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annotate src/INSTALLpc.txt @ 30320:0763cb330a65 v9.0.0496

patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/27b53be3a6a340f1858bcd31233fe2efc86f8e15 Author: K.Takata <kentkt@csc.jp> Date: Sun Sep 18 12:25:49 2022 +0100 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Problem: No good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP. Solution: Drop Windows-XP support. (Ken Takata, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/11089)

author	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date	Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:30:05 +0200
parents	b15334beeaa4
children	c9d2c554f314

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7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	1 INSTALLpc.txt - Installation of Vim on PC
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3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	3 This file contains instructions for compiling Vim. If you already have an
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	4 executable version of Vim, you don't need this.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	5
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	6 You can find the latest here: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	7 This page also has links to install support for interfaces such as Perl,
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	8 Python, Lua, etc.
7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	9
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	10 The file "feature.h" can be edited to match your preferences. You can skip
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	11 this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	12 be fine for most people.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	13
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	14 This document assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 or later (Windows
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	15 7/8/10/11). There are also instructions for pre-Vista and pre-XP systems, but
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	16 they might no longer work.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	17
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	18 The recommended way is to build a 32 bit Vim, also on 64 bit systems. You can
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	19 build a 64 bit Vim if you like, the executable will be bigger and Vim won't be
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	20 any faster, but you can edit files larger than 2 Gbyte.
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	21
7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	22
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	23 Contents:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	24 1. Microsoft Visual C++
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	25 2. Using MSYS2 with MinGW
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	26 3. Using MinGW
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	27 4. Cygwin
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	28 5. Cross compiling for Win32 from a Linux machine
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	29 6. Building with Python support
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	30 7. Building with Python3 support
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	31 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	32 9. Building with Lua support
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	33 10. Building with Perl support
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	34 11. Building with Ruby support
7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	35 12. Building with Tcl support
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	36 13. Building with DirectX (DirectWrite) support
27998 ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	37 14. Building with libsodium support
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	38 15. Windows 3.1
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	39 16. MS-DOS
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	40
27998 ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	41 17. Installing after building from sources
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	42
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	43
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	44 The currently recommended way (that means it has been verified to work) is
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	45 using the "Visual Studio Community 2015" installation. This doesn't include
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	46 the SDK for older Windows versions (95, 98), see "OLDER VERSIONS" below for
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	47 that.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	48
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	49
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	50 1. Microsoft Visual C++
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	51 =======================
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	52
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	53 We do not provide download links, since Microsoft keeps changing them. You
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	54 can search for "Visual Studio Community 2015", for example. You will need to
29779 90a966f5c77a Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29163 diff changeset	55 create a Microsoft account (it's free). You need to download the "DVD", and
90a966f5c77a Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29163 diff changeset	56 execute the installer from it.
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	57
29779 90a966f5c77a Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29163 diff changeset	58 When installing "Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 3" or "Visual C++
90a966f5c77a Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29163 diff changeset	59 Build Tools for Visual Studio 2015 with Update 3" make sure to
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	60 select "custom" and check all checkboxes under "Universal Windows App
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	61 Development Tools". Or whatever they are called now.
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	62 (If you still want to target Windows XP, check also "Windows XP Support for
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	63 C++". Note that this is no longer supported.)
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	64
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	65
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	66 Visual Studio
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	67 -------------
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	68
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	69 Building with Visual Studio (VS2010, VS2012, VS2013, VS2015, VS2017, VS2019
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	70 and VS2022) is straightforward.
3847 1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	71
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	72 To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	73 Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	74 run to set up paths for nmake and MSVC.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	75
856 8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	76 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak console Win32 SDK or Microsoft Visual C++
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	77 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak GUI=yes GUI Microsoft Visual C++
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	78 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak OLE=yes OLE Microsoft Visual C++
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	79 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak PERL=C:\Perl PYTHON=C:\Python etc.
856 8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	80 Perl, Python, etc.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	81
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	82 Make_mvc.mak allows a Vim to be built with various different features and
16580 09f560dde6be patch 8.1.1293: MSVC files are no longer useful Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16229 diff changeset	83 debug support.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	84
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	85 For compiling gVim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	86 to the parameters you pass to Make_mvc.mak.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	87
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	88 See the specific files for comments and options.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	89
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	90 These files have been supplied by George V. Reilly, Ben Singer, Ken Scott and
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	91 Ron Aaron; they have been tested.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	92
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	93
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	94 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition msvc-2010-express
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	95 -------------------------------
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	96
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	97 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	98 http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/Default.aspx
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	99 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	100
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	101 To set the environment execute the msvc2010.bat script. You can then build
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	102 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	103
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	104
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	105 Targeting Windows XP with MSVC 2012 and later new-msvc-windows-xp
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	106 ---------------------------------------------
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	107
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	108 (The support for pre-Vista was removed in patch 9.0.0xxx. If you want to
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	109 target Windows XP, use the source code before that.)
