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+README_extra.txt for version 7.0aa of Vim: Vi IMproved.
+
+The extra archive of Vim is to be used in combination with the source archive
+(vim-6.0-src.tar.gz).  The extra archive is useless without it.
+
+For more information, see the "README.txt" file that comes with the runtime
+archive (vim-6.0-rt.tar.gz).  To be able to run Vim you MUST get the runtime
+archive too!
+
+The extra archive plus the source and runtime achives make up the complete
+sources of Vim for all systems.
+
+
+The extra archive contains:
+
+Farsi		Files for the Farsi (persian) language.  If you don't know
+		what Farsi is, this is not for you.
+
+if_sniff	Interface to SNiFF.  If you don't know what SNiFF is, this is
+		not for you.
+
+gui_amiga
+os_amiga	Files for the Amiga port.
+
+gui_riscos
+os_riscos	Files for the RISC OS port.
+
+gui_beos
+os_beos		Files for the BeOS port.
+
+os_msdos
+os_dos		Files for the MS-DOS port.
+
+gui_mac
+os_mac		Files for the Mac port.
+
+os_mint		Files for the Atari Mint port.
+
+os_os2		Files for the OS/2 port.
+tee		Extra program for OS/2.
+
+os_vms		Files for the VMS port.
+
+os_w32
+os_win32	Files for the Win32 port.
+
+gui_w32		Files for the Win32 GUI.
+Gvim_vc.mak	MS Visual C++ makefile for the Win32 GUI.
+rgb.txt		File with color definitions for the Win32 GUI.
+
+if_ole		OLE automation interface, for MS Windows 95 and NT.
+
+VisVim		Integration of Win32 GUI with MS Visual Developer Studio.
+
+GvimExt		DLL for the "Edit with Vim" context menu entry
+
+nsis		NSIS script to build the self-installing MS-Windows exe
+
+*.man		Preprocessed manual pages.
+
+file_select.vim	Vim script to browse directories (Unix only).