THANKS
Paul Somerville
(Vista). Thanks for the help from O'Reilly. Mechelynck , Schmidt, etc.
Embarrassingly, I found that my Vimfiles folder consisted of empty
folders. An uninstall and a new install seems to have solved the problem!
Tony Mechelynck
Your Vim runtime files coming from the distribution should be in the
$VIMRUNTIME directory, which is usually (for version 7.1) $VIM/vim71, i.e.,
(on Windows) something like "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim71" or (on Unix)
something like /usr/local/share/vim/vim71. Your own (user-written) runtime
files go in other directory trees with the same organization (the same
subfolders), as follows:
$HOME/.vim (on Unix)
$HOME/vimfiles (on Windows)
user-specific full-fledged scripts and helpfiles
$VIM/vimfiles (on all platforms)
system-wide full-fledged scripts and helpfiles
$VIM/vimfiles/after
system-wide tweaks to any of the above, or to $VIMRUNTIME scripts
$HOME/vimfiles/after
$HOME/.vim/after
user-specific tweaks to any of the above, or to $VIMRUNTIME scripts
All these "user" and "system-wide" directories don't contain anything other
than what _you_ (or your sysadmin) decide to put in them, they needn't even
exist. You can create them as you go along, when there is something you want
to put into them.
A few Vim-related files live outside the above-mentioned directories: the most
often used ones are your vimrc (.vimrc or _vimrc) and optionally your gvimrc
(.gvimrc or _gvimrc) which are normally in your $HOME directory. On Windows,
Vim will look for these two in $VIM if they aren't found in $HOME. All these
"special locations" are listed near the middle of the output of the ":version"
command.
Best regards,
Tony.
--
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes.
-- Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, UTCS
DervishD
* Paul Somerville <some...@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> dixit:
> I have just successfully installed Vim (gVim.71) on my new laptop
> (Vista). Thanks for the help from O'Reilly. Mechelynck , Schmidt, etc.
Sorry to get into the conversation for such an offtopic, but I think
that it's good to remember sometimes... This list is, by far, the best
list I've been subscribed to.
I haven't seen yet an unanswered question or an ignored problem. There
are always lots of intelligent answers. It's good that Vim and this list
doesn't cost money, because I'm afraid I couldn't afford them otherwise,
I cannot calculate the right amount to pay for all the help I've
received. Most of the time I lend a hand I just want to get a "thank
you" in return. I hope that the same applies to the people on the list
because I don't have enough money to pay them.
I'm not going to tell names because I would forget someone and I'll feel
like crap O:), but all of you know who you are ;))) Some of you have
helped me not only with vim, but with other things outside the list.
THANKS! (dankegon!)
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
--
Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net
It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen!
We are waiting for 13 Feb 2009 23:31:30 +0000 ...
Tony Mechelynck
> Hi Paul :)
>
> * Paul Somerville <some...@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> dixit:
>> I have just successfully installed Vim (gVim.71) on my new laptop
>> (Vista). Thanks for the help from O'Reilly. Mechelynck , Schmidt, etc.
>
> Sorry to get into the conversation for such an offtopic, but I think
> that it's good to remember sometimes... This list is, by far, the best
> list I've been subscribed to.
>
> I haven't seen yet an unanswered question or an ignored problem. There
> are always lots of intelligent answers. It's good that Vim and this list
> doesn't cost money, because I'm afraid I couldn't afford them otherwise,
> I cannot calculate the right amount to pay for all the help I've
> received. Most of the time I lend a hand I just want to get a "thank
> you" in return. I hope that the same applies to the people on the list
> because I don't have enough money to pay them.
>
> I'm not going to tell names because I would forget someone and I'll feel
> like crap O:), but all of you know who you are ;))) Some of you have
> helped me not only with vim, but with other things outside the list.
>
> THANKS! (dankegon!)
>
> Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
Ne dankinde (My pleasure, wfw: No need to thank).
I rarely thank for the answers I get, but please don't think I'm thankless: if
it didn't work, I would come back with further questions. So the same applies
to people whose questions I answer: if they don't come back with a further
question, I assume the answer worked for them. Let's just hope the reply
wasn't dropped by some anti-spam filter on the way to them! At least, with
gmail we can go check for false positives (if we think of it).
And yes, this ML is remarkable by the usefulness of the replies and the
politeness of the people -- not a single troll for as long as I can remember.
Maybe because of the two-step registering process?
Best regards,
Tony.
--
Q: How many supply-siders does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. The darkness will cause the light bulb to change by itself.
DervishD
* Tony Mechelynck <antoine.m...@gmail.com> dixit:
> DervishD wrote:
> > THANKS! (dankegon!)
>
> Ne dankinde (My pleasure, wfw: No need to thank).
;)
> I rarely thank for the answers I get, but please don't think I'm thankless:
I was not advocating for "thank you" messages, either ;) or the list
will double the traffic! XD
Usually I post a single thanks message to all the people that helped me,
or a note telling that the answer did work, but at times I feel like
dropping a "thank you" note. Anyway, I wanted to say a big thanks for
all the invaluable help I've got here (and the good people I've known!).
> And yes, this ML is remarkable by the usefulness of the replies and
> the politeness of the people -- not a single troll for as long as I
> can remember. Maybe because of the two-step registering process?
I know a couple of die hard trolls that wouldn't mind a two-step
registering process. Maybe the trolls are not fed here and they look for
another list to mess with XDD
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado