| Christian Brabandt | b4ddc6c | 2024-01-02 16:51:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | README_ami.txt for version 9.1 of Vim: Vi IMproved. |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | |
| 3 | This file explains the installation of Vim on Amiga systems. |
| 4 | See README.txt for general information about Vim. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Unpack the distributed files in the place where you want to keep them. It is |
| 8 | wise to have a "vim" directory to keep your vimrc file and any other files you |
| 9 | change. The distributed files go into a subdirectory. This way you can |
| 10 | easily upgrade to a new version. For example: |
| 11 | |
| 12 | dh0:editors/vim contains your vimrc and modified files |
| 13 | dh0:editors/vim/vim54 contains the Vim version 5.4 distributed files |
| 14 | dh0:editors/vim/vim55 contains the Vim version 5.5 distributed files |
| 15 | |
| 16 | You would then unpack the archives like this: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | cd dh0:editors |
| Christian Brabandt | b4ddc6c | 2024-01-02 16:51:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | tar xf t:vim91bin.tar |
| 20 | tar xf t:vim91rt.tar |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
| 22 | Set the $VIM environment variable to point to the top directory of your Vim |
| 23 | files. For the above example: |
| 24 | |
| 25 | set VIM=dh0:editors/vim |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Vim version 5.4 will look for your vimrc file in $VIM, and for the runtime |
| 28 | files in $VIM/vim54. See ":help $VIM" for more information. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Make sure the Vim executable is in your search path. Either copy the Vim |
| 31 | executable to a directory that is in your search path, or (preferred) modify |
| 32 | the search path to include the directory where the Vim executable is. |