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| author | Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> |
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| date | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:11:57 +0200 |
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1 README.txt for version 7.3 of Vim: Vi IMproved. |
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| 4 WHAT IS VIM | |
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| 6 Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new features | |
| 7 have been added: multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, | |
| 826 | 8 on-line help, spell checking, filename completion, block operations, etc. |
| 9 There is also a Graphical User Interface (GUI) available. See | |
| 10 "runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt" for differences with Vi. | |
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12 This editor is very useful for editing programs and other plain text files. |
| 0 | 13 All commands are given with normal keyboard characters, so those who can type |
| 14 with ten fingers can work very fast. Additionally, function keys can be | |
| 15 defined by the user, and the mouse can be used. | |
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17 Vim runs under Amiga DOS, MS-DOS, MS-Windows (95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, |
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18 7), Atari MiNT, Macintosh, BeOS, VMS, RISC OS, OS/2 and almost all flavours of |
| 0 | 19 UNIX. Porting to other systems should not be very difficult. |
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| 22 DISTRIBUTION | |
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| 24 There are separate distributions for Unix, PC, Amiga and some other systems. | |
| 25 This README.txt file comes with the runtime archive. It includes the | |
| 26 documentation, syntax files and other files that are used at runtime. To run | |
| 27 Vim you must get either one of the binary archives or a source archive. | |
| 28 Which one you need depends on the system you want to run it on and whether you | |
| 29 want or must compile it yourself. Check "http://www.vim.org/download.php" for | |
| 30 an overview of currently available distributions. | |
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| 33 DOCUMENTATION | |
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35 The vim tutor is a one hour training course for beginners. Mostly it can be |
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36 started as "vimtutor". See ":help tutor" for more information. |
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| 0 | 38 The best is to use ":help" in Vim. If you don't have an executable yet, read |
| 39 "runtime/doc/help.txt". It contains pointers to the other documentation | |
| 40 files. The User Manual reads like a book and is recommended to learn to use | |
| 41 Vim. See ":help user-manual". | |
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| 43 | |
| 44 COPYING | |
| 45 | |
| 46 Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are | |
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47 encouraged to make a donation to help orphans in Uganda. Please read the file |
| 0 | 48 "runtime/doc/uganda.txt" for details (do ":help uganda" inside Vim). |
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| 50 Summary of the license: There are no restrictions on using or distributing an | |
| 51 unmodified copy of Vim. Parts of Vim may also be distributed, but the license | |
| 52 text must always be included. For modified versions a few restrictions apply. | |
| 53 The license is GPL compatible, you may compile Vim with GPL libraries and | |
| 54 distribute it. | |
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| 56 | |
| 57 SPONSORING | |
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| 826 | 59 Fixing bugs and adding new features takes a lot of time and effort. To show |
| 60 your appreciation for the work and motivate Bram and others to continue | |
| 61 working on Vim please send a donation. | |
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| 826 | 63 Since Bram is back to a paid job the money will now be used to help children |
| 64 in Uganda. See runtime/doc/uganda.txt. But at the same time donations | |
| 65 increase Bram's motivation to keep working on Vim! | |
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| 67 For the most recent information about sponsoring look on the Vim web site: | |
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| 0 | 69 http://www.vim.org/sponsor/ |
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| 71 | |
| 72 COMPILING | |
| 73 | |
| 74 If you obtained a binary distribution you don't need to compile Vim. If you | |
| 75 obtained a source distribution, all the stuff for compiling Vim is in the | |
| 76 "src" directory. See src/INSTALL for instructions. | |
| 77 | |
| 78 | |
| 79 INSTALLATION | |
| 80 | |
| 81 See one of these files for system-specific instructions: | |
| 82 README_ami.txt Amiga | |
| 83 README_unix.txt Unix | |
| 84 README_dos.txt MS-DOS and MS-Windows | |
| 85 README_os2.txt OS/2 | |
| 86 README_mac.txt Macintosh | |
| 87 README_vms.txt VMS | |
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| 92 INFORMATION | |
| 93 | |
| 94 The latest news about Vim can be found on the Vim home page: | |
| 95 http://www.vim.org/ | |
| 96 | |
| 97 If you have problems, have a look at the Vim FAQ: | |
| 98 http://vimdoc.sf.net/vimfaq.html | |
| 99 | |
| 100 Send bug reports to: | |
| 101 Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | |
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| 2479 | 103 There are several mailing lists for Vim, see http://www.vim.org/maillist.php. |
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| 106 MAIN AUTHOR | |
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108 Send any other comments, patches, flowers and suggestions to: |
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| 110 Bram Moolenaar E-mail: Bram@vim.org | |
| 1648 | 111 Finsterruetihof 1 |
| 112 8134 Adliswil | |
| 113 Switzerland |