Ken Takata wrote:
> > > It looks that some part of src/INSTALL is out-dated:
> > >
> > > --- a/src/INSTALL
> > > +++ b/src/INSTALL
> > > @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ 4. Atari MiNT
> > >
> > > See INSTALLami.txt for Amiga
> > > See INSTALLmac.txt for Macintosh
> > > -See INSTALLpc.txt for PC (Windows 95/98/NT/XP/Vista/7/8/10)
> > > +See INSTALLpc.txt for PC (Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10)
> > > See INSTALLvms.txt for VMS
> > > See INSTALLx.txt for cross-compiling on Unix
> > > -See ../README_390.txt for OS/390 Unix
> > > +See ../READMEdir/README_os390.txt for OS/390 Unix
> > > See ../runtime/doc/os_beos.txt for BeBox
> >
> > Thanks, I'll include this.
> >
> > > However, looking at the first line of READMEdir/README_os390.txt, it
> > > starts
> > > with "README_zOS.txt". Should the file renamed to README_zOS.txt?
> > > If so, the line should be:
> > >
> > > See ../READMEdir/README_zOS.txt for z/OS Unix
> >
> > I think both names can be used, one is the old name and one the new
> > name. I don't know what users of these systems recognize, let's just
> > leave it as-is.
>
> Hmm, but the first line of the text shouldn't the same as the file name?
> If we keep the file name as-is, then the first line of README_os390.txt
> should be changed to:
>
> README_os390.txt for version 8.1 of Vim: Vi IMproved.
Yep.
> > > BTW, I have another question. There are many *.info files in the
> > > repository.
> > > E.g. READMEdir/README.txt.info, READMEdir/src.info, ...
> > > What are the files for? For a-a-p? Can we delete them?
> >
> > They are for the Amiga. I still like to support the Amiga since it's
> > where Vim originally started. There are emulators for the Amiga, and
> > running Vim in there can be very useful. Even though there will be very
> > few people doing that.
>
> I don't know how the Amiga handles those files, but are the files in the
> right directories? It seems that *.info files exist in the same directories
> with the files (or directories) without the .info extension. (E.g. Both "doc"
> and "doc.info" are in the "runtime" directory.)
> Shouldn't the following files in the "READMEdir" be moved to the top
> directory?
>
> README.txt.info
> runtime.info
> src.info
> (Not sure about Vim.info, vimdir.info and Xxd.info.)
Yes, these are desktop files, which normally are in the same directory
as the file they are for. But sometimes they are moved when packaging
or installing.
I moved all the .info files out of the top directory to make the front
page in github look better. This does indeed mean that a few are now in
the READMEdir directory. Let's leave this unless someone complains.
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