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README_dos.txt for version 10.0 of MNV: MNV is not Vim.
This file explains the installation of MNV on MS-Windows systems.
See "README.txt" for general information about MNV.
There are two ways to install MNV:
A. Use the self-installing .exe file.
B. Unpack .zip files and run the install.exe program.
A. Using the self-installing .exe
---------------------------------
This is mostly self-explaining. Just follow the prompts and make the
selections. A few things to watch out for:
- When an existing installation is detected, you are offered to first remove
this. The uninstall program is then started while the install program waits
for it to complete. Sometimes the windows overlap each other, which can be
confusing. Be sure the complete the uninstalling before continuing the
installation. Watch the taskbar for uninstall windows.
- When selecting a directory to install MNV, use the same place where other
versions are located. This makes it easier to find your _mnvrc file. For
example "C:\Program Files\mnv" or "D:\mnv". A name ending in "mnv" is
preferred.
- After selecting the directory where to install MNV, clicking on "Next" will
start the installation.
B. Using .zip files
-------------------
These are the normal steps to install MNV from the .zip archives:
1. Go to the directory where you want to put the MNV files. Examples:
cd C:\
cd D:\editors
If you already have a "mnv" directory, go to the directory in which it is
located. Check the $MNV setting to see where it points to:
set MNV
For example, if you have
C:\mnv\mnv92
do
cd C:\
Binary and runtime MNV archives are normally unpacked in the same location,
on top of each other.
2. Unpack the zip archives. This will create a new directory "mnv\mnv92",
in which all the distributed MNV files are placed. Since the directory
name includes the version number, it is unlikely that you overwrite
existing files.
Examples:
pkunzip -d gmnv92.zip
unzip mnv92w32.zip
You need to unpack the runtime archive and at least one of the binary
archives. When using more than one binary version, be careful not to
overwrite one version with the other, the names of the executables
"mnv.exe" and "gmnv.exe" are the same.
After you unpacked the files, you can still move the whole directory tree
to another location. That is where they will stay, the install program
won't move or copy the runtime files.
3. Change to the new directory:
cd mnv\mnv92
Run the "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about
how you would like to have your MNV setup. Among these are:
- You can tell it to write a "_mnvrc" file with your preferences in the
parent directory.
- It can also install an "Edit with MNV" entry in the Windows Explorer
popup menu.
- You can have it create batch files, so that you can run MNV from the
console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your
$PATH. If you skip this, you can add MNV to the search path manually:
The simplest is to add a line to your autoexec.bat. Examples:
set path=%path%;C:\mnv\mnv92
set path=%path%;D:\editors\mnv\mnv92
- Create entries for MNV on the desktop and in the Start menu.
That's it!
Remarks:
- If MNV can't find the runtime files, ":help" won't work and the GUI version
won't show a menubar. Then you need to set the $MNV environment variable to
point to the top directory of your MNV files. Example:
set MNV=C:\editors\mnv
MNV version 10.0 will look for your mnvrc file in $MNV, and for the runtime
files in $MNV/mnv92. See ":help $MNV" for more information.
- To avoid confusion between distributed files of different versions and your
own modified mnv scripts, it is recommended to use this directory layout:
("C:\mnv" is used here as the root, replace it with the path you use)
Your own files:
C:\mnv\_mnvrc Your personal mnvrc.
C:\mnv\_mnvinfo Dynamic info for 'mnvinfo'.
C:\mnv\mnvfiles\ftplugin\*.mnv Filetype plugins
C:\mnv\... Other files you made.
Distributed files:
C:\mnv\mnv92\mnv.exe The MNV version 10.0 executable.
C:\mnv\mnv92\doc\*.txt The version 10.0 documentation files.
C:\mnv\mnv92\bugreport.mnv A MNV version 10.0 script.
C:\mnv\mnv92\... Other version 10.0 distributed files.
In this case the $MNV environment variable would be set like this:
set MNV=C:\mnv
Then $MNVRUNTIME will automatically be set to "$MNV\mnv92". Don't add
"mnv92" to $MNV, that won't work.
- You can put your MNV executable anywhere else. If the executable is not
with the other MNV files, you should set $MNV. The simplest is to add a line
to your autoexec.bat. Examples:
set MNV=c:\mnv
set MNV=d:\editors\mnv
- If you have told the "install.exe" program to add the "Edit with MNV" menu
entry, you can remove it by running the "uninstall.exe". See
":help win32-popup-menu".
For further information, type one of these inside MNV:
:help dos
:help win32
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