Vim for Win32

Get Vim, a world-class clone of the classic Unix editor vi, for Win32 (Windows NT and Windows 95).

Sources and Win32 binaries are available from ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/local/gvr/vim/

Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor vi. Many new features have been added: multi-level undo, command line history, filename completion, block operations, etc. Those who don't know vi can probably skip this message, unless you are prepared to learn something new and useful. Vim is especially useful for editing C programs.

Vim should run on any Unix flavor, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, and Amiga. Ports for VMS, Atari MiNT, and Mac are being worked on.

Copying

Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are encouraged to make a donation to a non-profit organization that you share the beliefs of that help orphans. South East Asia Missions would be my recommendation.

VIM Distribution Sites

Vim can be found at:

ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/misc/vim/ (slow)

You can probably also find it (one day later) at:

ftp://petrified.cic.net/mirrors/vim/ (USA)
ftp://jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/unix/vim/ (USA)
ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/utilities/vim/ (Germany)
ftp://ftp.prz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/editors/vim/ (Germany)
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/misc/editors/vim/ (Germany)
ftp://nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu/pub/vim (USA)

A Linux binary statically linked with Motif can soon be found at:

ftp://ftp.blarg.net/pub/vim

The Win32 binaries are available from this site (Halcyon)

ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/local/gvr/vim/

The Files at the Vim Distribution Sites

file	size	system	contents
unix/vim-4.5.tar.gz	1006K	Unix	Sources and docs.
os2/vim45os2.zip	647K	OS/2	OS/2 binary and docs.
pc/vim45r16.zip	604K	MS-DOS	16-bit real mode binary and docs. Runs on most MS-DOS systems, but is restricted to using 640K memory.
pc/vim45p32.zip	676K	MS-DOS	32-bit protected mode binary and docs. It is compiled with DJGPP, it needs a DPMI driver (CWSDPMI is included). Supports long file names where available.
pc/vim45w32.zip	636K	Win32	32-bit Windows 95/NT binary and docs. Only runs on Windows 95 or Windows NT and supports long file names.
pc/vim45src.zip	763K	MS-DOS	Sources (with CR-LF).
pc/vim42xxx-nt.zip		Windows NT executables for Mips, Alpha, Power PC.

How to unpack the files in the Vim Distributions

System	File type	Unpack with
Unix	file.tar.gz	`gunzip file.tar.gz; tar xf file.tar`
Amiga	file.lha	`lha -x file.lha`
PC	file.zip	`pkunzip -d file.zip` or `unzip file.zip`

Reporting bugs:

Please send bug reports to: Bram Moolenaar <mool@oce.nl>. Please be brief: all the time that is spent on answering mail is

Mailing lists

There are three mailing lists for Vim:

	vim@prz.tu-berlin.de	about using Vim
	vimdev@prz.tu-berlin.de	about developing Vim
	vimannounce@prz.tu-berlin.de	announcements

If you want to join any of the lists, send a message to <majordomo@prz.tu-berlin.de> and put "info" in the body. Then Majordomo will give you a little help. You must join before you are allowed to send messages to the lists (otherwise Majordomo will eat your messages).

Send any other comments, patches, pizza, and suggestions to:

Bram Moolenaar E-mail: <mool@oce.nl>.
Clematisstraat 30
5925 BE Venlo Fax: +31 77 3595473
The Netherlands Tel: +31 77 3872340

Vim 4.5 binaries and source on Halcyon

vim45w32.zip Win32 Intel binaries (NT and Windows 95) and documentation.
ftp://ftp.oce.nl/pub/misc/vim/ The Vim master archive

Other Vim Stuff

Zip and Unzip

Get the InfoZIP versions of zip and unzip. These are real Win32 applications that understand long filenames.

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	Bram Moolenaar		E-mail: <mool@oce.nl>.
	Clematisstraat 30
	5925 BE Venlo		Fax: +31 77 3595473
	The Netherlands		Tel: +31 77 3872340