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| author | Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> |
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| 7 | 1 INSTALLpc.txt - Installation of Vim on PC |
| 2 | |
| 3 This file contains instructions for compiling Vim. If you already have an | |
| 4 executable version of Vim, you don't need this. | |
| 5 | |
| 714 | 6 More information can be found here: (Very stale now.) |
| 7 | 7 |
| 714 | 8 http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sharppeople/vim/howto/ |
| 7 | 9 |
| 10 The file "feature.h" can be edited to match your preferences. You can skip | |
| 11 this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should | |
| 12 be fine for most people. | |
| 13 | |
| 2951 | 14 With the exception of two sections (Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS), this document |
| 15 assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 or later. | |
| 16 (Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7) | |
| 714 | 17 |
| 7 | 18 |
| 19 Contents: | |
| 714 | 20 1. Microsoft Visual C++ |
| 21 2. Using MinGW | |
| 22 3. Cygwin | |
| 23 4. Borland | |
| 24 5. Cross compiling for Win32 from a Linux machine | |
| 25 6. Building with Python support | |
| 26 7. Building with MzScheme support | |
| 27 8. Windows 3.1 | |
| 28 9. MS-DOS | |
| 29 | |
| 2951 | 30 10. Installing after building from sources |
| 31 | |
| 32 | |
| 1668 | 33 The currently preferred method is using the free Visual C++ Toolkit 2008 |
| 2871 | 34 |msvc-2008-express|, the produced binary runs on most MS-Windows systems. If |
| 35 you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2003 one | |
| 36 |msvc-2003-toolkit|. | |
| 714 | 37 |
| 38 | |
| 39 1. Microsoft Visual C++ | |
| 40 ======================= | |
| 41 | |
| 42 Visual Studio | |
| 43 ------------- | |
| 44 | |
| 1608 | 45 Building with Visual Studio (VS 98, VS .NET, VS .NET 2003, VS 2005, and VS 2008) |
| 714 | 46 is straightforward. (These instructions should also work for VS 4 and VS 5.) |
| 47 | |
| 48 To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak. | |
| 49 Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must | |
| 50 run to set up paths for nmake and MSVC. | |
| 51 | |
| 856 | 52 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak console Win32 SDK or Microsoft Visual C++ |
| 53 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak GUI=yes GUI Microsoft Visual C++ | |
| 54 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak OLE=yes OLE Microsoft Visual C++ | |
| 714 | 55 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak PERL=C:\Perl PYTHON=C:\Python etc. |
| 856 | 56 Perl, Python, etc. |
| 714 | 57 |
| 58 Make_mvc.mak allows a Vim to be built with various different features and | |
| 59 debug support. Debugging with MS Devstudio is provided by Make_dvc.mak. | |
| 60 For a description of the use of Make_dvc.mak, look in Make_mvc.mak. | |
| 61 | |
| 62 For compiling Gvim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes | |
| 63 to the parameters you pass to Make_mvc.mak. | |
| 64 | |
| 65 To build Vim from within the Visual Studio IDE, open the Make_ivc.mak project. | |
| 66 (Note: Make_ivc.mak is not as rich as Make_mvc.mak, which allows for | |
| 67 far more configuration.) Make_ivc.mak can also be built with nmake. | |
| 68 | |
| 69 nmake -f Make_ivc.mak CFG="Vim - Win32 Release gvim" | |
| 856 | 70 GUI Microsoft Visual C++ 4.x or later |
| 714 | 71 nmake -f Make_ivc.mak CFG="Vim - Win32 Release gvim OLE" |
| 856 | 72 OLE Microsoft Visual C++ 4.x or later |
| 714 | 73 |
| 74 See the specific files for comments and options. | |
| 75 | |
| 76 These files have been supplied by George V. Reilly, Ben Singer, Ken Scott and | |
| 77 Ron Aaron; they have been tested. | |
| 78 | |
| 79 | |
| 1668 | 80 Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 *msvc-2003-toolkit* |
| 714 | 81 ----------------------- |
| 82 | |
| 1668 | 83 You could download the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from |
| 714 | 84 http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ |
| 1668 | 85 Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Inofficial downloads appear to be |
| 86 available from links mentioned on these pages (use at your own risk): | |
| 87 http://www.filewatcher.com/m/VCToolkitSetup.exe.32952488.0.0.html | |
| 88 http://feargame.net/wiki/index.php?title=Building_Source_with_the_VC2003_Toolkit | |
| 89 | |
| 714 | 90 This contains the command-line tools (compiler, linker, CRT headers, |