0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	110
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	111 Beginning with Visual C++ 2012, Microsoft changed the behavior of LINK.EXE
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	112 so that it targets Windows 6.0 (Vista) by default. In order to override
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	113 this, the target Windows version number needs to be passed to LINK like
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	114 follows:
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	115 LINK ... /subsystem:console,5.01
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	116
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	117 Make_mvc.mak now supports a macro SUBSYSTEM_VER to pass the Windows version.
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	118 Use lines like follows to target Windows XP x86 (assuming using Visual C++
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	119 2012 under 64-bit Windows):
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	120 set WinSdk71=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	121 set INCLUDE=%WinSdk71%\Include;%INCLUDE%
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	122 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib;%LIB%
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	123 set CL=/D_USING_V110_SDK71_
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	124 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.01
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	125
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	126 To target Windows XP x64 instead of x86, you need to change the settings of
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	127 LIB and SUBSYSTEM_VER:
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	128 ...
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	129 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib\x64;%LIB%
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	130 ...
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	131 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.02
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590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	133 If you use Visual C++ 2015 (either Express or Community Edition), executing
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	134 msvc2015.bat will set them automatically. For x86 builds run this without
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	135 options:
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	136 msvc2015
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	137 For x64 builds run this with the "x86_amd64" option:
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	138 msvc2015 x86_amd64
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	139 This enables x86_x64 cross compiler. This works on any editions including
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	140 Express edition.
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	141 If you use Community (or Professional) edition, you can enable the x64 native
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	142 compiler by using the "x64" option:
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	143 msvc2015 x64
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	144
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	145 The following Visual C++ team blog can serve as a reference page:
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	146 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	147
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	148
16229 081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	149 Cross compile support for Windows on ARM64
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	150 ------------------------------------------
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	151
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	152 This depends on VS2017 with the optional ARM64 compiler and SDK
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	153 installed. Use "vcvarsall.bat x64_arm64" as the build environment.
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	154
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	155 The ARM64 support was provided by Leendert van Doorn.
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	156
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	157
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	158 OLDER VERSIONS
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	159
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	160 The minimal supported version is Windows 7. Building with older compilers
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	161 might still work, but these instructions might be outdated.
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	162
27370 584f91cc2508 patch 8.2.4213: too much code for supporting old MSVC versions Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 24970 diff changeset	163 If you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2005 one
584f91cc2508 patch 8.2.4213: too much code for supporting old MSVC versions Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 24970 diff changeset	164 \|msvc-2005-express\|, and use the source code before 8.0.0029.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	165
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	166
1608 152883db0edf updated for version 7.1-321 vimboss parents: 1569 diff changeset	167 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition msvc-2005-express
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	168 -------------------------------
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	169
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	170 NOTE: this most likely does not work
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	171
838 8e5830943bff updated for version 7.0e04 vimboss parents: 714 diff changeset	172 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	173 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	174 This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	175 \|ms-platform-sdk\|. You can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	176
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	177 Instructions for integrating the Platform SDK into VC Express:
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	178 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx
7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	179
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	180
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	181 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition msvc-2008-express
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	182 -------------------------------
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	183
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	184 NOTE: this most likely does not work
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	185
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	186 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	187 http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	188 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	189
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	190 To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	191 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	192
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	193 For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK:
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	194 "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	195 You don't need the examples and documentation.
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	196
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	197
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	198 2. MSYS2 with MinGW
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	199 ===================
6149 4c845a1600d2 updated for version 7.4.412 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3847 diff changeset	200
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	201 2.1. Setup the basic msys2 environment
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	203 Go to the official page of MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	204 Download an installer:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	206 * msys2-x86_64-YYYYMMDD.exe for 64-bit Windows
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	207 (Even if you want to build 32-bit Vim)
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	208 * msys2-i686-YYYYMMDD.exe for 32-bit Windows
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	210 Execute the installer and follow the instructions to update basic packages.
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	211 At the end keep the checkbox checked to run msys2 now. If needed, you can
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	212 open the window from the start menu, MSYS2 64 bit / MSYS2 MSYS.
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	214 Execute:
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	215 $ pacman -Syu
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24911 fd37be6dc258 Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 23047 diff changeset	217 And restart MSYS2 console (select "MSYS2 MSYS 32-Bit" icon from the Start
fd37be6dc258 Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 23047 diff changeset	218 Menu for building 32 bit Vim, otherwise select "MSYS2 MinGW 64-Bit").
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	219 Then execute:
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	220 $ pacman -Su
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	222 If pacman complains that `catgets` and `libcatgets` conflict with another
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	223 package, select `y` to remove them.
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	224
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	225
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	226 2.2. Install additional packages for building Vim
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	228 The following package groups are required for building Vim:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	230 * base-devel
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	231 * mingw-w64-i686-toolchain (for building 32-bit Vim)
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	232 * mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain (for building 64-bit Vim)
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	233
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	234 (These groups also include some useful packages which are not used by Vim.)
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	235 Use the following command to install them:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	237 $ pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-i686-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	239 Or you can use the `pacboy` command to avoid long package names:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	241 $ pacboy -S base-devel: toolchain:m
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14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	243 The suffix ":" means that it disables the package name translation.
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	244 The suffix ":m" means both i686 and x86_64. You can also use the ":i" suffix
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	245 to install only i686, and the ":x" suffix to install only x86_64.
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	246 (See `pacboy help` for the help.)
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	247
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	248 See also the pacman page in ArchWiki for the general usage of pacman:
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	249 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman
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8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	251 MSYS2 has its own git package, and you can also install it via pacman:
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8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	253 $ pacman -S git
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	254
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	256 2.3. Keep the build environment up-to-date
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	258 After you have installed the build environment, you may want to keep it
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	259 up-to-date (E.g. always use the latest GCC).
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	260 In that case, you just need to execute the command:
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	261 $ pacman -Syu
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	263
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	264 2.4. Build Vim
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	266 Select one of the following icon from the Start Menu:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	268 * MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit (To build 32-bit versions of Vim)
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	269 * MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit (To build 64-bit versions of Vim)
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	271 Go to the source directory of Vim, then execute the make command. E.g.:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	273 make -f Make_ming.mak
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	274 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	275 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no DEBUG=yes
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14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	277 NOTE: you can't execute vim.exe in the MSYS2 console, open a normal Windows
14222 78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	278 console for that. You need to set $PATH to be able to build there, e.g.:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	280 set PATH=c:\msys64\mingw32\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
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14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	282 This command is in msys32.bat. Or for the 64 bit compiler use msys64.bat:
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	284 set PATH=c:\msys64\mingw64\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	286 If you have msys64 in another location you will need to adjust the paths for
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	287 that.
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29134 cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	289 2.5. Build Vim with Clang
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	290
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	291 The following package group is required for building Vim with Clang:
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cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	293 * mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-clang
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cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	295 Use the following command to install it:
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cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	297 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-clang-x86_64-clang
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cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	299 Go to the source directory of Vim, then execute the make command. E.g.:
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cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	301 CC=clang
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	302 CXX=clang++
29163 9288c636ffa5 patch 8.2.5101: MS-Windows with MinGW: $CC may be "cc" instead of "gcc" Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29134 diff changeset	303 # To build Vim without the GUI support
29134 cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	304 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no
29163 9288c636ffa5 patch 8.2.5101: MS-Windows with MinGW: $CC may be "cc" instead of "gcc" Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29134 diff changeset	305 # To build Vim with the GUI support
9288c636ffa5 patch 8.2.5101: MS-Windows with MinGW: $CC may be "cc" instead of "gcc" Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29134 diff changeset	306 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=yes XPM=no
29134 cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	307
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	308 To build Vim with the address sanitizer (ASAN), execute the following command:
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	309
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	310 CC=clang
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	311 CXX=clang++
cc1f2ef46aaa patch 8.2.5087: cannot build with clang on MS-Windows Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27998 diff changeset	312 make -f Make_ming.mak DEBUG=yes ASAN=yes
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78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	314 3. MinGW
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	315 ========
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	316
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	317 (written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>, updated by Ken Takata, et al.)
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18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	319 This is about how to produce a Win32 binary of gvim with MinGW from the normal
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	320 Command Prompt window. (To use MSYS2 console, see above.)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	321
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	322 First, you need to get the 'MinGW-w64' compiler, which is free for the
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	323 download at:
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	324
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	325 http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	326
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	327 Or a compiler provided on msys2:
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	328
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	329 https://www.msys2.org/
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	330
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	331 The original 'mingw32' compiler is outdated, and may no longer work:
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652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	333 http://www.mingw.org/
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714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	335 Once you have downloaded the compiler binaries, unpack them on your hard disk
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	336 somewhere, and put them on your PATH. Go to the Control Panel, (Performance
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	337 and Maintenance), System, Advanced, and edit the environment from there. If
23047 29c5f168c6fd Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 22880 diff changeset	338 you use the standalone MinGW-w64 compiler, the path may depend on your
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	339 installation. If you use msys2 compilers, set your installed paths (normally
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	340 one of the following):
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	341
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	342 C:\msys32\mingw32\bin (32-bit msys2, targeting 32-bit builds)
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	343 C:\msys64\mingw32\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 32-bit builds)
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	344 C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 64-bit builds)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	345
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	346 Test if gcc is on your path. From a Command Prompt window:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	347
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	348 C:\> gcc --version
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	349 gcc (GCC) 4.8.1
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	350
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	351 C:\> mingw32-make --version
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	352 GNU Make 3.82.90 (...etc...)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	353
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	354 Now you are ready to rock 'n' roll. Unpack the vim sources (look on
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	355 www.vim.org for exactly which version of the vim files you need).
