vim: src/INSTALLpc.txt annotate

annotate src/INSTALLpc.txt @ 27370:584f91cc2508 v8.2.4213

patch 8.2.4213: too much code for supporting old MSVC versions Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/76687d27173e64d739ea371751697c03ad0821ef Author: K.Takata <kentkt@csc.jp> Date: Tue Jan 25 10:31:37 2022 +0000 patch 8.2.4213: too much code for supporting old MSVC versions Problem: Too much code for supporting old MSVC versions. Solution: Remove MSVC 2003 support. (Ken Takata, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/9623)

author	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date	Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:45:06 +0100
parents	7e9e53a0368f
children	ef7d9789919d

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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.
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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	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12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt 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c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt 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.
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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
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	15 XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10). There are also instructions for pre-XP systems, but
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.
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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
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	37 14. Windows 3.1
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	38 15. MS-DOS
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	39
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	40 16. Installing after building from sources
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	41
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	42
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	43 The currently recommended way (that means it has been verified to work) is
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	44 using the "Visual Studio Community 2015" installation. This includes the SDK
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	45 needed to target Windows XP. But not older Windows versions (95, 98), see
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	46 "OLDER VERSIONS" below for that.
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0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	49 1. Microsoft Visual C++
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	50 =======================
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	51
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	52 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	53 can search for "Visual Studio Community 2015", for example. You will need to
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	54 create a Microsoft account (it's free).
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	55
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	56 When installing "Visual Studio Community 2015 with Update 3" make sure to
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	57 select "custom" and check "Windows XP Support for C++" and all checkboxes
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	58 under "Universal Windows App Development Tools"
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	59
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	60
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	61 Visual Studio
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	62 -------------
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	63
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	64 Building with Visual Studio (VS2010, VS2012, VS2013, VS2015, VS2017 and VS2019)
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	65 is straightforward.
3847 1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	66
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	67 To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	68 Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	69 run to set up paths for nmake and MSVC.
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856 8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	71 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak console Win32 SDK or Microsoft Visual C++
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	72 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak GUI=yes GUI Microsoft Visual C++
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	73 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak OLE=yes OLE Microsoft Visual C++
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	74 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak PERL=C:\Perl PYTHON=C:\Python etc.
856 8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	75 Perl, Python, etc.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	76
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	77 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	78 debug support.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	79
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	80 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	81 to the parameters you pass to Make_mvc.mak.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	82
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	83 See the specific files for comments and options.
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0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	85 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	86 Ron Aaron; they have been tested.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	87
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8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	89 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	90 -------------------------------
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	91
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	92 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	93 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	94 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	95
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	96 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	97 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	99
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	100 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	101 ---------------------------------------------
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	102
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	103 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	104 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	105 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	106 follows:
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	107 LINK ... /subsystem:console,5.01
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	108
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	109 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	110 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	111 2012 under 64-bit Windows):
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	112 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	113 set INCLUDE=%WinSdk71%\Include;%INCLUDE%
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	114 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib;%LIB%
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	115 set CL=/D_USING_V110_SDK71_
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	116 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.01
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12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	118 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	119 LIB and SUBSYSTEM_VER:
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	120 ...
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	121 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	122 ...
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	123 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	125 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	126 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	127 options:
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	128 msvc2015
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	129 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	130 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	131 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	132 Express edition.
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	133 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	134 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	135 msvc2015 x64
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8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	137 The following Visual C++ team blog can serve as a reference page:
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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	140 VC 2019 dropped support for targeting Windows XP. If you want a binary that
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	141 targeting Windows XP, use VC 2017 or earlier.
