November 1998
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11.11. Sources and Supported Operating Systems
vim has its own Internet domain. The best thing to do is start from the home page at http://www.vim.org/ . There is a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for vim, at http://www.vim.org/faq/ . Of particular interest are several vim-related mailing lists; start with http://www.vim.org/mail.html .
Instead of just one or two distribution points, there are a number of ftp sites that mirror the main vim distribution site. These are all available as ftp.country.vim.org. Replace country with a two-letter code from Table 11.18. More details, including other mirror sites, are available via links on the web page, and in the file ftp://ftp.nl.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS . The other sites are all mirrors of ftp.nl.vim.org . When retrieving files via ftp, try to use the one that is closest to you.
| Code | Country |
|---|---|
| au | Australia |
| ca | Canada |
| gr | Greece |
| hu | Hungary |
| jp | Japan |
| kr | Korea |
| nl | The Netherlands |
| pl | Poland |
| us | United States |
The source code for vim is freely distributable. Distribution is permitted in source and binary form, but if you modify vim and distribute it, you must make your changes available to the maintainer for possible inclusion in a subsequent release. vim is also "charityware." This was discussed earlier in this chapter.
vim has been ported to the following systems:
The Amiga. (This is where vim was born.)
The Acorn Archimedes. The last working port was done with Version 2.0. A new port is being done. It will be included ...
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