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diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
index dfe46b1047..d002a3a4ab 100644
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@@ -750,8 +750,6 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
Places for your personal initializations:
Unix $HOME/.vimrc or $HOME/.vim/vimrc
- OS/2 $HOME/.vimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/vimrc
- or $VIM/.vimrc (or _vimrc)
MS-Windows $HOME/_vimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/vimrc
or $VIM/_vimrc
Amiga s:.vimrc, home:.vimrc, home:vimfiles:vimrc
@@ -777,7 +775,7 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
a. If vim was started as |evim| or |eview| or with the |-y| argument, the
script $VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim will be loaded.
*system-vimrc*
- b. For Unix, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2, VMS, Macintosh, RISC-OS and Amiga
+ b. For Unix, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, VMS, Macintosh, RISC-OS and Amiga
the system vimrc file is read for initializations. The path of this
file is shown with the ":version" command. Mostly it's "$VIM/vimrc".
Note that this file is ALWAYS read in 'compatible' mode, since the
@@ -793,16 +791,16 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
- The environment variable VIMINIT (see also |compatible-default|) (*)
The value of $VIMINIT is used as an Ex command line.
- The user vimrc file(s):
- "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*)
- "$HOME/.vim/vimrc" (for Unix and OS/2) (*)
+ "$HOME/.vimrc" (for Unix) (*)
+ "$HOME/.vim/vimrc" (for Unix) (*)
"s:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
"home:.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
"home:vimfiles:vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
- "$VIM/.vimrc" (for OS/2 and Amiga) (*)
+ "$VIM/.vimrc" (for Amiga) (*)
"$HOME/_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
"$HOME/vimfiles/vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
"$VIM/_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
- Note: For Unix, OS/2 and Amiga, when ".vimrc" does not exist,
+ Note: For Unix and Amiga, when ".vimrc" does not exist,
"_vimrc" is also tried, in case an MS-DOS compatible file
system is used. For MS-DOS and Win32 ".vimrc" is checked
after "_vimrc", in case long file names are used.
@@ -818,11 +816,11 @@ accordingly. Vim proceeds in this order:
d. If the 'exrc' option is on (which is not the default), the current
directory is searched for three files. The first that exists is used,
the others are ignored.
- - The file ".vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga and OS/2) (*)
+ - The file ".vimrc" (for Unix and Amiga) (*)
"_vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
- - The file "_vimrc" (for Unix, Amiga and OS/2) (*)
+ - The file "_vimrc" (for Unix and Amiga) (*)
".vimrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32) (*)
- - The file ".exrc" (for Unix, Amiga and OS/2)
+ - The file ".exrc" (for Unix and Amiga)
"_exrc" (for MS-DOS and Win32)
(*) Using this file or environment variable will cause 'compatible' to be
@@ -889,7 +887,7 @@ Some hints on using initializations:
Standard setup:
Create a vimrc file to set the default settings and mappings for all your edit
sessions. Put it in a place so that it will be found by 3b:
- ~/.vimrc (Unix and OS/2)
+ ~/.vimrc (Unix)
s:.vimrc (Amiga)
$VIM\_vimrc (MS-DOS and Win32)
Note that creating a vimrc file will cause the 'compatible' option to be off
@@ -923,7 +921,7 @@ manual. The environment variables set with the old Manx Set command (before
version 5.0) are not recognized.
MS-DOS line separators:
-On MS-DOS-like systems (MS-DOS itself, Win32, and OS/2), Vim assumes that all
+On MS-DOS-like systems (MS-DOS itself and Win32), Vim assumes that all
the vimrc files have <CR> <NL> pairs as line separators. This will give
problems if you have a file with only <NL>s and have a line like
":map xx yy^M". The trailing ^M will be ignored.
@@ -1042,7 +1040,7 @@ will try to get the value for $VIM in this order:
problem). The file name ("help.txt" or any other) is removed. Then
trailing directory names are removed, in this order: "doc", "runtime" and
"vim{version}" (e.g., "vim54").
-3. For MSDOS, Win32 and OS/2 Vim tries to use the directory name of the
+3. For MSDOS and Win32 Vim tries to use the directory name of the
executable. If it ends in "/src", this is removed. This is useful if you
unpacked the .zip file in some directory, and adjusted the search path to
find the vim executable. Trailing directory names are removed, in this
@@ -1428,11 +1426,10 @@ remembered.
VIMINFO FILE NAME *viminfo-file-name*
-- The default name of the viminfo file is "$HOME/.viminfo" for Unix and OS/2,
+- The default name of the viminfo file is "$HOME/.viminfo" for Unix,
"s:.viminfo" for Amiga, "$HOME\_viminfo" for MS-DOS and Win32. For the last
two, when $HOME is not set, "$VIM\_viminfo" is used. When $VIM is also not
- set, "c:\_viminfo" is used. For OS/2 "$VIM/.viminfo" is used when $HOME is
- not set and $VIM is set.
+ set, "c:\_viminfo" is used.
- The 'n' flag in the 'viminfo' option can be used to specify another viminfo
file name |'viminfo'|.
- The "-i" Vim argument can be used to set another file name, |-i|. When the