Re: netrw Support on Windows

On Apr 26, 2:02 am, "Mathew Brown" <mathewbr...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I was wondering what the best way to get the netrw plugin
>   (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075) working on
>   Windows.  From my understanding, it depends on client-side executables
>   to run.  So,  is it by installing a minimal version of Cygwin?  Are
>   there any other alternatives?  Primarily, I will using the scp and
>   sftp options, although I may use others down the road.  Thanks for
>   your help.

You should be aware if you are not, that the netrw plugin ships with
Vim in the standard runtime.

You are correct though, that it depends on external programs. I'm not
sure of the best place to get these. I've been annoyed a couple times
that accessing web content does not work in Windows through netrw
(which depends on wget, I believe).

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