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I am trying to install a Vim extension for Visual Studio 2008.
So I downloaded a file called VsVim.vsix. And I googled how to install it, seems the answer is to use Visual Studio Extension Manager which comes with VS 2010.
Can anyone give me some hint how to install this on VS 2008, please?
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To install extensions from within Visual Studio: From Extensions > Manage Extensions, find the extension you want to install. (If you know the name or part of the name of the extension, you can ... Select Download.
Visual Studio supports extensions in the VSIX package format—these include project templates, item templates, Toolbox items, Managed Extension Framework (MEF) components, and VSPackages. You can also download and install MSI-based extensions, but the Extensions and Updates dialog box can't enable or disable them.
If an MSI-based extension includes an extension.vsixmanifest file, the extension appears in the Extensions and Updates dialog box. You can install extensions from Visual Studio Marketplace or the Manage Extensions dialog box in Visual Studio. To install extensions from within Visual Studio:
You can find more information about Visual Studio extensions here: Visual Studio SDK. Use the Extensions and Updates dialog box to install and manage Visual Studio extensions. To open the Extensions and Updates dialog, choose Tools > Extensions and Updates, or type Extensions in the Quick Launch search box.
VsVim cannot be installed for Visual Studio 2008.
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