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patch 8.2.0848: MS-Windows: the Windows terminal code has some flaws Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/06b7b58455f9c09be3d1c36d174ffbfdf4efcd79 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat May 30 17:49:25 2020 +0200 patch 8.2.0848: MS-Windows: the Windows terminal code has some flaws Problem: MS-Windows: the Windows terminal code has some flaws. Solution: Do not redraw the right edge of the screen. Remove the background color trick. Flush the screen output buffer often. (Nobuhiro Takasaki, #5546)
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1 README_dos.txt for version 8.2 of Vim: Vi IMproved.
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3 This file explains the installation of Vim on MS-Windows systems.
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4 See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.
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6 There are two ways to install Vim:
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8 B. Unpack .zip files and run the install.exe program.
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14 This is mostly self-explaining. Just follow the prompts and make the
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15 selections. A few things to watch out for:
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17 - When an existing installation is detected, you are offered to first remove
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19 for it to complete. Sometimes the windows overlap each other, which can be
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21 installation. Watch the taskbar for uninstall windows.
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23 - When selecting a directory to install Vim, use the same place where other
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24 versions are located. This makes it easier to find your _vimrc file. For
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28 - After selecting the directory where to install Vim, clicking on "Next" will
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29 start the installation.
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33 -------------------
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35 These are the normal steps to install Vim from the .zip archives:
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37 1. Go to the directory where you want to put the Vim files. Examples:
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38 cd C:\
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39 cd D:\editors
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40 If you already have a "vim" directory, go to the directory in which it is
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41 located. Check the $VIM setting to see where it points to:
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42 set VIM
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44 C:\vim\vim82
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45 do
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46 cd C:\
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47 Binary and runtime Vim archives are normally unpacked in the same location,
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52 name includes the version number, it is unlikely that you overwrite
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53 existing files.
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55 pkunzip -d gvim82.zip
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56 unzip vim82w32.zip
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61 "vim.exe" and "gvim.exe" are the same.
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63 After you unpacked the files, you can still move the whole directory tree
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65 won't move or copy the runtime files.
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69 Run the "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about
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72 parent directory.
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73 - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer
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74 popup menu.
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77 $PATH. If you skip this, you can add Vim to the search path manually:
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80 set path=%path%;D:\editors\vim\vim82
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83 That's it!
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97 ("C:\vim" is used here as the root, replace it with the path you use)
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99 C:\vim\_vimrc Your personal vimrc.
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100 C:\vim\_viminfo Dynamic info for 'viminfo'.
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101 C:\vim\vimfiles\ftplugin\*.vim Filetype plugins
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102 C:\vim\... Other files you made.
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103 Distributed files:
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104 C:\vim\vim82\vim.exe The Vim version 8.2 executable.
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105 C:\vim\vim82\doc\*.txt The version 8.2 documentation files.
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106 C:\vim\vim82\bugreport.vim A Vim version 8.2 script.
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107 C:\vim\vim82\... Other version 8.2 distributed files.
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108 In this case the $VIM environment variable would be set like this:
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109 set VIM=C:\vim
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110 Then $VIMRUNTIME will automatically be set to "$VIM\vim82". Don't add
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111 "vim82" to $VIM, that won't work.
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113 - You can put your Vim executable anywhere else. If the executable is not
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114 with the other Vim files, you should set $VIM. The simplest is to add a line
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115 to your autoexec.bat. Examples:
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116 set VIM=c:\vim
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117 set VIM=d:\editors\vim
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119 - If you have told the "install.exe" program to add the "Edit with Vim" menu
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120 entry, you can remove it by running the "uninstall.exe". See
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121 ":help win32-popup-menu".
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123 - In Windows 95/98/NT you can create a shortcut to Vim. This works for all
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124 DOS and Win32 console versions. For the console version this gives you the
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125 opportunity to set defaults for the Console where Vim runs in.
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127 1. On the desktop, click right to get a menu. Select New/Shortcut.
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128 2. In the dialog, enter Command line: "C:\command.com". Click "Next".
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129 3. Enter any name. Click "Finish".
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130 The new shortcut will appear on the desktop.
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131 4. With the mouse pointer on the new shortcut, click right to get a menu.
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132 Select Properties.
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133 5. In the Program tab, change the "Cmdline" to add "/c" and the name of the
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134 Vim executable. Examples:
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135 C:\command.com /c C:\vim\vim82\vim.exe
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136 C:\command.com /c D:\editors\vim\vim82\vim.exe
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137 6. Select the font, window size, etc. that you like. If this isn't
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138 possible, select "Advanced" in the Program tab, and deselect "MS-DOS
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139 mode".
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140 7. Click OK.
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142 For gvim, you can use a normal shortcut on the desktop, and set the size of
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143 the Window in your $VIM/_gvimrc:
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144 set lines=30 columns=90
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147 For further information, type one of these inside Vim:
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148 :help dos
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149 :help win32