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	356
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	357 Change directory to 'vim\src':
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	358
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	359 C:\> cd vim\src
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	360 C:\VIM\SRC>
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	361
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	362 and you type:
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	363
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	364 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	366 After churning for a while, you will end up with 'gvim.exe' in the 'vim\src'
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	367 directory.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	368
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	369 You should not need to do any editing of any files to get vim compiled this
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	370 way. If, for some reason, you want the console-mode-only version of vim (this
2098 3259c3923c1e Updated runtime an documentation files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org> parents: 2088 diff changeset	371 is NOT recommended on Win32, especially on '95/'98!!!), you can use:
2035 ca7d02cd5e49 Minor text file updates. Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org> parents: 1668 diff changeset	372
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	373 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no vim.exe
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0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	375 If you are dismayed by how big the EXE is, I strongly recommend you get 'UPX'
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	376 (also free!) and compress the file (typical compression is 50%). UPX can be
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	377 found at
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	378 http://www.upx.org/
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	379
3388 981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	380 As of 2011, UPX still does not support compressing 64-bit EXE's; if you have
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	381 built a 64-bit vim then an alternative to UPX is 'MPRESS'. MPRESS can be found
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	382 at:
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	383 http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	384
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	385
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	386 ADDITION: NLS support with MinGW
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	387
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	388 (by Eduardo F. Amatria <eferna1@platea.pntic.mec.es>)
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	389
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	390 If you want National Language Support, read the file src/po/README_mingw.txt.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	391 You need to uncomment lines in Make_ming.mak to have NLS defined.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	392
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0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	396
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	397 Use Make_cyg.mak with Cygwin's GCC. See
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	398 http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	399
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	400 With Cygnus gcc you should use the Unix Makefile instead (you need to get the
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	401 Unix archive then). Then you get a Cygwin application (feels like Vim is
2088 4ec11bb387a5 updated for version 7.2.372 Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org> parents: 2035 diff changeset	402 running on Unix), while with Make_cyg.mak you get a Windows application (like
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	403 with the other makefiles).
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	404
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16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	406 5. Cross compiling for Win32 from a Linux machine
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	407 =================================================
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	408
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	409 [Update of 1) needs to be verified]
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	410
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	411 If you like, you can compile the 'mingw' Win32 version from the comfort of
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	412 your Linux (or other unix) box. To do this, you need to follow a few steps:
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	413 1) Install the mingw32 cross-compiler. See
2035 ca7d02cd5e49 Minor text file updates. Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org> parents: 1668 diff changeset	414 http://www.mingw.org/wiki/LinuxCrossMinGW
856 8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	415 http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/README.txt
1619 b9740fb41986 updated for version 7.2a vimboss parents: 1608 diff changeset	416 2) Get and unpack both the Unix sources and the extra archive
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	417 3) in 'Make_cyg_ming.mak', set 'CROSS' to 'yes' instead of 'no'.
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	418 Make further changes to 'Make_cyg_ming.mak' and 'Make_ming.mak' as you
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	419 wish. If your cross-compiler prefix differs from the predefined value,
2035 ca7d02cd5e49 Minor text file updates. Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org> parents: 1668 diff changeset	420 set 'CROSS_COMPILE' corresponding.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	421 4) make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	422
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	423 Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun...
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	424
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16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	426 6. Building with Python support
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	427 ===============================
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	428
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	429 For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
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7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	431 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	432
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	433 PYTHON: Where Python is installed. E.g. C:\Python27
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	434 DYNAMIC_PYTHON: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	435 PYTHON_VER: Python version. E.g. 27 for Python 2.7.X.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	436
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	437 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	438
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	439 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	440 PYTHON=C:\Python27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=27
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	441
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	442 When using MinGW and link with the official Python (as one line):
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	443
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	444 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	445 PYTHON=C:/Python27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=27
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	446
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	447 When using msys2 and link with Python2 bundled with msys2 (as one line):
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	448
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	449 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON=c:/msys64/mingw64
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	450 PYTHON_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	451 PYTHONINC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python2.7
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	452 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	453 PYTHON_VER=27
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	454 DYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL=libpython2.7.dll
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	455 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	456
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	457 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	458 (STATIC_STDCPLUS is optional. Set to yes if you don't want to require
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	459 libstdc++-6.dll.)
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	460
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	461
3847 1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	462 (rest written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>)
1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	463
1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	464 Building with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState ActivePython:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	465 http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	466
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	467 After installing the ActivePython, you will have to create a 'mingw32'
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	468 'libpython20.a' to link with:
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	469 cd $PYTHON/libs
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	470 pexports python20.dll > python20.def
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	471 dlltool -d python20.def -l libpython20.a
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	472
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	473 Once that is done, edit the 'Make_ming.mak' so the PYTHON variable points to
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	474 the root of the Python installation (C:\Python20, for example). If you are
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	475 cross-compiling on Linux with the mingw32 setup, you need to also convert all
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	476 the 'Include' files to unix line-endings. This bash command will do it
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	477 easily:
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	478 for fil in *.h ; do vim -e -c 'set ff=unix\|w\|q' $fil
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	479
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	480 Now just do:
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	481 make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	482
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	483 You will end up with a Python-enabled, Win32 version. Enjoy!
