1 *os_amiga.txt* For Vim version 7.0. Last change: 2005 Mar 29
4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
8 This file contains the particularities for the Amiga version of Vim.
9 There is also a section specifically for |MorphOS| below.
11 Installation on the Amiga:
12 - Assign "VIM:" to the directory where the Vim "doc" directory is. Vim will
13 look for the file "VIM:doc/help.txt" (for the help command).
14 Setting the environment variable $VIM also works. And the other way around:
15 when $VIM used and it is not defined, "VIM:" is used.
16 - With DOS 1.3 or earlier: Put "arp.library" in "libs:". Vim must have been
17 compiled with the |+ARP| feature enabled. Make sure that newcli and run are
18 in "C:" (for executing external commands).
19 - Put a shell that accepts a command with "-c" (e.g. "Csh" from Fish disk
20 624) in "c:" or in any other directory that is in your search path (for
21 executing external commands).
23 If you have sufficient memory you can avoid startup delays by making Vim and
24 csh resident with the command "rez csh vim". You will have to put
25 "rezlib.library" in your "libs:" directory. Under 2.0 you will need rez
28 If you do not use digraphs, you can save some memory by recompiling without
29 the |+digraphs| feature. If you want to use Vim with other terminals you can
30 recompile with the TERMCAP option. Vim compiles with Manx 5.x and SAS 6.x.
31 See the makefiles and feature.h.
33 If you notice Vim crashes on some files when syntax highlighting is on, or
34 when using a search pattern with nested wildcards, it might be that the stack
35 is too small. Try increasing the stack size. In a shell use the Stack
36 command before launching Vim. On the Workbench, select the Vim icon, use the
37 workbench "Info" menu and change the Stack field in the form.
39 If you want to use different colors set the termcap codes:
40 t_mr (for inverted text)
42 t_me (for normal text after t_mr and t_md)
43 t_so (for standout mode)
44 t_se (for normal text after t_so)
45 t_us (for underlined text)
46 t_ue (for normal text after t_us)
47 t_ZH (for italic text)
48 t_ZR (for normal text after t_ZH)
50 Standard ANSI escape sequences are used. The codes are:
51 30 grey char 40 grey cell >0 grey background 0 all attributes off
52 31 black char 41 black cell >1 black background 1 boldface
53 32 white char 42 white cell >2 white background 2 faint
54 33 blue char 43 blue cell >3 blue background 3 italic
55 34 grey char 44 grey cell >4 grey background 4 underscore
56 35 black char 45 black cell >5 black background 7 reverse video
57 36 white char 46 white cell >6 white background 8 invisible
58 37 blue char 47 blue cell >7 blue background
60 The codes with '>' must be the last. The cell and background color should be
61 the same. The codes can be combined by separating them with a semicolon. For
62 example to get white text on a blue background: >
63 :set t_me=^V<Esc>[0;32;43;>3m
64 :set t_se=^V<Esc>[0;32;43;>3m
65 :set t_ue=^V<Esc>[0;32;43;>3m
66 :set t_ZR=^V<Esc>[0;32;43;>3m
67 :set t_md=^V<Esc>[1;32;43;>3m
68 :set t_mr=^V<Esc>[7;32;43;>3m
69 :set t_so=^V<Esc>[0;31;43;>3m
70 :set t_us=^V<Esc>[4;32;43;>3m
71 :set t_ZH=^V<Esc>[3;32;43;>3m
73 When using multiple commands with a filter command, e.g. >
74 :r! echo this; echo that
75 Only the output of the last command is used. To fix this you have to group the
76 commands. This depends on the shell you use (that is why it is not done
77 automatically in Vim). Examples: >
78 :r! (echo this; echo that)
79 :r! {echo this; echo that}
81 Commands that accept a single file name allow for embedded spaces in the file
82 name. However, when using commands that accept several file names, embedded
83 spaces need to be escaped with a backslash.
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86 Vim for MorphOS *MorphOS*
88 [this section mostly by Ali Akcaagac]
90 For the latest info about the MorphOS version:
91 http://www.akcaagac.com/index_vim.html
96 There are a couple of problems which are not MorphOS related but more Vim and
97 UN*X related. When starting up Vim in ram: it complains with a nag requester
98 from MorphOS please simply ignore it. Another problem is when running Vim as
99 is some plugins will cause a few problems which you can ignore as well.
100 Hopefully someone will be fixing it over the time.
102 To pass all these problems for now you can either run:
104 vim <file to be edited>
106 or if you want to run Vim plain and enjoy the motion of Helpfiles etc. it then
107 would be better to enter:
109 vim --noplugins <of course you can add a file>
114 1) Please copy the binary 'VIM' file to c:
115 2) Get the Vim runtime package from:
117 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/amiga/vim62rt.tgz
119 and unpack it in your 'Apps' directory of the MorphOS installation. For me
120 this would create following directory hierarchy:
122 MorphOS:Apps/Vim/Vim62/...
124 3) Add the following lines to your s:shell-startup (Important!).
127 Set VIM=MorphOS:Apps/Vim/Vim62
131 4) Copy the '.vimrc' file to s:
133 5) There is also a file named 'color-sequence' included in this archive. This
134 will set the MorphOS Shell to show ANSI colors. Please copy the file to s:
135 and change the s:shell-startup to:
138 Set VIM=MorphOS:Apps/Vim/Vim62
140 Execute S:Color-Sequence
145 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: