runtime(doc): add a table of supported Operating Systems

Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/tags b/runtime/doc/tags
index 82a01e2d7312358365922a24bcafc0c9fc76d1ac..6e5085a0d8854be853fc5d7e013f3e3c758dce11 100644 (file)
--- a/runtime/doc/tags
+++ b/runtime/doc/tags
@@ -9331,6 +9331,7 @@ options.txt       options.txt     /*options.txt*
 optwin options.txt     /*optwin*
 or()   builtin.txt     /*or()*
 oracle ft_sql.txt      /*oracle*
+os-support     vi_diff.txt     /*os-support*
 os2    os_os2.txt      /*os2*
 os390  os_390.txt      /*os390*
 os_390.txt     os_390.txt      /*os_390.txt*

diff --git a/runtime/doc/version9.txt b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
index c4022d8882edf01aaa16e7df734449a8c486fe94..daba9848c993b215abe5ba663c36624e2fed7e70 100644 (file)
--- a/runtime/doc/version9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
@@ -31790,7 +31790,7 @@ Changed ~
 - The features |++builtin_terms|, |+cmdline_info|, |+cmdwin|, |+file_in_path|,
   |+float|, |+path_extra|, |+textobjects|, |+wildignore| and |+wildmenu| are
   available in all the builds.
-- Support for Windows-XP is dropped.
+- Support for Windows-XP is dropped (starting with v9.0.0496)
 - Support for VisVim is removed.
 - The "small" and "big" builds are dropped in favor of "tiny" and "huge"
   builds.

diff --git a/runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt
index 58bce5e53ed285fcb84818710a6f57429f3ac1e6..b96f77907c7f9944e6eee192cb62ebc680d5600b 100644 (file)
--- a/runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*vi_diff.txt*   For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Oct 05
+*vi_diff.txt*   For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2024 Nov 10
 
 
                  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ is missing something or because Posix is beside the mark).
 6. Supported Vi features               |vi-features|
 7. Command-line arguments              |cmdline-arguments|
 8. POSIX compliance                    |posix-compliance|
+9. Supported Operating Systems         |os-support|
 
 ==============================================================================
 1. Simulated command                                   *simulated-command*
@@ -1361,5 +1362,37 @@ These are remarks about running the POSIX test suite:
   1 instead of 2.
 - ex test 534 fails because .exrc isn't read in silent mode.
 
+==============================================================================
+9. Supported Operating systems                                 *os-support*
+
+Vim tries to support some old operating systems, however support for older
+operating systems might be dropped if maintenance becomes a burden or can no
+longer be verified.
+
+Here is the status of some operating systems. Note fully supported means,
+support is verified as part of the CI test suite.
+
+System                         | Status:~
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
+Amiga (OS4, AROS & MorphOS):   | still supported (?)
+Haiku:                         | still supported (?)
+Linux:                         | fully supported (on maintained versions)
+Mac OS:                                | fully supported up until v10.6 (?)
+MS-Windows 7, 8, 10, 11:       | fully supported
+UNIX:                          | supported (on maintained versions)
+OpenVMS:                       | supported
+QNX:                           | still supported (?)
+zOS/OS390:                     | still supported (?)
+
+The following operating systems are no longer supported:
+
+System                         | Status:~
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
+Atari MiNT                     | support was dropped with v8.2.1215
+BeOS:                          | support was dropped with v8.2.0849
+MS-DOS:                                | support was dropped with v7.4.1399
+MS-Windows XP and Vista:       | support was dropped with v9.0.0496
+OS/2                           | support was dropped with v7.4.1008
+RISC OS:                       | support was dropped with v7.3.0187
 
  vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: