1README_vms.txt for version 7.3 of Vim: Vi IMproved. 2 3This file explains the installation of Vim on VMS systems. 4See "README.txt" in the runtime archive for information about Vim. 5 6 7Most information can be found in the on-line documentation. Use ":help vms" 8inside Vim. Or get the runtime files and read runtime/doc/os_vms.txt to find 9out how to install and configure Vim with runtime files etc. 10 11To compile Vim yourself you need three archives: 12 vim-X.X-rt.tar.gz runtime files 13 vim-X.X-src.tar.gz source files 14 vim-X.X-extra.tar.gz extra source files 15 16Compilation is recommended, in order to make sure that the correct 17libraries are used for your specific system. Read about compiling in 18src/INSTALLvms.txt. 19 20To use the binary version, you need one of these archives: 21 22 vim-XX-exe-ia64-gui.zip IA64 GUI/Motif executables 23 vim-XX-exe-ia64-gtk.zip IA64 GUI/GTK executables 24 vim-XX-exe-ia64-term.zip IA64 console executables 25 vim-XX-exe-axp-gui.zip Alpha GUI/Motif executables 26 vim-XX-exe-axp-gtk.zip Alpha GUI/GTK executables 27 vim-XX-exe-axp-term.zip Alpha console executables 28 vim-XX-exe-vax-gui.zip VAX GUI executables 29 vim-XX-exe-vax-term.zip VAX console executables 30 31and of course 32 vim-XX-runtime.zip runtime files 33 34The binary archives contain: vim.exe, ctags.exe, xxd.exe files, 35but there are also prepared "deploy ready" archives: 36 37vim-XX-ia64.zip GUI and console executables with runtime and 38 help files for IA64 systems 39vim-XX-axp.zip GUI and console executables with runtime and 40 help files for Alpha systems 41vim-XX-vax.zip GUI and console executables with runtime and 42 help files for VAX systems 43 44GTK builds need LIBGTK library installed. 45 46These executables and up to date patches for OpenVMS system are downloadable 47from http://www.polarhome.com/vim/ or ftp://ftp.polarhome.com/pub/vim/ 48 49