Adam Young wrote:
I am dying to use the new v of vim but, while using the exe installer,
I get repeated errors while trying to install to the default
directory: C:/Program Files/Vim/vim70. I am alerted repeatedly that
the "path must end in Vim". Installing to the directory C:/Program
Files/Vim has caused a lot of problems with the paths - colors are
not recognized etc.
I am not sure if this is also a result of the path problems, but I am
unable to use the omnicompletion ('omnicompletion not set') and also
my ctrl c and ctrl v windows cut and paste do not work.
If you are told that "the path must end in vim" then it probably means
that the install procedure creates a vim70 subdirectory in the directory
you give it. I would install into C:\PROGRA~1\vim (spaces in pathnames
are sometimes a problem), check that C:\Program Files\vim\vim70 then
contains my new executable, make sure that the latter directory is in
the PATH, that the VIM environment variable variable is either unset or
set to C:\PROGRA~1\vim and that (outside of Vim) the VIMRUNTIME
environment variable is unset.
To check the value of an environment variable, type ECHO %PATH% or ECHO
%VIM% etc. at the prompt in a Dos Box.
To set or clear environment variables such as PATH, VIM and VIMRUNTIME:
In WinXP, it's under Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment
variables
In Win98, it's a line starting PATH or SET in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
Other flavours of Windows use (AFAIK) either method depending on Windows
version.
See also my tip http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=848 about
having more than one Vim version coexist peacefully on a single computer.
If you don't succeed to install the precompiled vim 7.0, you might also
try compiling it yourself (with at least 17 bugfixes already published),
see my HowTo http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm
Oh, and BTW: On Dos/Windows, the path separator is the backslash, not
the forward slash.
Best regards,
Tony.
