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1 INSTALLpc.txt - Installation of Vim on PC
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3 This file contains instructions for compiling Vim. If you already have an
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4 executable version of Vim, you don't need this.
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6 You can find the lastest here: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer
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7 This page also has links to install support for interfaces such as Perl,
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10 The file "feature.h" can be edited to match your preferences. You can skip
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11 this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should
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14 This document assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 or later (Windows
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15 XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10). There are also instructions for pre-XP systems, but
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19 build a 64 bit Vim if you like, the executable will be bigger and Vim won't be
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20 any faster, but you can edit files larger than 2 Gbyte.
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24 1. Microsoft Visual C++
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29 6. Building with Python support
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31 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
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32 9. Building with Lua support
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55 create a Microsoft account (it's free).
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65 Building with Visual Studio (VS 98, VS .NET, VS .NET 2003, VS 2005, VS 2008,
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66 VS2010, VS2012, VS2013 and VS2015) is straightforward. (These instructions
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72 To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak.
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73 Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must
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77 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak GUI=yes GUI Microsoft Visual C++
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78 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak OLE=yes OLE Microsoft Visual C++
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79 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak PERL=C:\Perl PYTHON=C:\Python etc.
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82 Make_mvc.mak allows a Vim to be built with various different features and
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83 debug support. Debugging with MS Devstudio is provided by Make_dvc.mak.
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84 For a description of the use of Make_dvc.mak, look in Make_mvc.mak.
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86 For compiling Gvim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes
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87 to the parameters you pass to Make_mvc.mak.
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89 To build Vim from within the Visual Studio IDE, open the Make_ivc.mak project.
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90 (Note: Make_ivc.mak is not as rich as Make_mvc.mak, which allows for
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91 far more configuration.) Make_ivc.mak can also be built with nmake.
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93 nmake -f Make_ivc.mak CFG="Vim - Win32 Release gvim"
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94 GUI Microsoft Visual C++ 4.x or later
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98 See the specific files for comments and options.
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100 These files have been supplied by George V. Reilly, Ben Singer, Ken Scott and
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101 Ron Aaron; they have been tested.
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104 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition *msvc-2008-express*
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107 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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108 http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/
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109 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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111 To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build
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112 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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114 For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK:
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115 "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
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116 You don't need the examples and documentation.
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118 If you get an error that Win32.mak can't be found, you have to set the
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119 variable SDK_INCLUDE_DIR. For example, on Windows 10, installation of MSVC
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120 puts include files in the following directory:
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121 set SDK_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
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124 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition *msvc-2010-express*
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127 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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128 http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/Default.aspx
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129 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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132 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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138 Beginning with Visual C++ 2012, Microsoft changed the behavior of LINK.EXE
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144 Make_mvc.mak now supports a macro SUBSYSTEM_VER to pass the Windows version.
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145 Use lines like follows to target Windows XP x86 (assuming using Visual C++
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147 set WinSdk71=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A
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148 set INCLUDE=%WinSdk71%\Include;%INCLUDE%
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149 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib;%LIB%
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150 set CL=/D_USING_V110_SDK71_
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151 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.01
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153 To target Windows XP x64 instead of x86, you need to change the settings of
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154 LIB and SUBSYSTEM_VER:
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155 ...
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156 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib\x64;%LIB%
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157 ...
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158 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.02
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160 If you use Visual C++ 2015 (either Express or Community Edition), executing
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161 msvc2015.bat will set them automatically. For x86 builds run this without
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162 options:
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163 msvc2015
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164 For x64 builds run this with the "x86_amd64" option:
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165 msvc2015 x86_amd64
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167 The following Visual C++ team blog can serve as a reference page:
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168 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx
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171 OLDER VERSIONS
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173 The minimal supported version is Windows XP. Building with older compilers
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176 If you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2003 one
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177 |msvc-2003-toolkit|.
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179 Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 *msvc-2003-toolkit*
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182 You could download the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from
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183 http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
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184 Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Inofficial downloads appear to be
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191 To compile and debug Vim with the VC2003 Toolkit, you will also need
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192 |ms-platform-sdk|, |dotnet-1.1-redist|, |dotnet-1.1-sdk|,
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198 The free Code::Blocks IDE works with the VC2003 Toolkit, as described at
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199 http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Integrating_Microsoft_Visual_Toolkit_2003_with_Code::Blocks_IDE
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201 free C compilers for Win32.)