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	142
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	143
16229 081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	144 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	145 ------------------------------------------
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	146
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	147 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	148 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	149
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	150 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	151
081522b02c2d patch 8.1.1119: no support for Windows on ARM64. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 15408 diff changeset	152
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	153 OLDER VERSIONS
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	154
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	155 The minimal supported version is Windows XP. Building with older compilers
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	156 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	157
27370 584f91cc2508 patch 8.2.4213: too much code for supporting old MSVC versions Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 24970 diff changeset	158 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	159 \|msvc-2005-express\|, and use the source code before 8.0.0029.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	160
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	161
1608 152883db0edf updated for version 7.1-321 vimboss parents: 1569 diff changeset	162 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition msvc-2005-express
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	163 -------------------------------
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	164
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	165 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	166
838 8e5830943bff updated for version 7.0e04 vimboss parents: 714 diff changeset	167 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	168 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	169 This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	170 \|ms-platform-sdk\|. You can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	171
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	172 Instructions for integrating the Platform SDK into VC Express:
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	173 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx
7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	174
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	175
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	176 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	177 -------------------------------
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	178
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	179 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	180
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 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	182 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	183 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	184
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	185 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	186 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	187
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	188 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	189 "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	190 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	191
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	192
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	193 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	194 ===================
6149 4c845a1600d2 updated for version 7.4.412 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3847 diff changeset	195
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	196 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	198 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	199 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	201 * 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	202 (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	203 * 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	205 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	206 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	207 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	209 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	210 $ pacman -Syu
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24911 fd37be6dc258 Update runtime files Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 23047 diff changeset	212 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	213 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	214 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	215 $ 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	217 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	218 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	219
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
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	221 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	223 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	225 * 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	226 * 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	227 * 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	228
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	229 (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	230 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	232 $ 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	234 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	236 $ 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	238 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	239 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	240 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	241 (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	242
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	243 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	244 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	245
8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	246 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	248 $ 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	249
24970 7e9e53a0368f patch 8.2.3022: available encryption methods are not strong enough Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 24911 diff changeset	250 For enabling libsodium support, you also need to install the package
7e9e53a0368f patch 8.2.3022: available encryption methods are not strong enough Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 24911 diff changeset	251
7e9e53a0368f patch 8.2.3022: available encryption methods are not strong enough Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 24911 diff changeset	252 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-libsodium
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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	254 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	256 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	257 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	258 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	259 $ 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	261
14792 8eb8200a55b2 patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 14222 diff changeset	262 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	264 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	266 * 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	267 * 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	269 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	271 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	272 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	273 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	275 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	276 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	278 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	280 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	282 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	284 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	285 that.
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
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
78449866e9a9 patch 8.1.0128: building with MinGW does not work out-of-the-box Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13028 diff changeset	288 3. MinGW
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	289 ========
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	290
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	291 (written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>, updated by Ken Takata, et al.)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	292
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	293 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	294 Command Prompt window. (To use MSYS2 console, see above.)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	295
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	296 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	297 download at:
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	298
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	299 http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	300
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	301 Or a compiler provided on msys2:
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	302
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	303 https://www.msys2.org/
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	304
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	305 The original 'mingw32' compiler is outdated, and may no longer work:
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	306
652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	307 http://www.mingw.org/
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	308
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	309 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	310 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	311 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	312 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	313 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	314 one of the following):
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	315
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	316 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	317 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	318 C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 64-bit builds)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	319
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	320 Test if gcc is on your path. From a Command Prompt window:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	321
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	322 C:\> gcc --version
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	323 gcc (GCC) 4.8.1
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	324
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	325 C:\> mingw32-make --version
112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	326 GNU Make 3.82.90 (...etc...)
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	327
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	328 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	329 www.vim.org for exactly which version of the vim files you need).
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	330
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	331 Change directory to 'vim\src':
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	332
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	333 C:\> cd vim\src
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	334 C:\VIM\SRC>
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	335
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	336 and you type:
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	337
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	338 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	339
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	340 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	341 directory.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	342
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	343 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	344 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	345 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	346
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	347 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no vim.exe
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	348
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	349 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	350 (also free!) and compress the file (typical compression is 50%). UPX can be
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	351 found at
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	352 http://www.upx.org/
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	353
3388 981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	354 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	355 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	356 at:
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	357 http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	358
981c7ad9dd48 updated for version 7.3.460 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2965 diff changeset	359
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	360 ADDITION: NLS support with MinGW
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	361
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	362 (by Eduardo F. Amatria <eferna1@platea.pntic.mec.es>)
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	363
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	364 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	365 You need to uncomment lines in Make_ming.mak to have NLS defined.
