On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Tim Lebedkov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tim Lebedkov wrote: >> >>> the NSIS installer expects the installation directory to end with >>> "Vim", which is not always possible or desired (e.g. "Vim huge"). This >>> patch removes this restriction. >> >> I believe the main problem is that when installing a new version, Vim >> won't find the old version. Would it be possible to ask for >> confirmation that the user really intended to install in a different >> directory? >> >> Perhaps it's sufficient to check that the path contains "vim" in the >> last part of the path? >> >> >> -- >> hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: >> 192. Your boss asks you to "go fer" coffee and you come up with 235 FTP >> sites. >> >> /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ >> /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ >> \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// >> \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// > > > Hello Bram, > > uninstall_check() in dosinst.c actually scans the registry for keys > that start with "Vim" and extracts the directory from the path to the > uninstaller. This means that the name of the installation directory > may be arbitrary.
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