From c05599b632086e928cbe9da931af134a5aaa6730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad Anderson Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:44:58 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add installation instructions for Windows --- README.md | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3846404..6777dcf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,11 +4,31 @@ ## Quick start -1. Setup [Vundle]: +1. Requirements: + + Vundle requires the `git` and `curl` commandline tools. These can be + installed through the regular means for your operating system. + + On Windows you can install `git` using + [msysgit](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/). Git must be added to the + PATH environment variable for Vundle to work. The msysgit installer + provides an option to add git to the path automatically. + + The `curl` Windows binary can be found on the + [curl website](http://curl.haxx.se/). Copy the files to where you'd like + to store them (`%PROGRAMFILES%\curl` is a pretty good choice). + + You can edit your Windows PATH environment variable by right-clicking + on My Computer and selecting selecting Properties (Windows Vista/7 users + must also click `Advanced System Settings`). Go to the Advanced tab and + click `Environment Variables...`. Append the path where you installed + `curl` to the `Path` system variable. + +2. Setup [Vundle]: git clone http://github.com/gmarik/vundle.git ~/.vim/vundle.git -2. Configure bundles: +3. Configure bundles: Put into your `~/.vimrc`: @@ -28,7 +48,7 @@ " "Bundles here " filetype plugin indent on -3. Install configured bundles: +4. Install configured bundles: Launch `vim`, run `:BundleInstall` (**no `Vim` restart required** since v0.5)