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	484
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	485
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	486 7. Building with Python3 support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	487 ================================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	488
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	489 For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	490 Python 3.6 is recommended.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	491
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	492 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	493
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	494 PYTHON3: Where Python3 is installed. E.g. C:\Python36
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	495 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	496 PYTHON3_VER: Python3 version. E.g. 36 for Python 3.6.X.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	497
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	498 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	499
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	500 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	501 PYTHON3=C:\Python36 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3_VER=36
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	502
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	503 When using MinGW and link with the official Python3 (as one line):
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	504
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	505 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	506 PYTHON3=C:/Python36 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3_VER=36
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	507
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	508 When using msys2 and link with Python3 bundled with msys2 (as one line):
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	509
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	510 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON3=c:/msys64/mingw64
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	511 PYTHON3_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	512 PYTHON3INC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python3.6m
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	513 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	514 PYTHON3_VER=36
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	515 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL=libpython3.6m.dll
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	516 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	517
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	518 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	519 (STATIC_STDCPLUS is optional. Set to yes if you don't want to require
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	520 libstdc++-6.dll.)
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	521
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	522
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	523 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	524 ===========================================
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	525
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	526 1) Building with Racket support (newest)
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	527
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	528 MzScheme and PLT Scheme names have been rebranded as Racket. Vim with Racket
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	529 support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	530 Get it from https://download.racket-lang.org/
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	531
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	532 Copy lib/libracket{version}.dll to your Windows system directory. The system
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	533 directory depends on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	534 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	535 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	536 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	537
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	538 For building you need to set the following variables:
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	539
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	540 MZSCHEME: Where Racket is installed.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	541 E.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	542 DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
11914 4f7081eb1e26 Updated runtime files Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11774 diff changeset	543 MZSCHEME_VER: Racket DLL version which is used for the file name.
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	544 See below for a list of MZSCHEME_VER.
11914 4f7081eb1e26 Updated runtime files Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11774 diff changeset	545 The DLL can be found under the lib directory. E.g.
4f7081eb1e26 Updated runtime files Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11774 diff changeset	546 C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket\lib\libracket3m_XXXXXX.dll
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	547 MZSCHEME_COLLECTS: (Optional) Path of the collects directory used at
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	548 runtime. Default: $(MZSCHEME)\collects
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	549 User can override this with the PLTCOLLECTS environment
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	550 variable.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	551
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	552 List of MZSCHEME_VER (incomplete):
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	553
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	554 Racket ver. \| MZSCHEME_VER
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	555 ==========================
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	556 6.3 \| 3m_9z0ds0
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	557 6.6 \| 3m_a0solc
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	558 6.8 \| 3m_a1zjsw
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	559 6.10 \| 3m_a36fs8
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	560
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	561
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	562 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	563
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	564 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	565 MZSCHEME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket" DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	566 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	567
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	568 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	569
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	570 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	571 MZSCHEME='C:/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Racket' DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	572 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	573
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	574 Spaces should be escaped with '\'.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	575
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	576
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	577 2) Building with MzScheme support (older)
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	578
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	579 (written by Sergey Khorev <sergey.khorev@gmail.com>)
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	580
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	581 Vim with MzScheme (http://www.plt-scheme.org/software/mzscheme) support can
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	582 be built with either MSVC, or MinGW, or Cygwin. Supported versions are 205 and
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	583 above (including 299 and 30x series).
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	584
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	585 The MSVC build is quite straightforward. Simply invoke (in one line)
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	586 nmake -fMake_mvc.mak MZSCHEME=<Path-to-MzScheme>
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	587 [MZSCHEME_VER=<MzScheme-version>] [DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=<yes or no>]
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	588 where <MzScheme-version> is the last seven characters from MzScheme dll name
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	589 (libmzschXXXXXXX.dll).
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	590 If DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes, resulting executable will not depend on MzScheme
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	591 DLL's, but will load them in runtime on demand.
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	592
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	593 Building dynamic MzScheme support on MinGW and Cygwin is similar. Take into
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	594 account that <Path-to-MzScheme> should contain slashes rather than backslashes
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	595 (e.g. d:/Develop/MzScheme)
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	596
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	597 "Static" MzScheme support (Vim executable will depend on MzScheme DLLs
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	598 explicitly) on MinGW and Cygwin requires additional step.
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	599
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	600 libmzschXXXXXXX.dll and libmzgcXXXXXXX.dll should be copied from
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	601 %WINDOWS%\System32 to other location (either build directory, some temporary
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	602 dir or even MzScheme home).
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	603
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	604 Pass that path as MZSCHEME_DLLS parameter for Make. E.g.,
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	605 make -f Make_cyg.mak MZSCHEME=d:/Develop/MzScheme MZSCHEME_VER=209_000
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	606 MZSCHEME_DLLS=c:/Temp DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=no
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	607
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	608 After a successful build, these dlls can be freely removed, leaving them in
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	609 %WINDOWS%\System32 only.
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	610
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	611
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	612
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	613 9. Building with Lua support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	614 ============================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	615
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	616 Vim with Lua support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or maybe Cygwin).
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	617 You can use binaries from LuaBinaries: http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	618 This also applies to when you get a Vim executable and don't build yourself,
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	619 do the part up to "Build".