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203 To compile Vim using the VC2003 Toolkit and Make_mvc.mak, you must first
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220 headers and libraries. You need to search for it, Microsoft keeps changing
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221 the URL.
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229 http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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230 This is needed to install |dotnet-1.1-sdk|. It also contains cvtres.exe,
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237 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b3a2ca6-3647-4070-9f41-a333c6b9181d
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240 installing the .NET 1.1 SDK.
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247 This includes the WinDbg debugger, which you will want if you ever need
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248 to debug Vim itself. An earlier version of the Debugging Tools
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252 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition *msvc-2005-express*
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253 -------------------------------
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256 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx
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257 This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need
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258 |ms-platform-sdk|. You can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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260 Instructions for integrating the Platform SDK into VC Express:
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261 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx
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266 ========
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286 somewhere, and put them on your PATH. If you are on Win95/98 you can edit
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289 set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
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293 compilers, set your installed paths (normally one of the following):
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297 C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 64-bit builds)
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305 GNU Make 3.82.90 (...etc...)
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307 Now you are ready to rock 'n' roll. Unpack the vim sources (look on
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308 www.vim.org for exactly which version of the vim files you need).
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315 and you type:
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317 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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319 After churning for a while, you will end up with 'gvim.exe' in the 'vim\src'
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322 You should not need to do *any* editing of any files to get vim compiled this
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326 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no vim.exe
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328 If you are dismayed by how big the EXE is, I strongly recommend you get 'UPX'
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329 (also free!) and compress the file (typical compression is 50%). UPX can be
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333 As of 2011, UPX still does not support compressing 64-bit EXE's; if you have
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335 at:
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336 http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm
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350 Use Make_cyg.mak with Cygwin's GCC. See
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371 If you like, you can compile the 'mingw' Win32 version from the comfort of
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378 Make further changes to 'Make_cyg_ming.mak' and 'Make_ming.mak' as you
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383 Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun...
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389 For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org
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400 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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405 Building with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState ActivePython:
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409 'libpython20.a' to link with:
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410 cd $PYTHON/libs
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411 pexports python20.dll > python20.def
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422 make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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424 And if you use msys2 to build python support (as one line):
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426 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON=c:/msys64/mingw64
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427 PYTHON_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
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428 PYTHONINC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python2.7
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429 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes
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430 PYTHON_VER=27
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431 DYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL=libpython2.7.dll
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432 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
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433
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434 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
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435 You will end up with a Python-enabled, Win32 version. Enjoy!
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441 For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org
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444 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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447 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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448 PYTHON3_VER: Python3 version. E.g. 36 for Python 3.6.X.
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450 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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452 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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453 PYTHON3=C:\Python36 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3_VER=36
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456 When using msys2 and link with Python3 bundled with msys2 (as one line):
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458 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON3=c:/msys64/mingw64
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459 PYTHON3_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
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460 PYTHON3INC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python3.6m
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461 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes
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462 PYTHON3_VER=36
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463 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL=libpython3.6m.dll
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464 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
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466 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
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469 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
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470 ========================================
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472 1) Building with Racket support (newest)
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474 MzScheme and PLT Scheme names have been rebranded as Racket. Vim with Racket
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475 support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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476 Get it from https://download.racket-lang.org/
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478 Copy lib/libracket{version}.dll to your Windows system directory. The system
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479 directory depends on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
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480 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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481 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
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482 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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484 For building you need to set the following variables:
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486 MZSCHEME: Where Racket is installed.
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487 E.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket
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488 DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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489 MZSCHEME_VER: Racket DLL version which is used for the file name.
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490 See below for a list of MZSCHEME_VER.
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491 The DLL can be found under the lib directory. E.g.
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492 C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket\lib\libracket3m_XXXXXX.dll
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493 MZSCHEME_COLLECTS: (Optional) Path of the collects directory used at
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494 runtime. Default: $(MZSCHEME)\collects
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495 User can override this with the PLTCOLLECTS environment
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496 variable.