| 91 and libraries) for Visual Studio .NET 2003, but not the Visual Studio IDE. | |
| 92 To compile and debug Vim with the VC2003 Toolkit, you will also need | |
| 93 |ms-platform-sdk|, |dotnet-1.1-redist|, |dotnet-1.1-sdk|, | |
| 94 and |windbg-download|. | |
| 95 | |
| 1569 | 96 It's easier to download Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, |msvc-2008-express|, |
| 97 which is freely available in perpetuity. | |
| 714 | 98 |
| 99 The free Code::Blocks IDE works with the VC2003 Toolkit, as described at | |
| 100 http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Integrating_Microsoft_Visual_Toolkit_2003_with_Code::Blocks_IDE | |
| 101 (This site also takes you through configuring a number of other | |
| 102 free C compilers for Win32.) | |
| 103 | |
| 104 To compile Vim using the VC2003 Toolkit and Make_mvc.mak, you must first | |
| 105 execute the following commands in a cmd.exe window (the msvcsetup.bat batch | |
| 106 file can be used): | |
| 856 | 107 |
| 714 | 108 set PATH=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322;%PATH% |
| 109 call "%VCToolkitInstallDir%vcvars32.bat" | |
| 110 set MSVCVer=7.1 | |
| 111 call "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.Cmd" | |
| 112 set LIB=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib;%LIB% | |
| 113 | |
| 114 Now you can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak. | |
| 115 | |
| 116 | |
| 856 | 117 Getting the Windows Platform SDK *ms-platform-sdk* |
| 714 | 118 |
| 119 You will also need a copy of the Windows Platform SDK from | |
| 120 http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ | |
| 121 Specifically, you need the Windows Core SDK subset of the Platform SDK, | |
| 122 which contains the Windows headers and libraries. | |
| 123 | |
| 124 | |
| 125 Getting the .NET Framework 1.1 Runtime *dotnet-1.1-redist* | |
| 126 | |
| 127 You need the .NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable Package from | |
| 128 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3 | |
| 129 or from Windows Update: | |
| 130 http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ | |
| 131 This is needed to install |dotnet-1.1-sdk|. It also contains cvtres.exe, | |
| 132 which is needed to link Vim. | |
| 133 | |
| 134 | |
| 856 | 135 Getting the .NET Framework 1.1 SDK *dotnet-1.1-sdk* |
| 714 | 136 |
| 137 You need the .NET Framework 1.1 SDK from | |
| 138 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b3a2ca6-3647-4070-9f41-a333c6b9181d | |
| 139 This contains some additional libraries needed to compile Vim, | |
| 140 such as msvcrt.lib. You must install |dotnet-1.1-redist| before | |
| 141 installing the .NET 1.1 SDK. | |
| 142 | |
| 143 | |
| 856 | 144 Getting the WinDbg debugger *windbg-download* |
| 714 | 145 |
| 146 The Debugging Tools for Windows can be downloaded from | |
| 147 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx | |
| 148 This includes the WinDbg debugger, which you will want if you ever need | |
| 149 to debug Vim itself. An earlier version of the Debugging Tools | |
| 150 is also available through the Platform SDK, |ms-platform-sdk|. | |
| 151 | |
| 152 | |
| 1608 | 153 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition *msvc-2005-express* |
| 714 | 154 ------------------------------- |
| 155 | |
| 838 | 156 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from: |
| 714 | 157 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx |
| 158 This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need | |
| 159 |ms-platform-sdk|. You can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak. | |
| 160 | |
| 161 Instructions for integrating the Platform SDK into VC Express: | |
| 162 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx | |
| 7 | 163 |
| 164 | |
| 1569 | 165 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition *msvc-2008-express* |
| 166 ------------------------------- | |
| 167 | |
| 168 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from: | |
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179 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from: |
| 1619 | 180 http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/Default.aspx |
| 181 This includes the IDE and the debugger. | |
| 1569 | 182 |
| 2871 | 183 To set the environment execute the msvc2010.bat script. You can then build |
| 1619 | 184 Vim with Make_mvc.mak. |
| 1608 | 185 |
| 186 | |
| 714 | 187 2. MinGW |
| 188 ======== | |
| 189 | |
| 190 (written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>) | |
