On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, KF wrote: > > > This doesn't tell me what it is for? > > How is this different from the Vim I run on my Windows box? > > > > What makes this different and why is it a "portableapp"? > > You install gVim portable in a flash drive/portable hdd and take it to > a computer that don't have gVim installed and use it as is. You can > take all your vimfiles and vimrc and put it in the "portable drive", > and all your settings will be "portable"... > > This is handy for some job that you would like to do on site, but > can't install anything on the computer you are working on, i.e. in a > way you can take your gVim with you. Or maybe in a school library's > public computer, you insert the flash drive and start Vim'ing...
I guess that you still did not list the changes that you made. In my experience the official vim does not have to be install before use either. Just copying a few essential files is sufficient for working under window. gvim.exe _vimrc menu.vim mswin.vim autoload\paste.vim -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