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	620
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	621 1) Download and install LuaBinaries
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	622
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	623 Go to the Download page of LuaBinaries:
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	624 http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	625
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	626 Download lua-X.Y.Z_Win32_dllw4_lib.zip for x86 or
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	627 lua-X.Y.Z_Win64_dllw4_lib.zip for x64. You can use them both for MSVC and
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	628 MinGW.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	629
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	630 Unpack it to a working directory. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	631 Lua's header files will be installed under the include directory.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	632
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	633 Copy luaXY.dll to your Windows system directory. The system directory depends
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	634 on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	635 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	636 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	637 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	638
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	639 Or another option is copying luaXY.dll to the directory where gvim.exe
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77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	641
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	642
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	643 2) Build
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	644
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	645 You need to set LUA, DYNAMIC_LUA and LUA_VER.
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7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	647 LUA: Where Lua's header files are installed. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	648 DYNAMIC_LUA: Whether dynamic linking is used. Set to yes.
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7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	650
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	651 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	653 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	654 LUA=C:\projects\lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	656 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	658 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	659 LUA=C:/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	660
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	661
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	662 Or when using Cygwin (as one line) (untested):
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	664 make -f Make_cyg.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	665 LUA=/cygdrive/c/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	666
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	667
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	668 10. Building with Perl support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	669 ==============================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	670
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	671 Vim with Perl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	672 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActivePerl) or Strawberry Perl.
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	674 http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	675 http://strawberryperl.com/
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	677 When building, you need to set the following variables:
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	679 PERL: Where perl is installed. E.g. C:\Perl, C:\Strawberry\perl
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	680 DYNAMIC_PERL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	683 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	685 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	686 PERL=C:\Perl DYNAMIC_PERL=yes PERL_VER=522
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	687
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	688 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	690 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	691 PERL=C:/Perl DYNAMIC_PERL=yes PERL_VER=522
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	692
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	693
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	694 11. Building with Ruby support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	695 ==============================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	696
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	697 Vim with Ruby support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	698 Ruby doesn't provide the official Windows binaries. The most widely used
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	699 Windows binaries might be RubyInstaller. Currently Ruby 2.4 is recommended.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	700
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	701 http://rubyinstaller.org/
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	702
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	703 If you use MinGW you can easily build with RubyInstaller, but if you use MSVC
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	704 you need some tricks described below.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	705 (Another binary distribution is ActiveScriptRuby:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	706 http://www.artonx.org/data/asr/)
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	707
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	708 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	709
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	710 RUBY: Where ruby is installed. E.g. C:\Ruby24
10138 8bfcb960e6bd commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6384c5db8dda70076c878d393ba19a1510695228 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 9719 diff changeset	711 DYNAMIC_RUBY: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	712 RUBY_VER: Ruby version. E.g. 24 for Ruby 2.4.X.
10138 8bfcb960e6bd commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6384c5db8dda70076c878d393ba19a1510695228 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 9719 diff changeset	713 RUBY_API_VER_LONG: Ruby API version in a long format.
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	714 E.g. 2.4.0 for Ruby 2.4.X.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	715
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	716 Ruby version vs. Ruby API version:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	717
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	718 Ruby ver. \| Ruby API ver.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	719 =========================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	720 1.8.X \| 1.8
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	721 1.9.[1-3] \| 1.9.1
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	722 2.0.0 \| 2.0.0
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	723 2.X.Y \| 2.X.0
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	724
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	725 (Ruby 1.9.0 is excluded from the table because it is an unstable version.)
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	726
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	727
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	728 A) Using MSVC
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	729
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	730 If you want to link with ruby, normally you must use the same compiler as
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	731 which was used to build the ruby binary. RubyInstaller is built with MinGW,
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	732 so normally you cannot use MSVC for building Vim if you want to link with
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	733 RubyInstaller. If you use a different compiler, there are mainly two problems:
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	734 config.h and Ruby's DLL name. Here are the steps for working around them:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	735
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	736 1) Download and Install RubyInstaller.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	737 You can install RubyInstaller with the default options and directory.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	738 E.g.:
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	739 C:\Ruby24 (32-bit) or C:\Ruby24-x64 (64-bit)
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	740
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	741 Ruby 2.4.X is used in this example.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	742
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	743 2) Download Ruby 2.4.X's source code and generate config.h:
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	744
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	745 cd C:\projects
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	746 git clone https://github.com/ruby/ruby.git -b ruby_2_4
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	747 cd ruby
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	748 win32\configure.bat
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	749 nmake .config.h.time
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12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	751 Note that ruby_2_4 is the branch name for Ruby 2.4.X's source code.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	752 There is no need to build whole Ruby, just config.h is needed.
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	753 If you use 32-bit MSVC 2015, the config.h is generated in the
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	754 .ext\include\i386-mswin32_140 directory.
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	755 If you use 64-bit MSVC 2015, the config.h is generated in the
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	756 .ext\include\x64-mswin64_140 directory.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	757
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	758 3) Install the generated config.h.