| 191 | |
| 192 This is about how to produce a Win32 binary of gvim with MinGW. | |
| 193 | |
| 194 First, you need to get the 'mingw32' compiler, which is free for the download | |
| 195 at: | |
| 196 | |
| 197 http://www.mingw.org/ | |
| 198 | |
| 199 Once you have downloaded the compiler binaries, unpack them on your hard disk | |
| 200 somewhere, and put them on your PATH. If you are on Win95/98 you can edit | |
| 201 your AUTOEXEC.BAT file with a line like: | |
| 202 | |
| 203 set PATH=C:\GCC-2.95.2\BIN;%PATH% | |
| 204 | |
| 205 or on NT/2000/XP, go to the Control Panel, (Performance and Maintenance), | |
| 206 System, Advanced, and edit the environment from there. | |
| 207 | |
| 208 Test if gcc is on your path. From a CMD (or COMMAND on '95/98) window: | |
| 209 | |
| 210 C:\> gcc --version | |
| 211 2.95.2 | |
| 212 | |
| 213 C:\> make --version | |
| 214 GNU Make version 3.77 (...etc...) | |
| 215 | |
| 216 Now you are ready to rock 'n' roll. Unpack the vim sources (look on | |
| 217 www.vim.org for exactly which version of the vim files you need). | |
| 218 | |
| 219 Change directory to 'vim\src': | |
| 220 | |
| 221 C:\> cd vim\src | |
| 222 C:\VIM\SRC> | |
| 223 | |
| 224 and you type: | |
| 225 | |
| 226 make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe | |
| 227 | |
| 228 After churning for a while, you will end up with 'gvim.exe' in the 'vim\src' | |
| 229 directory. | |
| 230 | |
| 231 You should not need to do *any* editing of any files to get vim compiled this | |
| 232 way. If, for some reason, you want the console-mode-only version of vim (this | |
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233 is NOT recommended on Win32, especially on '95/'98!!!), you can use: |
| 2035 | 234 |
| 235 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no vim.exe | |
| 714 | 236 |
| 237 If you are dismayed by how big the EXE is, I strongly recommend you get 'UPX' | |
| 238 (also free!) and compress the file (typical compression is 50%). UPX can be | |
| 239 found at | |
| 240 http://www.upx.org/ | |
| 241 | |
| 242 ADDITION: NLS support with MinGW | |
| 243 | |
| 244 (by Eduardo F. Amatria <eferna1@platea.pntic.mec.es>) | |
| 245 | |
| 246 If you want National Language Support, read the file src/po/README_mingw.txt. | |
| 247 You need to uncomment lines in Make_ming.mak to have NLS defined. | |
| 248 | |
| 249 | |
| 250 3. Cygwin | |
| 251 ========= | |
| 252 | |
| 253 Use Make_cyg.mak with Cygwin's GCC. See | |
| 254 http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm | |
| 255 | |
| 256 The Cygnus one many not fully work yet. | |
| 257 With Cygnus gcc you can use the Unix Makefile instead (you need to get the | |
| 258 Unix archive then). Then you get a Cygwin application (feels like Vim is | |
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259 running on Unix), while with Make_cyg.mak you get a Windows application (like |
| 714 | 260 with the other makefiles). |
| 261 | |
| 262 | |
| 263 4. Borland | |
| 264 =========== | |
| 265 | |
| 266 Use Make_bc5.mak with Borland C++ 5.x. See | |
| 267 http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm | |
| 268 | |
| 269 | |
| 270 5. Cross compiling for Win32 from a Linux machine | |
| 271 ================================================= | |
| 272 | |
| 273 [Update of 1) needs to be verified] | |
| 274 | |
| 275 If you like, you can compile the 'mingw' Win32 version from the comfort of | |
| 276 your Linux (or other unix) box. To do this, you need to follow a few steps: | |
| 277 1) Install the mingw32 cross-compiler. See | |
| 2035 | 278 http://www.mingw.org/wiki/LinuxCrossMinGW |
| 856 | 279 http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/README.txt |
| 1619 | 280 2) Get and unpack both the Unix sources and the extra archive |
| 281 3) in 'Make_ming.mak', set 'CROSS' to 'yes' instead of 'no'. | |
| 282 Make further changes to 'Make_ming.mak' as you wish. | |
| 2035 | 283 If your cross-compiler prefix differs from the predefined value, |
| 284 set 'CROSS_COMPILE' corresponding. | |
| 714 | 285 4) make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe |
| 286 | |
| 287 Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun... | |
| 288 | |
| 289 | |
| 290 6. Building with Python support | |
| 291 =============================== | |
| 292 | |
| 293 (written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>) | |
| 294 | |
| 295 This has been tested with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState | |
