives like this:
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18 cd dh0:editors
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19 tar xf t:vim60bin.tar
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20 tar xf t:vim60rt.tar
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22 Set the $VIM environment variable to point to the top directory of your Vim
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23 files. For the above example:
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25 set VIM=dh0:editors/vim
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27 Vim version 5.4 will look for your vimrc file in $VIM, and for the runtime
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28 files in $VIM/vim54. See ":help $VIM" for more information.
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30 Make sure the Vim executable is in your search path. Either copy the Vim
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31 executable to a directory that is in your search path, or (preferred) modify
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32 the search path to include the directory where the Vim executable is.