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patch 9.0.2009: cmdline-completion for comma-separated options wrong Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/54844857fd6933fa4f6678e47610c4b9c9f7a091 Author: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com> Date: Mon Oct 9 18:12:31 2023 +0200 patch 9.0.2009: cmdline-completion for comma-separated options wrong Problem: cmdline-completion for comma-separated options wrong Solution: Fix command-line expansions for options with filenames with commas Fix command-line expansions for options with filenames with commas Cmdline expansion for option values that take a comma-separated list of file names is currently not handling file names with commas as the commas are not escaped. For such options, the commas in file names need to be escaped (to differentiate from a comma that delimit the list items). The escaped comma is unescaped in `copy_option_part()` during option parsing. Fix as follows: - Cmdline completion for option values with comma-separated file/folder names will not start a new match when seeing `\\,` and will instead consider it as one value. - File/folder regex matching will strip the `\\` when seeing `\\,` to make sure it can match the correct files/folders. - The expanded value will escape `,` with `\\,`, similar to how spaces are escaped to make sure the option value is correct on the cmdline. This fix also takes into account the fact that Win32 Vim handles file name escaping differently. Typing '\,' for a file name results in it being handled literally but in other platforms '\,' is interpreted as a simple ',' and commas need to be escaped using '\\,' instead. Also, make sure this new logic only applies to comma-separated options like 'path'. Non-list options like 'set makeprg=<Tab>' and regular ex commands like `:edit <Tab>` do not require escaping and will continue to work. Also fix up documentation to be clearer. The original docs are slightly misleading in how it discusses triple slashes for 'tags'. closes: #13303 related: #13301 Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> Co-authored-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Mon, 09 Oct 2023 18:30:04 +0200
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Uninstalling Vim on MS-Windows.

There are three ways to remove Vim:

1. With the GUI uninstaller.
   This is only available when Vim was installed with the self-installing
   executable.  This has a minimal number of questions.  It can delete
   everything that was installed.

2. With uninstall.exe.
   This removes most installed items, but does not delete the files you
   unpacked.

3. By hand.
   This is a bit more work, but you can decide exactly what you want to
   remove.  For uninstalling the "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry you still
   have to use uninstall.exe.

It's recommended to use the method that matches with how you installed Vim.
Thus if you installed Vim by hand, delete it by hand.

The first two methods should be available from the Add/Remove software window
and the Vim entry in the Start menu.  If these have been removed already, find
"uninstall-gui.exe" or "uninstall.exe" in the Vim directory.
   Running these programs should be self-explanatory.  Carefully read the
messages to avoid deleting something you want to keep.

Here are guidelines for removing Vim by hand:

1. Remove the "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry, if it exists.  This is done by
   running the uninstall.exe program.  It removes the registry entries for the
   "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry.  You only need to run uninstall.exe when
   you have installed the menu entry.  You can also run uninstall.exe from the
   Control panel with the Add/Remove programs application.
   Note that uninstall.exe offers you the option to uninstall other items.  You
   can skip this.

2. Only if you have used the OLE version of gvim: Remove the registration of
   this program by running "gvim -unregister" in a console window.

3. Delete the executables.  If you copied the executables to another location,
   you will have to delete them from where you copied them to.  If you don't
   remember where they are, look in the directories from the $PATH environment
   variable.
   If you created .bat files when installing Vim, also search for vim.bat,
   gvim.bat, etc.

4. If you want to completely delete vim, and are not going to install another
   version, you can delete the vimrc files that you created.  These are
   normally located in a directory like "C:\vim".  If the $VIM environment
   variable is set, it will tell the name of the directory.  Normally you can
   delete everything in this directory.  Warning: You might have put some
   files there that you would like to save.  If you did remove it all, you can
   skip the next step.

5. Delete the distributed files.  If you followed the directions, these will
   be located in a directory like "C:\vim\vim81".  If the $VIM environment
   variable is set, the directory will be $VIM\vim81.  Delete the "vim81"
   directory and all that is in it.  Warning: If you changed any of the
   distributed files, or added some of your own files, you might want to save
   these first.  But normally you would not have changed or added files here.

6. Remove setting the $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME environment variable and adjust
   $PATH.  $VIM only needs to be removed if you are not going to install
   another version of Vim.  $VIMRUNTIME is mostly not set.  Check if $PATH
   contains the path of the vim directory.  Note that $PATH may be set in
   several places, you will have to find the right one, and only delete the
   Vim path from it.  You might need to use the "System Properties" editor to
   change the environment variables.  You can start it by selecting
   Start/Settings/Control Panel and then "System".

7. If you added a Vim entry in the start menu, delete it.

8. If you created icons for Vim on the desktop, delete them.

Vim does not use .ini files.  The above should remove all Vim files, except
the ones that you moved elsewhere yourself.