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13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	760 For 32-bit version:
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	761
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	762 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24\include\ruby-2.4.0
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	763
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	764 For 64-bit version:
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	765
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	766 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24-x64\include\ruby-2.4.0
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	767
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	768 Note that 2.4.0 is Ruby API version of Ruby 2.4.X.
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	769 You may need to close the console and reopen it to pick up the new $PATH.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	770
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	771 4) Build Vim. Note that you need to adjust some variables (as one line):
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13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	773 For 32-bit version:
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	774
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	775 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	776 RUBY=C:\Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	777 RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME=msvcrt
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	778 WINVER=0x601
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	779
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	780 For 64-bit version, replace RUBY=C:\Ruby24 with RUBY=C:\Ruby24-x64.
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	781
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	782 If you set WINVER explicitly, it must be set to >=0x500, when building
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	783 with Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x601.)
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	784 When using this trick, you also need to set RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME to msvcrt
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	785 which is used for the Ruby's DLL name.
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	787 B) Using MinGW
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	788
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	789 Using MinGW is easier than using MSVC when linking with RubyInstaller.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	790 After you install RubyInstaller, just type this (as one line):
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	792 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	793 RUBY=C:/Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	794 WINVER=0x601
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	795
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	796 For 64-bit version, replace RUBY=C:/Ruby24 with RUBY=C:/Ruby24-x64.
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	797 If you set WINVER explicitly, it must be set to >=0x500, when building with
30320 0763cb330a65 patch 9.0.0496: no good reason to keep supporting Windows-XP Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 29840 diff changeset	798 Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x601.)
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	799
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	800
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	801
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	802 12. Building with Tcl support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	803 =============================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	804
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	805 Vim with Tcl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	806 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActiveTcl).
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	807
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	808 http://www.activestate.com/activetcl
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	809
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	810 Alternatively, you can use the binaries provided by IronTcl from
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	811
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	812 https://www.irontcl.com/
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	813
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	814 They might lack behind the latest version a bit, but should provide 64bit
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	815 and 32bit versions even if ActiveTcl does not provide them anymore.
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	816
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	817 For building with MSVC 2015 use version 8.6.6 or later.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	818 When building, you need to set the following variables:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	819
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	820 TCL: Where tcl is installed. E.g. C:\Tcl86
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	821 DYNAMIC_TCL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	822 TCL_VER: Tcl version in a short format. E.g. 86 for Tcl 8.6.X.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	823 TCL_VER_LONG: Tcl version in a long format. E.g. 8.6 for Tcl 8.6.X.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	824
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	825 Sometimes the Tcl dll name changes. E.g. ActiveTcl 8.6.4 comes with tcl86.dll,
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	826 but ActiveTcl 8.6.6 comes with tcl86t.dll. You can set the dll name by setting
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	827 the TCL_DLL variable:
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	828 TCL_DLL=tcl86t.dll
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	829
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	830 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	831
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	832 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	833 TCL=C:\Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	834
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	835 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	836
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	837 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	838 TCL=C:/Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	839
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	840
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	841 13. Building with DirectX (DirectWrite) support
13028 cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	842 ===============================================
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	843
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	844 Vim with DirectX (DirectWrite) support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW.
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	845 This requires dwrite_2.h and some other header files which come with Windows
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	846 SDK 8.1 or later (or MinGW-w64), if you want to enable color emoji support.
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	847 This also requires MBYTE=yes which is enabled by default.
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	848
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	849 A) Using MSVC
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	850
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	851 If you use MSVC 2013 or later, Windows SDK 8.1 or later is used by default.
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	852 You just need to specify DIRECTX=yes:
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	853
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	854 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	855
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	856 If you use MSVC 2012 or earlier, the required header files are not available
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	857 by default. However, you can use the header files from newer SDKs with older
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	858 compilers. E.g.:
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	859
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	860 set "INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um"
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	861 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	862
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	863 If you don't need color emoji support, only dwrite.h is required. You can use
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	864 older compilers (e.g. VC2010) without Windows SDK 8.1. E.g.:
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	865
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	866 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes COLOR_EMOJI=no
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	867
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	868 B) Using MinGW-w64
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	869
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	870 Just set DIRECTX to yes:
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	871
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	872 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak DIRECTX=yes
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	873
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	874
27998 ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	875 14. Building with libsodium support
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	876 ===================================
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	877
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	878 For better encryption support, you can build Vim with libsodium.
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	879
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	880 A) Using MSVC
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	881
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	882 You can download the latest libsodium library from here:
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	883 https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	884
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	885 At this moment, libsodium-1.0.18-stable-msvc.zip is the latest package.
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	886 Unpack it to anywhere you like, and specify the path to the SODIUM option:
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	887
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	888 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak SODIUM=C:/path/to/libsodium
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	889 (libsodium.dll will be used as the libsodium DLL name.)
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	890
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	891 B) Using MinGW
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	892
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	893 If you use msys2, you can install the libsodium package by pacman (or pacboy):
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	894
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	895 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-libsodium # for 64-bit Vim
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	896 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-libsodium # for 32-bit Vim
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	897 $ pacboy -S libsodium:m # for both 32-bit and 64-bit Vim
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	898
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	899 Then set SODIUM to yes:
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	900
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	901 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak SODIUM=yes
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	902 (libsodium-23.dll will be used as the libsodium DLL name.)
