From: Heikki Junes <heikki.junes@hut.fi>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:03:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject:         * Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi: update vim-mode installing orders.
X-Git-Tag: release/2.1.34~8
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d95c8b7265bd25f9ffea3becbb80295984d245d1;p=lilypond.git

    * Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi: update vim-mode installing orders.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 77833b1211..dda3390d4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 	* vim/GNUmakefile: use --words and --vim targets in lilypond-words.py
 
+	* Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi: update vim-mode installing orders.
+
 2004-03-22  Heikki Junes  <hjunes@cc.hut.fi>
 
         * config.make.in: add vimdir.
diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi b/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi
index 68a46788e7..e778194f8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi
@@ -238,10 +238,13 @@ to your @var{load-path}. Append the following line (modified) to your
 
 @section Vim mode
 
-@c lilypond.words.el for vim auto-completion?
-A Vim mode for entering music and running LilyPond is contained in
-the source archive. The LilyPond file type is detected if your file
-@file{~/.vim/filetype.vim} has the following content:
+A Vim mode for entering music and running LilyPond is contained in the 
+source archive. For version 6.2 and newer, Vim-mode works directly after 
+installing LilyPond. 
+
+For earlier versions (and if @code{$VIM} environment variable does not
+fall-back to @file{/usr/share/vim}), the LilyPond file type is detected 
+if your file @file{~/.vim/filetype.vim} has the following content:
 @example
 	if exists("did_load_filetypes")
   	  finish
@@ -250,13 +253,12 @@ the source archive. The LilyPond file type is detected if your file
   	  au! BufNewFile,BufRead *.ly           setf lilypond
 	augroup END
 @end example
-In addition, LilyPond's vim-mode files which are installed to 
-@file{/usr/share/lilypond/vim/} have to be placed in a path specified
-in your @code{$VIMRUNTIME} environment variable. You can add this path 
-to @code{$VIMRUNTIME} by appending the following line to your 
-@file{~/.vimrc}:
+If Vim has been installed to @file{/usr/local/...} instead of 
+@file{/usr/...}, then @file{/usr/share/vim} may not be specified in 
+your @code{$VIMRUNTIME} environment variable and you have to include this 
+path explicitly by appending the following line to your @file{~/.vimrc}:
 @example
-	set runtimepath+=/usr/share/lilypond/vim/
+	set runtimepath+=/usr/share/vim/
 @end example
 
 @section Problems