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+README_src.txt for version 7.0aa of Vim: Vi IMproved.
+
+The source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on Unix systems.
+It is packed for Unix systems (NL line separator).  It is also used for other
+systems in combination with the extra archive (vim-6.0-extra.tar.gz, in the
+"extra" directory of ftp.vim.org).
+
+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!