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498 List of MZSCHEME_VER (incomplete):
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500 Racket ver. | MZSCHEME_VER
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501 ==========================
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502 6.3 | 3m_9z0ds0
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503 6.6 | 3m_a0solc
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504 6.8 | 3m_a1zjsw
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505 6.10 | 3m_a36fs8
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510 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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511 MZSCHEME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket" DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
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512 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
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516 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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517 MZSCHEME='C:/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Racket' DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
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518 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
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520 Spaces should be escaped with '\'.
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525 (written by Sergey Khorev <sergey.khorev@gmail.com>)
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527 Vim with MzScheme (http://www.plt-scheme.org/software/mzscheme) support can
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529 above (including 299 and 30x series).
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532 nmake -fMake_mvc.mak MZSCHEME=<Path-to-MzScheme>
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533 [MZSCHEME_VER=<MzScheme-version>] [DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=<yes or no>]
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534 where <MzScheme-version> is the last seven characters from MzScheme dll name
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535 (libmzschXXXXXXX.dll).
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536 If DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes, resulting executable will not depend on MzScheme
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537 DLL's, but will load them in runtime on demand.
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539 Building dynamic MzScheme support on MinGW and Cygwin is similar. Take into
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540 account that <Path-to-MzScheme> should contain slashes rather than backslashes
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541 (e.g. d:/Develop/MzScheme)
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543 "Static" MzScheme support (Vim executable will depend on MzScheme DLLs
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546 libmzschXXXXXXX.dll and libmzgcXXXXXXX.dll should be copied from
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547 %WINDOWS%\System32 to other location (either build directory, some temporary
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548 dir or even MzScheme home).
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550 Pass that path as MZSCHEME_DLLS parameter for Make. E.g.,
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551 make -f Make_cyg.mak MZSCHEME=d:/Develop/MzScheme MZSCHEME_VER=209_000
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552 MZSCHEME_DLLS=c:/Temp DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=no
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554 After a successful build, these dlls can be freely removed, leaving them in
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555 %WINDOWS%\System32 only.
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559 9. Building with Lua support
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562 Vim with Lua support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or maybe Cygwin).
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563 You can use binaries from LuaBinaries: http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/
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564 This also applies to when you get a Vim executable and don't build yourself,
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565 do the part up to "Build".
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567 1) Download and install LuaBinaries
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569 Go to the Download page of LuaBinaries:
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570 http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html
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572 Download lua-X.Y.Z_Win32_dllw4_lib.zip for x86 or
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573 lua-X.Y.Z_Win64_dllw4_lib.zip for x64. You can use them both for MSVC and
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574 MinGW.
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576 Unpack it to a working directory. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
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577 Lua's header files will be installed under the include directory.
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580 on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
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581 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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582 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
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583 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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585 Or another option is copying luaXY.dll to the directory where gvim.exe
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589 2) Build
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591 You need to set LUA, DYNAMIC_LUA and LUA_VER.
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593 LUA: Where Lua's header files are installed. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
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594 DYNAMIC_LUA: Whether dynamic linking is used. Set to yes.
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595 LUA_VER: Lua version. E.g. 53 for Lua 5.3.X.
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597 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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599 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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600 LUA=C:\projects\lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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602 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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604 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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605 LUA=C:/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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608 Or when using Cygwin (as one line) (untested):
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610 make -f Make_cyg.mak
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611 LUA=/cygdrive/c/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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617 Vim with Perl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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618 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActivePerl) or Strawberry Perl.
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620 http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
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625 PERL: Where perl is installed. E.g. C:\Perl, C:\Strawberry\perl
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626 DYNAMIC_PERL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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632 PERL=C:\Perl DYNAMIC_PERL=yes PERL_VER=522
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634 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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636 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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637 PERL=C:/Perl DYNAMIC_PERL=yes PERL_VER=522
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640 11. Building with Ruby support
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641 ==============================
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643 Vim with Ruby support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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644 Ruby doesn't provide the official Windows binaries. The most widely used
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645 Windows binaries might be RubyInstaller. Currently Ruby 2.4 is recommended.
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647 http://rubyinstaller.org/
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649 If you use MinGW you can easily build with RubyInstaller, but if you use MSVC
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650 you need some tricks described below.
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651 (Another binary distribution is ActiveScriptRuby:
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652 http://www.artonx.org/data/asr/)
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654 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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656 RUBY: Where ruby is installed. E.g. C:\Ruby24
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657 DYNAMIC_RUBY: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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658 RUBY_VER: Ruby version. E.g. 24 for Ruby 2.4.X.
