README.txt
1README.txt for the gvimext DLL.
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3Written by Tianmiao Hu. Edited by Bram Moolenaar.
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6INSTALLATION
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8To install the "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry, it is recommended to use the
9"install.exe" program. It will ask you a few questions and install the needed
10registry entries.
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12In special situations you might want to make changes by hand. Check these
13items:
14- The gvimext.dll, gvim.exe and uninstal.exe either need to be in the search
15 path, or you have to set the full path in the registry entries. You could
16 move the gvimext.dll to the "windows\system" or "windows\system32"
17 directory, where the other DLL files are.
18- You can find the names of the used registry entries in the file
19 "GvimExt.reg". You can edit this file to add the paths. To install the
20 registry entries, right-click the gvimext.reg file and choose the "merge"
21 menu option.
22- The registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Vim\Gvim] is used by the
23 gvimext.dll. The value "path" specifies the location of "gvim.exe". If
24 gvim.exe is in the search path, the path can be omitted. The value "lang"
25 can be used to set the language, for example "de" for German. If "lang" is
26 omitted, the language set for Windows will be used.
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28It is the preferred method to keep gvim.exe with the runtime files, so that
29Vim will find them (also the translated menu items are there).
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32UNINSTALLATION
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34To uninstall the "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry, it is recommended to use
35the "uninstal.exe" program.
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37In special situations you might want to uninstall by hand:
38- Open the registry by running regedit.exe.
39- Delete all the keys listed in GvimExt.reg, except this one:
40 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]
41 For this key, only delete one value:
42 "{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}"="Vim Shell Extension"
43- Delete the gvimext.dll, if you want. You might need to reboot the machine
44 in order to remove this file. A quick way is to log off and re-login.
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46Another method is by using the uninst.bat script:
47 uninst gvimext.inf
48This batch file will remove all the registry keys from the system. Then you
49can remove the gvimext.dll file.
50Note: In order for this batch file to work, you must have two system files:
51rundll32.exe and setupapi.dll. I believe you will have rundll32.exe in your
52system. I know windows nt 4.0 with the service pack 4 has setupapi.dll. My
53windows 95 has setupapi.dll. I find that the internet explorer 4.0 comes with
54the setupapi.dll in file Ie4_5.cab.
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56If you do encounter problems running this script, then probably you need to
57modify the uninst.bat to suit to your system. Basically, you must find out
58where are the locations for your rundll32.exe and setupapi.dll files. In
59windows nt, both files are under c:\winnt\system32 directory. In my windows 95
60system, I got setupapi.dll at c:\windows\system and rundll32.exe at
61c:\windows. So you might want to try something like:
62 rundll32.exe c:\windows\system\setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultUninstall 128 %1
63where %1 can be substituted by gvimext.inf
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66THE SOURCE CODE
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68I have provided the source code here in hope that gvim users around world can
69further enhance this little dll. I believe the only thing you need to change
70is gvimext.cpp file. The important two functions you need to look at are
71QueryContextMenu and InvokeCommand. You can modify right-click menus in the
72QueryContextMenu function and invoke gvim in the InvokeCommand function. Note
73the selected files can be accessed from the DragQueryFile function. I am not
74familiar with the invoking options for gvim. I believe there are some
75improvements that can be made on that side.
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77I use MS Visual C++ 6.0's nmake to make the gvimext.dll. I don't have a
78chance to try earlier versions of MSVC. The files that are required for build
79are:
80 gvimext.cpp
81 gvimext.h
82 gvimext.def
83 gvimext.rc
84 resource.h
85 Makefile
86
87To compile the DLL from the command line:
88 vcvars32
89 nmake -f Makefile
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91If you did something interesting to this dll, please let me know
92@ tianmiao@acm.org.
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94Happy vimming!!!
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