Re: Vim on XP

On 11/10/2013 15:09, Paul Isambert wrote:

> Phil Dobbin <phildobbin@gmail.com> a écrit:
>> After starting with computers in '87 with the now Classic Mac OS & going
>> onto OS X in 2000 & Linux in 2005, today I was presented with my very
>> first Windows machine (XP Pro) for a project I'm doing.
>
> Poor you. You escaped from Apple, and now you're stuck with Microsoft...

Hi, Paul.

It's only for a couple of months until this contract is finished & I'm
getting to keep the machine so upon completion it'll have a fresh Linux
distro installed immediately ;-)

>> The second thing I did after installing Chrome was to install gVim74 &
>> place a highly curtailed `_vimrc` & the directory `vimfiles` from the
>> result of `:echo $HOME' in the appropriate place.
>
> That's how I use gVim on Windows at work.
>
>> I'm wondering if anybody can point me in the right direction of some
>> good online resources for Vim on Windows so I can get up to speed
>> quickly with regards to plugins, tips & tricks, etc?
>
> I don't think there's anything special, except for those plugins that
> rely on Python or anything else (I have some Lua code which I can't
> use on Windows because it requires a Lua library that I can't install
> for some reason). The only thing I can see is to use the Cream
> version, which has a full Vim up-to-date for Windows, unlike the Vim
> for Windows downloadable from the Vim site, which often lags behind.
>
> (Note: I don't use many plugins, so perhaps I'm missing something
> important.)

That's the thing: I have over forty plugins & use several different
colour schemes dependent on file type.

I guess I'll just keep searching on Google. Something will turn up, I'm
sure.

Regards,

Phil...

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