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659 RUBY_API_VER_LONG: Ruby API version in a long format.
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660 E.g. 2.4.0 for Ruby 2.4.X.
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662 Ruby version vs. Ruby API version:
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664 Ruby ver. | Ruby API ver.
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665 =========================
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666 1.8.X | 1.8
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667 1.9.[1-3] | 1.9.1
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668 2.0.0 | 2.0.0
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669 2.X.Y | 2.X.0
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671 (Ruby 1.9.0 is excluded from the table because it is an unstable version.)
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674 A) Using MSVC
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676 If you want to link with ruby, normally you must use the same compiler as
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677 which was used to build the ruby binary. RubyInstaller is built with MinGW,
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678 so normally you cannot use MSVC for building Vim if you want to link with
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680 config.h and Ruby's DLL name. Here are the steps for working around them:
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682 1) Download and Install RubyInstaller.
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683 You can install RubyInstaller with the default options and directory.
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684 E.g.:
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685 C:\Ruby24 (32-bit) or C:\Ruby24-x64 (64-bit)
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687 Ruby 2.4.X is used in this example.
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691 cd C:\projects
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692 git clone https://github.com/ruby/ruby.git -b ruby_2_4
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693 cd ruby
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694 win32\configure.bat
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695 nmake .config.h.time
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697 Note that ruby_2_4 is the branch name for Ruby 2.4.X's source code.
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698 There is no need to build whole Ruby, just config.h is needed.
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700 .ext\include\i386-mswin32_140 directory.
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702 .ext\include\x64-mswin64_140 directory.
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708 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24\include\ruby-2.4.0
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710 For 64-bit version:
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712 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24-x64\include\ruby-2.4.0
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714 Note that 2.4.0 is Ruby API version of Ruby 2.4.X.
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715 You may need to close the console and reopen it to pick up the new $PATH.
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721 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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722 RUBY=C:\Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
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723 RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME=msvcrt
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730 When using this trick, you also need to set RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME to msvcrt
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731 which is used for the Ruby's DLL name.
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735 Using MinGW is easier than using MSVC when linking with RubyInstaller.
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736 After you install RubyInstaller, just type this (as one line):
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738 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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739 RUBY=C:/Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
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740 WINVER=0x501
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741
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742 For 64-bit version, replace RUBY=C:/Ruby24 with RUBY=C:/Ruby24-x64.
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743 If you set WINVER explicitly, it must be set to >=0x500, when building with
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744 Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x501.)
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748 12. Building with Tcl support
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749 =============================
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750
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751 Vim with Tcl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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752 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActiveTcl).
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754 http://www.activestate.com/activetcl
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755
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756 For MSVC 2015 use version 8.6.6 or later.
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757 When building, you need to set the following variables:
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759 TCL: Where tcl is installed. E.g. C:\Tcl86
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760 DYNAMIC_TCL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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761 TCL_VER: Tcl version in a short format. E.g. 86 for Tcl 8.6.X.
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762 TCL_VER_LONG: Tcl version in a long format. E.g. 8.6 for Tcl 8.6.X.
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763
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764 Sometimes the Tcl dll name changes. E.g. ActiveTcl 8.6.4 comes with tcl86.dll,
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765 but ActiveTcl 8.6.6 comes with tcl86t.dll. You can set the dll name by setting
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766 the TCL_DLL variable:
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767 TCL_DLL=tcl86t.dll
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768
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769 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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770
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771 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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772 TCL=C:\Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
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773
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774 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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775
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776 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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777 TCL=C:/Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
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779
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780 13. Building with Terminal support
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781 ==================================
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782
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783 Vim with Terminal support can be built with either MSVC, MinGW or Cygwin.
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784 This uses the included libvterm and winpty. No extra header files or
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785 libraries are needed for building. Just set TERMINAL to yes.
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786
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787 E.g. When using MSVC:
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788
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789 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak TERMINAL=yes
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790
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791 Or when using MinGW:
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793 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak TERMINAL=yes
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795
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796 14. Building with DirectX (DirectWrite) support
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799 Vim with DirectX (DirectWrite) support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW.
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800 This requires dwrite_2.h and some other header files which come with Windows
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801 SDK 8.1 or later (or MinGW-w64), if you want to enable color emoji support.