| 296 ActivePython: | |
| 297 http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/ | |
| 298 | |
| 299 After installing the ActivePython, you will have to create a 'mingw32' | |
| 300 'libpython20.a' to link with: | |
| 301 cd $PYTHON/libs | |
| 302 pexports python20.dll > python20.def | |
| 303 dlltool -d python20.def -l libpython20.a | |
| 304 | |
| 305 Once that is done, edit the 'Make_ming.mak' so the PYTHON variable points to | |
| 306 the root of the Python installation (C:\Python20, for example). If you are | |
| 307 cross-compiling on Linux with the mingw32 setup, you need to also convert all | |
| 308 the 'Include' files to *unix* line-endings. This bash command will do it | |
| 309 easily: | |
| 310 for fil in *.h ; do vim -e -c 'set ff=unix|w|q' $fil | |
| 311 | |
| 312 Now just do: | |
| 313 make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe | |
| 314 | |
| 315 and you will end up with a Python-enabled, Win32 version. Enjoy! | |
| 316 | |
| 317 | |
| 318 7. Building with MzScheme support | |
| 319 ================================= | |
| 320 | |
| 321 (written by Sergey Khorev <sergey.khorev@gmail.com>) | |
| 322 | |
| 323 Vim with MzScheme (http://www.plt-scheme.org/software/mzscheme) support can | |
| 324 be built with either MSVC, or MinGW, or Cygwin. Supported versions are 205 and | |
| 325 above (including 299 and 30x series). | |
| 326 | |
| 327 The MSVC build is quite straightforward. Simply invoke (in one line) | |
| 328 nmake -fMake_mvc.mak MZSCHEME=<Path-to-MzScheme> | |
| 329 [MZSCHEME_VER=<MzScheme-version>] [DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=<yes or no>] | |
| 330 where <MzScheme-version> is the last seven characters from MzScheme dll name | |
| 331 (libmzschXXXXXXX.dll). | |
| 332 If DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes, resulting executable will not depend on MzScheme | |
| 333 DLL's, but will load them in runtime on demand. | |
| 334 | |
| 335 Building dynamic MzScheme support on MinGW and Cygwin is similar. Take into | |
| 336 account that <Path-to-MzScheme> should contain slashes rather than backslashes | |
| 337 (e.g. d:/Develop/MzScheme) | |
| 338 | |
| 339 "Static" MzScheme support (Vim executable will depend on MzScheme DLLs | |
| 340 explicitly) on MinGW and Cygwin requires additional step. | |
| 341 | |
| 342 libmzschXXXXXXX.dll and libmzgcXXXXXXX.dll should be copied from | |
| 343 %WINDOWS%\System32 to other location (either build directory, some temporary | |
| 344 dir or even MzScheme home). | |
| 345 | |
| 346 Pass that path as MZSCHEME_DLLS parameter for Make. E.g., | |
| 347 make -f Make_cyg.mak MZSCHEME=d:/Develop/MzScheme MZSCHEME_VER=209_000 | |
| 348 MZSCHEME_DLLS=c:/Temp DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=no | |
| 349 | |
| 350 After a successful build, these dlls can be freely removed, leaving them in | |
| 351 %WINDOWS%\System32 only. | |
| 352 | |
| 353 | |
| 354 8. Windows 3.1x | |
| 355 =============== | |
| 356 | |
| 856 | 357 make -f Make_w16.mak 16 bit, Borland C++ 5.0 |
| 714 | 358 |
| 359 Warning: Be sure to use the right make.exe. It should be Borland make. | |
| 360 | |
| 361 You will almost certainly have to change the paths for libs and include files | |
| 362 in the Makefile. Look for "D:\BC5" and "ctl3dv2". You will get a number of | |
| 363 warnings which can be ignored ( _chmod, precompiled header files, and | |
| 364 "possibly incorrect assignment"). | |
| 365 | |
| 366 The makefile should also work for BC++ 4.0 and 4.5, but may need tweaking to | |
| 367 remove unsupported compiler & liker options. | |
| 368 | |
| 369 For making the Win32s version, you need Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 OR EARLIER. | |
| 370 In MSVC 4.2 support for Win32s was dropped! Use this command: | |
| 371 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak GUI=yes | |
| 372 | |
| 373 | |
| 374 9. MS-DOS | |
| 7 | 375 ========= |
| 376 | |
| 377 Summary: | |
| 714 | 378 ren Make_bc3.mak Makefile; make 16 bit, Borland C++ and Turbo C++ |
| 379 ren Make_tcc.mak Makefile; make 16 bit, Turbo C | |
| 856 | 380 make -f Make_djg.mak 32 bit, DJGPP 2.0 |
| 381 make -f Make_bc5.mak 32 bit, Borland C++ 5.x (edit it to | |
| 382 define DOS) | |
| 7 | 383 |
| 384 Warning: Be sure to use the right make.exe. Microsoft C make doesn't work; | |
| 385 Borland make only works with Make_bc3.mak, Make_bc5.mak and Make_tcc.mak; | |
| 386 DJGPP/GNU make must be used for Make_djg.mak. | |
| 387 | |
