Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Re: ANN: gVim for Windows in Portableapps.com format!

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, KF wrote:
>
> > This doesn't tell me what it is for?
> > How is this different from the Vim I run on my Windows box?
> >
> > What makes this different and why is it a "portableapp"?
>
> You install gVim portable in a flash drive/portable hdd and take it to
> a computer that don't have gVim installed and use it as is. You can
> take all your vimfiles and vimrc and put it in the "portable drive",
> and all your settings will be "portable"...
>
> This is handy for some job that you would like to do on site, but
> can't install anything on the computer you are working on, i.e. in a
> way you can take your gVim with you. Or maybe in a school library's
> public computer, you insert the flash drive and start Vim'ing...

I guess that you still did not list the changes that you made. In my
experience the official vim does not have to be install before use
either. Just copying a few essential files is sufficient for working
under window.
gvim.exe
_vimrc
menu.vim
mswin.vim
autoload\paste.vim

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