Re: where can i download the help files

On 15/06/10 13:50, aleCodd wrote:
>
> I've probably made a big mess, now some help files are missing, for example i
> can not find help for the getline() function etc.
>
> where can i download the help files.
>
> thanks
>

The help files are part of the runtime files. Every time you install or
reinstall Vim, you should get the help files (and the other runtime
files) which were current when the distribution was built.

If you've made such a big mess that you cannot easily get out of it,
here are some possible solutions (choose one):

- On Windows, reinstall Vim from Steve Hall's "Vim without Cream"
distribution. As of this writing, the latest build is 7.2.441
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/7.2.441/gvim-7-2-441.exe/download
and should include not only the vim and gvim executables for Windows,
but also ancillary programs that go with them (install, uninstall,
GVimExt, xxd, etc.) and the runtime and help files dated June 2.

- Get any missing runtime files from http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/
-- either use the dos/ subdirectory, or the rest, but not both. (The
difference is that scripts under runtime/dos/ have CR+LF line endings,
the others have LF-only. Vim for Windows can source either ones if
'fileformats' includes "unix"; Vim for Unix requires LF-only.) After any
change to the help, you should run the :helptags command (q.v.) on the
concerned doc/ directory.

- Or you can compile and install your own Vim, see
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm (W32)
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm (Unix)

On the Mercurial repository, Vim 7.2 is the "default" branch, Vim 7.3a
alpha is branch "vim73" (without quotes in both cases).

Best regards,
Tony.
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