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	366
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	367
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	368 4. Cygwin
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	369 =========
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	370
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	371 Use Make_cyg.mak with Cygwin's GCC. See
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	372 http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	373
6326 112c80234ce3 updated for version 7.4.496 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 6149 diff changeset	374 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	375 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	376 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	377 with the other makefiles).
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	378
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	379
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	380 5. Cross compiling for Win32 from a Linux machine
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	381 =================================================
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	382
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	383 [Update of 1) needs to be verified]
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	384
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	385 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	386 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	387 1) Install the mingw32 cross-compiler. See
2035 ca7d02cd5e49 Minor text file updates. Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org> parents: 1668 diff changeset	388 http://www.mingw.org/wiki/LinuxCrossMinGW
856 8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g vimboss parents: 838 diff changeset	389 http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/README.txt
1619 b9740fb41986 updated for version 7.2a vimboss parents: 1608 diff changeset	390 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	391 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	392 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	393 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	394 set 'CROSS_COMPILE' corresponding.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	395 4) make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	396
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	397 Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun...
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	398
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	399
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	400 6. Building with Python support
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	401 ===============================
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	402
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	403 For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	404
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	405 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	406
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	407 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	408 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	409 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	410
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	411 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	412
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	413 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	414 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	415
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	416 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	417
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	418 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	419 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	420
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	421 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	422
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	423 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	424 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	425 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	426 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	427 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	428 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	429 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	430
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	431 (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	432 (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	433 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	434
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	435
3847 1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	436 (rest written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>)
1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	437
1003f9b262d7 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 3388 diff changeset	438 Building with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState ActivePython:
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	439 http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	440
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	441 After installing the ActivePython, you will have to create a 'mingw32'
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	442 'libpython20.a' to link with:
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	443 cd $PYTHON/libs
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	444 pexports python20.dll > python20.def
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	445 dlltool -d python20.def -l libpython20.a
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	446
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	447 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	448 the root of the Python installation (C:\Python20, for example). If you are
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	449 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	450 the 'Include' files to unix line-endings. This bash command will do it
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	451 easily:
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	452 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	453
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	454 Now just do:
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	455 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	456
2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	457 You will end up with a Python-enabled, Win32 version. Enjoy!
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	458
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	459
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	460 7. Building with Python3 support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	461 ================================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	462
18662 652ac5edf8d0 patch 8.1.2323: Old MSVC version no longer tested. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18174 diff changeset	463 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	464 Python 3.6 is recommended.
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	465
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	466 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	467
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	468 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	469 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	470 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	471
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	472 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	473
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	474 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	475 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	476
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	477 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	478
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	479 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	480 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	481
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	482 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	483
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	484 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	485 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	486 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	487 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	488 PYTHON3_VER=36
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	489 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	490 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	491
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	492 (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	493 (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	494 libstdc++-6.dll.)
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	495
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	496
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	497 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	498 ===========================================
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	499
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	500 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	501
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	502 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	503 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	504 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	505
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	506 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	507 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	508 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	509 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	510 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	511
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	512 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	513
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	514 MZSCHEME: Where Racket is installed.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	515 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	516 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	517 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	518 See below for a list of MZSCHEME_VER.
11914 4f7081eb1e26 Updated runtime files Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11774 diff changeset	519 The DLL can be found under the lib directory. E.g.
4f7081eb1e26 Updated runtime files Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11774 diff changeset	520 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	521 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	522 runtime. Default: $(MZSCHEME)\collects
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	523 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	524 variable.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	525
12600 590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	526 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	527
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	528 Racket ver. \| MZSCHEME_VER
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	529 ==========================
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	530 6.3 \| 3m_9z0ds0
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	531 6.6 \| 3m_a0solc
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	532 6.8 \| 3m_a1zjsw
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	533 6.10 \| 3m_a36fs8
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	534
590424e87b65 patch 8.0.1178: using old compiler on MS-Windows Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 11914 diff changeset	535
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	536 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	537
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	538 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	539 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	540 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	541
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	542 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	543
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	544 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	545 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	546 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	547
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	548 Spaces should be escaped with '\'.
