On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 at 3:38am, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Hari Krishna Dara wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 at 1:46am, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > > > >> Hari Krishna Dara wrote: > >>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 at 4:05pm, Dmitriy Yamkovoy wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> Is there a binary compiled for Windows which allows me to run Vim > >>>> without any of the runtime files? Long story short, I want something > >>>> I can keep online or on a USB key and just copy to the desktop of any > >>>> computer I sit at. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> -Dmitriy > >>> I think Vim, when behaving as plain Vi, doesn't require any of the > >>> runtime files. E.g., try starting vim with -u NONE option, and run > >>> :scripts command, you will see that nothing is loaded. The runtime > >>> directory is not essential for using Vim. > >>> > >> indeed, but then you will get > >> - no help (doc/) > >> - no Vim tutor (tutor/) > >> - no syntax highlighting and no colorschemes (syntax/, colors/) > >> - no filetype detection, no filetype plugins and no filetype indenting > >> (filetype.vim, ftplugin/, indent/) > >> - no keymaps (keymap/) > >> - no non-English messages (lang/) > >> - no menus (not even English menus) (menu.vim) > >> - no spell checking (spell/) > >> - no "matchit" matching (macros/matchit.vim) > >> - no directory browsing (plugin/netrwPlugin.vim etc.) > >> - no editing of remote files (plugin/netrwPlugin.vim etc.) > >> - no editing of zipfiles, tarballs, etc. (plugin/gzip.vim, > >> plugin/tarPlugin.vim, plugin/zipPlugin.vim) > >> - no conversion to HTML (syntax/2html.vim) > >> - no ":options" command (optwin.vim) > >> - no vimrc_example.vim (vimrc_example.vim) > >> etc., > >> > >> in other words, you would lose most of the things which, IMHO, make Vim > > great. > > > > First of all, I presumed that that is what OP wanted. Secondly, it is > > still several magnitudes better than plain Vi :) > > > > For the sake of argument, glancing through your list again I find none > > of them to be essential. The only feature out of the list that I use > > most is the "matchit", the rest, I don't either (regularly) use or need. > > Not even the help? Then you've got a better (and more encyclopaedic) memory > than mine.
Sorry, that was a mistake. Help is essential for all the newer features and finding options etc. -- Thanks, Hari > > > In fact most of these features didn't even exist in older Vim versions > > (which was still a lot better than Vi). > > I don't remember Vim versions older than 6.1 but I would expect them to have > had a help system. > > > > > PS: I don't need lang, but I would imagine it to be essential for > > someone needing a non-English language. > > > > When typing Russian or Arabic I would also need keymaps, except that I'm using > my own keymaps, in $VIM/vimfiles/keymap or ~/vimfiles/keymap. I also use > syntax colouring whenever available. > > > > Best regards, > Tony. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
