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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-07-21 22:05:20 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-07-21 22:05:20 +0200
commite06c188bbf2ff5732cd9eecbf243d37efcf7be2a (patch)
tree3ea61644737a87187261505979f8f293662e69bb /runtime/doc/if_perl.txt
parentcdda8fe1c6ff147b3c1f4408884ab4905aeb4e06 (diff)
Make it possible to load Perl dynamically on Unix. (James Vega)
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-*if_perl.txt* For Vim version 7.3b. Last change: 2010 Jul 20
+*if_perl.txt* For Vim version 7.3b. Last change: 2010 Jul 21
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Sven Verdoolaege
@@ -265,12 +265,15 @@ Note that "EOF" must be at the start of the line.
==============================================================================
4. Dynamic loading *perl-dynamic*
-On MS-Windows the Perl library can be loaded dynamically. The |:version|
-output then includes |+perl/dyn|.
+On MS-Windows and Unix the Perl library can be loaded dynamically. The
+|:version| output then includes |+perl/dyn|.
-This means that Vim will search for the Perl DLL file only when needed. When
-you don't use the Perl interface you don't need it, thus you can use Vim
-without this DLL file.
+This means that Vim will search for the Perl DLL or shared library file only
+when needed. When you don't use the Perl interface you don't need it, thus
+you can use Vim without this file.
+
+
+MS-Windows ~
You can download Perl from http://www.perl.org. The one from ActiveState was
used for building Vim.