Check out gVim for Windows at portableapps.com. Portable apps are designed to run anywhere off a USB drive. So don't install in Windows. Just put the files in a folder somewhere on your hard drive. It runs out of the folder and keeps the configuration files there. But you can still make it a default app for handling particular file types. 8.2 is the most recent version there.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 1:43 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/vim_use/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/vim_use/topics> > > - VIM on Windows Work Laptop <#m_-4672407531423457067_group_thread_0> > - 1 Update > > VIM on Windows Work Laptop > <http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/t/6be68f37650f73d6?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]>: Mar 08 08:25AM +0100 > > > > Hey, guys I recently started a position that requires me to use a > windows workstation but I would like to have access to vim and the plugins > I normally would use. I feel infinitely slower doing basic tasks without > it. I managed to install the windows version but I am not fully > understanding where the vimrc file belongs and how to get plug up and > running with it so I can configure things and utilize plugins. Any tips or > suggestions are appreciated. So far I have tried modifying the _vimrc in my > x86 programs file and added the autoload directory like the Plug > installation requires. But when I launch vim it doesn't seem to be > recognizing my _vimrc changes or location maybe. > > On Unix Vim looks for a startup file named .vimrc, on Windows for one > named _vimrc. In both cases it looks for it in your home directory — > and if $HOME (or, in Windows parlance, %HOME%) is not defined on > Windows, $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH (i.e. %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%) is a > fallback location. If the vimrc is not found there, Vim looks for it > on Unix as ~/.vim/vimrc or on Windows as ~/vimfiles/vimrc (i.e., in > the latter case, %HOME%\vimfiles\vimrc or > %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\vimfiles\vimrc). Note that a vimrc in .vim (for > Unix) or in vimfiles (for Windows) must NOT have a . or _ at the start > of its filename. > > All this, and more (e.g. how to invoke Vim so as to disregard an > existing vimrc) is explained under ":help vimrc". > > For the plugins, they are in the plugin/ subdirectory (for global > plugins) of one of the directories mentioned in the 'runtimepath' > option. These are normally the following: > $HOME/.vim/ (Unix) or $HOME/vimfiles/ (Windows) for user-specific full > scripts > $VIM/vimfiles/ for system-wide scripts, usually put there by a system > administrator > $VIMRUNTIME/ _only_ for scripts distributed together with Vim. Any Vim > update may silently modify them. > $VIM/vimfiles/after/ for system-wide snippets overriding any of the above > $HOME/.vim/after/ (Unix) or $HOME/vimfiles/after/ (Windows) for > user-specific snippets overriding any of the above. > > All these five directory trees have the same layout, and if a script > looked-for in one of them is absent, it is no error: the result is the > same as if the script had been present but empty. In the case of > global plugins, however, all of them are sourced in the order they are > found, unless you disable them all by means of a command-line switch > which can take several forms, see ":help --noplugin". > > In addition, you may have "packages" which add additional directories > to the above five. > See > :help 'runtimepath' > :help packages > :help plugin (which is a whole chapter about the various kinds > of plugins) > > HTH, > Tony. > Back to top <#m_-4672407531423457067_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/vim_use/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAMrxu97b9o-qUgrZq%2BFvhXStwz%3D801i84W-CO646%3D1RwBEnyVw%40mail.gmail.com.