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	903
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	904 Or you can set the path to libsodium explicitly:
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	905
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	906 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak SODIUM=C:/path/to/libsodium
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	907 (libsodium.dll will be used as the libsodium DLL name.)
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	908
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	909
ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	910 15. Windows 3.1x
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	911 ================
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	912
8265 792bc43e69a7 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6e722e2f948bc51fcb92d98d6f2a089dac01e2bd Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7609 diff changeset	913 The Windows 3.1x support was removed in patch 7.4.1364.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	914
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	915
27998 ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	916 16. MS-DOS
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	917 ==========
7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	918
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	919 The MS-DOS support was removed in patch 7.4.1399. Only very old Vim versions
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	920 work on MS-DOS because of the limited amount of memory available.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	921
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	922
27998 ef7d9789919d patch 8.2.4524: MS-Windows: cannot build with some sodium libraries Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 27370 diff changeset	923 17. Installing after building from sources
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	924 ==========================================
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	925
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	926 [provided by Michael Soyka, updated by Ken Takata]
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	927
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	928 After you've built the Vim binaries as described above, you're ready to
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	929 install Vim on your system. However, if you've obtained the Vim sources
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	930 using Git, Mercurial or by downloading them as a unix tar file, you must
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	931 first create a "vim82" directory. If you instead downloaded the sources as
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	932 zip files, you can skip this setup as the zip archives already have the
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	933 correct directory structure.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	934
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	935 A. Create a Vim "runtime" subdirectory named "vim82"
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	936 -----------------------------------------------------
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	937 If you obtained your Vim sources as zip files, you can skip this step.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	938 Otherwise, continue reading.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	939
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	940 Go to the directory that contains the Vim "src" and "runtime"
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	941 directories and create a new subdirectory named "vim82".
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	942
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	943 Copy the "runtime" files into "vim82":
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	944 copy runtime\* vim82
19163 63beef1ca62c Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 19116 diff changeset	945 xcopy /s runtime\* vim82
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	946
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	947 B. Copy the new binaries into the "vim82" directory
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	948 ----------------------------------------------------
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	949 Regardless of how you installed the Vim sources, you need to copy the
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	950 new binaries you created above into "vim82":
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	951
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	952 copy src\*.exe vim82
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	953 copy src\tee\tee.exe vim82
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	954 copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim82
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	955
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	956 To install the "Edit with Vim" popup menu, you need both 32-bit and 64-bit
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	957 versions of gvimext.dll. They should be copied to "vim82\GvimExt32" and
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	958 "vim82\GvimExt64" respectively.
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	959 First, build the 32-bit version, then:
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	960
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	961 mkdir vim82\GvimExt32
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	962 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim82\GvimExt32
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	963
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	964 Next, clean the 32-bit version and build the 64-bit version, then:
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	965
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	966 mkdir vim82\GvimExt64
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	967 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim82\GvimExt64
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	968
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	969 C. Copy gettext and iconv DLLs into the "vim82" directory
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	970 ----------------------------------------------------------
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	971 Get gettext and iconv DLLs from the following site:
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	972 https://github.com/mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows/releases
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	973 Both 64- and 32-bit versions are needed.
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	974 Download the files gettextX.X.X.X-iconvX.XX-shared-{32,64}.zip, extract
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	975 DLLs and place them as follows:
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	976
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	977 vim82\
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	978 \| libintl-8.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	979 \| libiconv-2.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	980 \| libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll (only for 32-bit)
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	981 \|
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	982 + GvimExt32\
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	983 \| libintl-8.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	984 \| libiconv-2.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	985 \| libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	986 \|
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	987 ` GvimExt64\
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	988 libintl-8.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	989 libiconv-2.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	990
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	991 The DLLs in the "vim82" should be the same bitness with the (g)vim.exe.
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	992
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	993 D. Move the "vim82" directory into the Vim installation subdirectory
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	995 Move the "vim82" subdirectory into the subdirectory where you want Vim
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	996 to be installed. Typically, this subdirectory will be named "vim".
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	997 If you already have a "vim82" subdirectory in "vim", delete it first
18174 1ec6539cef68 patch 8.1.2082: some files have a weird name to fit in 8.3 characters Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16606 diff changeset	998 by running its uninstall.exe program.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	999
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	1000 E. Install Vim
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1001 ---------------
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	1002 "cd" to your Vim installation subdirectory "vim\vim82" and run the
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1003 "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1004 how you would like to have your Vim setup. Among these are:
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1005 - You can tell it to write a "_vimrc" file with your preferences in the
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1006 parent directory.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1007 - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1008 popup menu.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1009 - You can have it create batch files, so that you can run Vim from the
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1010 console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	1011 PATH or add the directory to PATH using the Windows Control Panel.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1012 - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1013
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	1014 Happy Vimming!

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