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	549
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	550
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	551 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	552
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	553 (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	554
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	555 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	556 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	557 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	558
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	559 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	560 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	561 [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	562 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	563 (libmzschXXXXXXX.dll).
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	564 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	565 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	566
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	567 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	568 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	569 (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	570
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	571 "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	572 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	573
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	574 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	575 %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	576 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	577
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	578 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	579 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	580 MZSCHEME_DLLS=c:/Temp DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=no
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c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	582 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	583 %WINDOWS%\System32 only.
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
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	586
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	587 9. Building with Lua support
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	589
7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	590 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	591 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	592 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	593 do the part up to "Build".
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	595 1) Download and install LuaBinaries
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7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	597 Go to the Download page of LuaBinaries:
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	600 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	601 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	602 MinGW.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	603
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	604 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	605 Lua's header files will be installed under the include directory.
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7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	607 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	608 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	609 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	610 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	611 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	613 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	615
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	616
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	617 2) Build
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77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	619 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	621 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	622 DYNAMIC_LUA: Whether dynamic linking is used. 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	625 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	627 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	628 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	630 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	633 LUA=C:/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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7609 77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	635
77a14f3bc18b commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e640bd930d133889dbc9f9a77e29bab902e3b7d Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7553 diff changeset	636 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	638 make -f Make_cyg.mak
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	641
16606 7e733046db1d patch 8.1.1306: Borland support is outdated and doesn't work Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 16580 diff changeset	642 10. Building with Perl support
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	644
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	645 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	646 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	648 http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	649 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	651 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	653 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	654 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	657 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	659 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	662 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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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	668 11. Building with Ruby support
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	671 Vim with Ruby support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	675 http://rubyinstaller.org/
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	676
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	677 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	678 you need some tricks described below.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	679 (Another binary distribution is ActiveScriptRuby:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	680 http://www.artonx.org/data/asr/)
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	681
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	682 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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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	684 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	685 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	686 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	687 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	688 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	689
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	690 Ruby version vs. Ruby API version:
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	691
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	692 Ruby ver. \| Ruby API ver.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	693 =========================
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	694 1.8.X \| 1.8
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	695 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	696 2.0.0 \| 2.0.0
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	697 2.X.Y \| 2.X.0
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	698
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	699 (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	700
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	701
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	702 A) Using MSVC
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	703
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	704 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	705 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	706 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	707 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	708 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	709
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	710 1) Download and Install RubyInstaller.
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	711 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	712 E.g.:
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	713 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	714
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	715 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	716
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	717 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	718
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	719 cd C:\projects
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	720 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	721 cd ruby
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	722 win32\configure.bat
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	723 nmake .config.h.time
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	724
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	725 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	726 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	727 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	728 .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	729 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	730 .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	731
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	732 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	734 For 32-bit version:
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	735
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	736 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	737
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	738 For 64-bit version:
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	739
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	740 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	741
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	742 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	743 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	744
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	745 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	747 For 32-bit version:
8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	748
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	749 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	750 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	751 RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME=msvcrt
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	752 WINVER=0x501
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	753
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	754 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	755
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	756 If you set WINVER explicitly, it must be set to >=0x500, when building
ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	757 with Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x501.)
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	758 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	759 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	761 B) Using MinGW
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	762
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	763 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	764 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	766 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	767 RUBY=C:/Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	768 WINVER=0x600
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	769
13018 8862bf5adf7b patch 8.0.1385: Python 3.5 is getting old Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12781 diff changeset	770 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	771 If you set WINVER explicitly, it must be set to >=0x500, when building with
15408 cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	772 Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x600.)
8960 ea3eb5a815b5 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/02cfac85b4e4b038bb2df6962699fa93a42c7eb1 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 8265 diff changeset	773
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	774
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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	776 12. Building with Tcl support
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	777 =============================
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	779 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	780 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActiveTcl).
