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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2006-03-02 22:40:52 +0000
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2006-03-02 22:40:52 +0000
commitb475fb917b0de463812afe6cc84b8e604d780da9 (patch)
treefc5bc286bbbe623ccd5edb6de7c21c233f144edf /runtime/doc/os_vms.txt
parent261bfeab3ed2293019f6ea4b89c49d85ef116745 (diff)
updated for version 7.0212
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/os_vms.txt b/runtime/doc/os_vms.txt
index 2fd6d8b4ac..5a91158a0a 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/os_vms.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/os_vms.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*os_vms.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Jul 12
+*os_vms.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 02
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL
@@ -56,11 +56,14 @@ To use the precompiled binary version, you need one of these archives:
vim-XX-exe-vax-gui.zip VAX GUI executables
vim-XX-exe-vax-term.zip VAX console executables
-and of course
+and of course (optional)
vim-XX-runtime.zip runtime files
The binary archives contain: vim.exe, ctags.exe, xxd.exe files.
+For GTK executables you will need GTKLIB that is available for
+Alpha and IA64 platform.
+
==============================================================================
3. Compiling *vms-compiling*
@@ -121,10 +124,10 @@ Vim uses a special directory structure to hold the document and runtime files:
|- vim57
|----- doc
|----- syntax
- |- vim60
+ |- vim62
|----- doc
|----- syntax
- |- vim61
+ |- vim64
|----- doc
|----- syntax
vimrc (system rc files)
@@ -239,6 +242,17 @@ and to the SYS$STARTUP:SYLOGIN.COM >
It will set up a normal Vim work environment for every user on the system.
+IMPORTANT: Vim on OpenVMS (and on other case insensitive system) command line
+parameters are assumed to be lowecase. In order to indicate that a command
+line parameter is uppercase "/" sign must be used.
+
+Examples:
+ >
+ vim -R filename ! means: -r List swap files and exit
+ vim -/r filename ! means: -R Readonly mode (like "view")
+ vim -u <vimrc> ! means: -u Use <vimrc> instead of any .vimrc
+ vim -/u <gvimrc> ! means: -U Use <gvimrc> instead of any .gvimrc
+
==============================================================================
7. GUI mode questions *vms-gui*
@@ -653,7 +667,10 @@ start it with: >
9. VMS related changes *vms-changes*
-Version 7.0
+Version 7
+- Improved low level char input (affects just console mode)
+
+Version 6.4 (2005 Oct 15)
- GTKLIB and Vim build on IA64
- colors in terminal mode
- syntax highlighting in terminal mode