On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 23:14 +0100, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Alan Isaac wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Paul Stone wrote: > > > I went to the Cream web page because the VIM Downloads > > > page links there as a way of getting a fully patched > > > version of VIM for the PC > > > > Can this be installed "over" the previous Vim 7, > > or do I need to uninstall first? (Windows.) > > I "think" the installer uninstalls a previous patchlevel if it finds > one.
No, the Cream project's Windows installers do not uninstall a previous one if found. (Can't say about the official Vim Windows installer.) > When I was on Windows, I used to install every patchlevel on top of > the previous one. Yes, this is the way we do it... > In the rare case that a runtime file name becomes obsolete (as > happened when plugin/netrw.vim was replaced by > plugin/netrwPlugin.vim plus other netrw*.vim scripts in other > subdirectories of $VIMRUNTIME) you may need to make sure that the > obsolete file is deleted. Exactly, from time to time, it's probably a good idea to delete/rename your Vim directory prior to installing a new version. Both these situations could probably be remedied pretty easily, I've just never found time to write it into the installer and the side effects have been negligible to date (in 3-4 years?). Patches welcome. :) -- Steve Hall [ digitect dancingpaper com ]