| 388 The Borland C++ compiler has been used to generate the MS-DOS executable; it | |
| 389 should work without problems. You will probably have to change the paths for | |
| 390 LIBPATH and INCLUDEPATH in the start of the Makefile. You will get two | |
| 391 warnings which can be ignored (one about _chmod and one about precompiled | |
| 392 header files). | |
| 393 | |
| 394 The "spawno" library by Ralf Brown was used in order to free memory when Vim | |
| 395 starts a shell or other external command. Only about 200 bytes are taken from | |
| 396 conventional memory. When recompiling get the spawno library from Simtel, | |
| 397 directory "msdos/c". It is called something like "spwno413.zip". Or follow | |
| 398 the instructions in the Makefile to remove the library. | |
| 399 | |
| 400 The Turbo C Makefile has not been tested much lately. It is included for those | |
| 401 that don't have C++. You may need to make a few changes to get it to work. | |
| 402 | |
| 403 DJGPP needs to be installed properly to compile Vim; you need a lot of things | |
| 404 before it works. When your setup is OK, Vim should compile with just one | |
| 405 warning (about an argument to signal()). | |
| 406 | |
| 407 Make_bc5.mak is for those that have Borland C++ 5.0 or later. At the top of | |
| 408 the file, there are some variables you can change to make either a 32-bit | |
| 409 Windows exe (GUI or console mode), or a 16-bit MS-DOS version. | |
| 39 | 410 NOTE: multi-byte support is broken in the Borland libraries, not everything |
| 411 will work properly! Esp. handling multi-byte file names. | |
| 7 | 412 |
| 39 | 413 If you get all kinds of strange error messages when compiling, try adding |
| 414 changing the file format from "unix" to "dos". | |
| 2951 | 415 |
| 416 | |
| 417 10. Installing after building from sources | |
| 418 ========================================== | |
| 419 | |
| 420 [provided by Michael Soyka] | |
| 421 | |
| 422 After you've built the Vim binaries as described above, you're ready to | |
| 423 install Vim on your system. However, if you've obtained the Vim sources | |
| 424 using Mercurial or by downloading them as a unix tar file, you must first | |
| 425 create a "vim73" directory. If you instead downloaded the sources as | |
| 426 zip files, you can skip this setup as the zip archives already have the | |
| 427 correct directory structure. | |
| 428 | |
| 429 A. Create a Vim "runtime" subdirectory named "vim73" | |
| 430 ----------------------------------------------------- | |
| 431 If you obtained your Vim sources as zip files, you can skip this step. | |
| 432 Otherwise, continue reading. | |
| 433 | |
| 434 Go to the directory that contains the Vim "src" and "runtime" | |
| 435 directories and create a new subdirectory named "vim73". | |
| 436 | |
| 437 Copy the "runtime" files into "vim73": | |
| 438 copy runtime\* vim73 | |
| 439 | |
| 440 B. Copy the new binaries into the "vim73" directory | |
| 441 ---------------------------------------------------- | |
| 442 Regardless of how you installed the Vim sources, you need to copy the | |
| 443 new binaries you created above into "vim73": | |
| 444 | |
| 445 copy src\*.exe vim73 | |
| 446 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim73 | |
| 447 copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim73 | |
| 448 | |
| 449 C. Move the "vim73" directory into the Vim installation subdirectory | |
| 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| 451 Move the "vim73" subdirectory into the subdirectory where you want Vim | |
| 452 to be installed. Typically, this subdirectory will be named "vim". | |
| 453 If you already have a "vim73" subdirectory in "vim", delete it first | |
| 454 by running its unstal.exe program. | |
| 455 | |
| 456 D. Install Vim | |
| 457 --------------- | |
| 458 "cd" to your Vim installation subdirectory "vim\vim73" and run the | |
| 459 "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about | |
| 460 how you would like to have your Vim setup. Among these are: | |
| 461 - You can tell it to write a "_vimrc" file with your preferences in the | |
| 462 parent directory. | |
| 463 - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer | |
| 464 popup menu. | |
| 465 - You can have it create batch files, so that you can run Vim from the | |
| 466 console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your | |
| 467 PATH or add the directory to PATH using the Windows Control Panel. | |
| 468 - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu. | |
| 469 | |
| 470 Happy Vimming! |