Vim launcher

This is a very small program to launch Vim.

This retrieves the path of (g)vim.exe from the registry settings for GvimExt:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Vim\Gvim
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Vim\Gvim

The one-click installer will automatically install this by selecting the "Vim launchers" option.

If you download a zip package, you can install this manually by copying the launcher executable files to any directory that is in the PATH environment variable and setting the registry properly.

Aliases

If Vim launcher is copied (or hard-linked) with a different name, it can work as an alias.

• gvim.exe
  • evim.exe or egvim.exe -- Easy mode (gvim -y)
  • gview.exe -- Read-only mode (gvim -R)
  • gvimdiff.exe -- Diff mode (gvim -d)
• vim.exe
  • view.exe -- Read-only mode (vim -R)
  • vimdiff.exe -- Diff mode (vim -d)

The one-click installer automatically creates these hard links.

Example registry settings

Normally, you don't need to update the registry settings manually. The one-click installer sets them automatically. However, if you want to change them manually, see the following examples:

• example_current_user.reg
• example_all_users.reg (requires admin privileges)

Build

If you have download the source code, run the following command:

nmake -f Make_mvc.mak

This will build gvim.exe and vim.exe.

Icon

This low-resolution icon file is copied from Vim v9.1.1818 to reduce the file size and optimized by https://github.com/k-takata/optico.