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802 This also requires MBYTE=yes which is enabled by default.
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804 A) Using MSVC
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805
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806 If you use MSVC 2013 or later, Windows SDK 8.1 or later is used by default.
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807 You just need to specify DIRECTX=yes:
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809 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes
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811 If you use MSVC 2012 or earlier, the required header files are not available
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812 by default. However, you can use the header files from newer SDKs with older
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813 compilers. E.g.:
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815 set "INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um"
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816 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes
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818 If you don't need color emoji support, only dwrite.h is required. You can use
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819 older compilers (e.g. VC2010) without Windows SDK 8.1. E.g.:
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821 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes COLOR_EMOJI=no
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823 B) Using MinGW-w64
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825 Just set DIRECTX to yes:
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827 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak DIRECTX=yes
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830 15. Windows 3.1x
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833 The Windows 3.1x support was removed in patch 7.4.1364.
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835
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836 16. MS-DOS
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7
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839 The MS-DOS support was removed in patch 7.4.1399. Only very old Vim versions
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843 17. Installing after building from sources
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845
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846 [provided by Michael Soyka, updated by Ken Takata]
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848 After you've built the Vim binaries as described above, you're ready to
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849 install Vim on your system. However, if you've obtained the Vim sources
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850 using Git, Mercurial or by downloading them as a unix tar file, you must
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852 zip files, you can skip this setup as the zip archives already have the
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853 correct directory structure.
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854
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855 A. Create a Vim "runtime" subdirectory named "vim80"
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857 If you obtained your Vim sources as zip files, you can skip this step.
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858 Otherwise, continue reading.
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859
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860 Go to the directory that contains the Vim "src" and "runtime"
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861 directories and create a new subdirectory named "vim80".
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863 Copy the "runtime" files into "vim80":
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864 copy runtime\* vim80
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865
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866 B. Copy the new binaries into the "vim80" directory
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868 Regardless of how you installed the Vim sources, you need to copy the
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869 new binaries you created above into "vim80":
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870
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871 copy src\*.exe vim80
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872 copy src\tee\tee.exe vim80
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873 copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim80
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875 To install the "Edit with Vim" popup menu, you need both 32-bit and 64-bit
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876 versions of gvimext.dll. They should be copied to "vim80\GvimExt32" and
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877 "vim80\GvimExt64" respectively.
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878 First, build the 32-bit version, then:
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879
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880 mkdir vim80\GvimExt32
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881 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim80\GvimExt32
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882
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883 Next, clean the 32-bit version and build the 64-bit version, then:
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885 mkdir vim80\GvimExt64
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886 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim80\GvimExt64
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887
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888 C. Copy gettext and iconv DLLs into the "vim80" directory
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889 ----------------------------------------------------------
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890 Get gettext and iconv DLLs from the following site:
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891 https://github.com/mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows/releases
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892 Both 64- and 32-bit versions are needed.
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893 Download the files gettextX.X.X.X-iconvX.XX-shared-{32,64}.zip, extract
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894 DLLs and place them as follows:
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895
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896 vim80\
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897 | libintl-8.dll
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898 | libiconv-2.dll
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899 | libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll (only for 32-bit)
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900 |
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901 + GvimExt32\
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902 | libintl-8.dll
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903 | libiconv-2.dll
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904 | libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
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905 |
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906 ` GvimExt64\
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907 libintl-8.dll
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908 libiconv-2.dll
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909
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910 The DLLs in the "vim80" should be the same bitness with the (g)vim.exe.
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911
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912 D. Move the "vim80" directory into the Vim installation subdirectory
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914 Move the "vim80" subdirectory into the subdirectory where you want Vim
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915 to be installed. Typically, this subdirectory will be named "vim".
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916 If you already have a "vim80" subdirectory in "vim", delete it first
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917 by running its uninstal.exe program.
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919 E. Install Vim
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921 "cd" to your Vim installation subdirectory "vim\vim80" and run the
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922 "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about
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923 how you would like to have your Vim setup. Among these are:
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924 - You can tell it to write a "_vimrc" file with your preferences in the
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925 parent directory.
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926 - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer
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927 popup menu.
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928 - You can have it create batch files, so that you can run Vim from the
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929 console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your
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930 PATH or add the directory to PATH using the Windows Control Panel.
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931 - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu.
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933 Happy Vimming!