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README_vms.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

This file explains the installation of Vim on VMS systems.

See "README.txt" in the runtime archive for information about Vim.

Most information can be found in the on-line documentation. Use ":help vms"

inside Vim. Or get the runtime files and read runtime/doc/os_vms.txt to find

out how to install and configure Vim with runtime files etc.

To compile Vim yourself you need three archives:

vim-X.X-rt.tar.gz runtime files

vim-X.X-src.tar.gz source files

vim-X.X-extra.tar.gz extra source files

Compilation is recommended, in order to make sure that the correct

libraries are used for your specific system. Read about compiling in

src/INSTALLvms.txt.

To use the binary version, you need one of these archives:

vim-XX-exe-ia64-gui.zip IA64 GUI/Motif executables

vim-XX-exe-ia64-gtk.zip IA64 GUI/GTK executables

vim-XX-exe-ia64-term.zip IA64 console executables

vim-XX-exe-axp-gui.zip Alpha GUI/Motif executables

vim-XX-exe-axp-gtk.zip Alpha GUI/GTK executables

vim-XX-exe-axp-term.zip Alpha console executables

vim-XX-exe-vax-gui.zip VAX GUI executables

vim-XX-exe-vax-term.zip VAX console executables

and of course

vim-XX-runtime.zip runtime files

The binary archives contain: vim.exe, ctags.exe, xxd.exe files,

but there are also prepared "deploy ready" archives:

vim-XX-ia64.zip GUI and console executables with runtime and

help files for IA64 systems

vim-XX-axp.zip GUI and console executables with runtime and

help files for Alpha systems

vim-XX-vax.zip GUI and console executables with runtime and

help files for VAX systems

GTK builds need LIBGTK library installed.

These executables and up to date patches for OpenVMS system are downloadable

from http://www.polarhome.com/vim/ or ftp://ftp.polarhome.com/pub/vim/