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f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	782 http://www.activestate.com/activetcl
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cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	786 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	787
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	788 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	789 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	790
cd1b393ddb5f patch 8.1.0712: MS-Windows build instructions are a bit outdated Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 14792 diff changeset	791 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	792 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	793
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	794 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	795 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	796 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	797 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	798
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	799 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	800 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	801 the TCL_DLL variable:
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	802 TCL_DLL=tcl86t.dll
c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	803
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	804 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	805
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	806 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	807 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	808
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	809 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	810
12610 c6dc5d62cf5e patch 8.0.1183: MS-Windows build instructions are outdated Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12600 diff changeset	811 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	812 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	813
f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	814
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	815 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	816 ===============================================
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	817
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	818 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	819 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	820 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	821 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	822
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	823 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	824
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	825 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	826 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	827
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	828 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	829
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	830 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	831 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	832 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	833
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	834 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	835 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	836
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	837 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	838 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	839
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	840 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	841
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	842 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	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 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	845
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	846 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	847
cfce9ac1d1e8 patch 8.0.1390: DirectX scrolling can be slow, vertical positioning is off Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 13018 diff changeset	848
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	849 14. Windows 3.1x
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	850 ================
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	851
8265 792bc43e69a7 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6e722e2f948bc51fcb92d98d6f2a089dac01e2bd Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7609 diff changeset	852 The Windows 3.1x support was removed in patch 7.4.1364.
714 0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	853
0f9f4761ad9c updated for version 7.0216 vimboss parents: 605 diff changeset	854
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	855 15. MS-DOS
7553 f0205ac9818f commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/30a89473ee64a276215a55e7fa99e008945022df Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 7456 diff changeset	856 ==========
7 3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001 vimboss parents: diff changeset	857
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	858 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	859 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	860
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	861
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	862 16. Installing after building from sources
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	863 ==========================================
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	864
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	865 [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	866
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	867 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	868 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	869 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	870 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	871 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	872 correct directory structure.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	873
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	874 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	875 -----------------------------------------------------
7456 2c5e813e8852 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3c6f92e52ef15df4aa248ce00eacd65928044210 Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 6326 diff changeset	876 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	877 Otherwise, continue reading.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	878
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	879 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	880 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	881
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	882 Copy the "runtime" files into "vim82":
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	883 copy runtime\* vim82
19163 63beef1ca62c Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 19116 diff changeset	884 xcopy /s runtime\* vim82
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	885
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	886 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	887 ----------------------------------------------------
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	888 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	889 new binaries you created above into "vim82":
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	890
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	891 copy src\*.exe vim82
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	892 copy src\tee\tee.exe vim82
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	893 copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim82
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	894
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	895 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	896 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	897 "vim82\GvimExt64" respectively.
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	898 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	899
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	900 mkdir vim82\GvimExt32
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	901 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	902
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	903 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	904
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	905 mkdir vim82\GvimExt64
9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	906 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	907
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	908 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	909 ----------------------------------------------------------
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	910 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	911 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	912 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	913 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	914 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	915
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	916 vim82\
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	917 \| libintl-8.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	918 \| libiconv-2.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	919 \| 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	920 \|
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	921 + GvimExt32\
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	922 \| libintl-8.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	923 \| libiconv-2.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	924 \| libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	925 \|
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	926 ` GvimExt64\
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	927 libintl-8.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	928 libiconv-2.dll
cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	929
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	930 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	931
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	932 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	933 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	934 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	935 to be installed. Typically, this subdirectory will be named "vim".
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	936 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	937 by running its uninstall.exe program.
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	938
12781 cd41d47e6033 patch 8.0.1268: PC install instructions are incomplete Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> parents: 12610 diff changeset	939 E. Install Vim
2951 57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	940 ---------------
19116 9b7f90e56753 Update runtime files. Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> parents: 18662 diff changeset	941 "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	942 "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	943 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	944 - 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	945 parent directory.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	946 - 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	947 popup menu.
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	948 - 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	949 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	950 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	951 - 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	952
57a7998e0fa8 updated for version 7.3.248 Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2871 diff changeset	953 Happy Vimming!

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