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1 INSTALLpc.txt - Installation of Vim on PC
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3 This file contains instructions for compiling Vim. If you already have an
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4 executable version of Vim, you don't need this.
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6 You can find the lastest here: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer
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7 This page also has links to install support for interfaces such as Perl,
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8 Python, Lua, etc.
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10 The file "feature.h" can be edited to match your preferences. You can skip
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11 this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should
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14 This document assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 or later (Windows
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15 XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10). There are also instructions for pre-XP systems, but
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18 The recommended way is to build a 32 bit Vim, also on 64 bit systems. You can
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19 build a 64 bit Vim if you like, the executable will be bigger and Vim won't be
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20 any faster, but you can edit files larger than 2 Gbyte.
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24 1. Microsoft Visual C++
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29 6. Building with Python support
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30 7. Building with Python3 support
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31 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
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32 9. Building with Lua support
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44 using the "Visual Studio Community 2015" installation. This includes the SDK
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45 needed to target Windows XP. But not older Windows versions (95, 98), see
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52 We do not provide download links, since Microsoft keeps changing them. You
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54 create a Microsoft account (it's free).
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57 select "custom" and check "Windows XP Support for C++" and all checkboxes
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64 Building with Visual Studio (VS 98, VS .NET, VS .NET 2003, VS 2005, VS 2008,
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65 VS2010, VS2012, VS2013 and VS2015) is straightforward. (These instructions
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69 Windows 95 or 97, see |msvc-2008-express| below.
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71 To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak.
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72 Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must
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76 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak GUI=yes GUI Microsoft Visual C++
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77 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak OLE=yes OLE Microsoft Visual C++
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78 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak PERL=C:\Perl PYTHON=C:\Python etc.
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81 Make_mvc.mak allows a Vim to be built with various different features and
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82 debug support. Debugging with MS Devstudio is provided by Make_dvc.mak.
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83 For a description of the use of Make_dvc.mak, look in Make_mvc.mak.
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85 For compiling Gvim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes
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86 to the parameters you pass to Make_mvc.mak.
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88 To build Vim from within the Visual Studio IDE, open the Make_ivc.mak project.
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89 (Note: Make_ivc.mak is not as rich as Make_mvc.mak, which allows for
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90 far more configuration.) Make_ivc.mak can also be built with nmake.
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92 nmake -f Make_ivc.mak CFG="Vim - Win32 Release gvim"
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93 GUI Microsoft Visual C++ 4.x or later
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94 nmake -f Make_ivc.mak CFG="Vim - Win32 Release gvim OLE"
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99 These files have been supplied by George V. Reilly, Ben Singer, Ken Scott and
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100 Ron Aaron; they have been tested.
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103 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition *msvc-2008-express*
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106 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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107 http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/
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108 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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110 To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build
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111 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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113 For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK:
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114 "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
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115 You don't need the examples and documentation.
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117 If you get an error that Win32.mak can't be found, you have to set the
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118 variable SDK_INCLUDE_DIR. For example, on Windows 10, installation of MSVC
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119 puts include files in the following directory:
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120 set SDK_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
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123 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition *msvc-2010-express*
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126 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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127 http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/Default.aspx
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128 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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130 To set the environment execute the msvc2010.bat script. You can then build
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131 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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137 Beginning with Visual C++ 2012, Microsoft changed the behavior of LINK.EXE
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143 Make_mvc.mak now supports a macro SUBSYSTEM_VER to pass the Windows version.
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144 Use lines like follows to target Windows XP x86 (assuming using Visual C++
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145 2012 under 64-bit Windows):
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146 set WinSdk71=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A
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147 set INCLUDE=%WinSdk71%\Include;%INCLUDE%
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148 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib;%LIB%
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149 set CL=/D_USING_V110_SDK71_
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150 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.01
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152 To target Windows XP x64 instead of x86, you need to change the settings of
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153 LIB and SUBSYSTEM_VER:
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154 ...
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155 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib\x64;%LIB%
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156 ...
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157 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.02
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159 If you use Visual C++ 2015 (either Express or Community Edition), executing
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160 msvc2015.bat will set them automatically. For x86 builds run this without
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161 options:
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162 msvc2015
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163 For x64 builds run this with the "x86_amd64" option:
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164 msvc2015 x86_amd64
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166 The following Visual C++ team blog can serve as a reference page:
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167 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx
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170 OLDER VERSIONS
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172 The minimal supported version is Windows XP. Building with older compilers
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175 If you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2003 one
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176 |msvc-2003-toolkit|.
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178 Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 *msvc-2003-toolkit*
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181 You could download the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from
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182 http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
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183 Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Inofficial downloads appear to be
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185 http://www.filewatcher.com/m/VCToolkitSetup.exe.32952488.0.0.html
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186 http://feargame.net/wiki/index.php?title=Building_Source_with_the_VC2003_Toolkit
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188 This contains the command-line tools (compiler, linker, CRT headers,
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189 and libraries) for Visual Studio .NET 2003, but not the Visual Studio IDE.
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190 To compile and debug Vim with the VC2003 Toolkit, you will also need
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191 |ms-platform-sdk|, |dotnet-1.1-redist|, |dotnet-1.1-sdk|,
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195 which is freely available in perpetuity.
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197 The free Code::Blocks IDE works with the VC2003 Toolkit, as described at
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198 http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Integrating_Microsoft_Visual_Toolkit_2003_with_Code::Blocks_IDE
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200 free C compilers for Win32.)
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202 To compile Vim using the VC2003 Toolkit and Make_mvc.mak, you must first
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203 execute the following commands in a cmd.exe window (the msvcsetup.bat batch
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206 set PATH=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322;%PATH%
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207 call "%VCToolkitInstallDir%vcvars32.bat"
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208 set MSVCVer=7.1
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209 call "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.Cmd"
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210 set LIB=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib;%LIB%
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212 Now you can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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219 headers and libraries. You need to search for it, Microsoft keeps changing
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220 the URL.
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226 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3
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228 http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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229 This is needed to install |dotnet-1.1-sdk|. It also contains cvtres.exe,
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230 which is needed to link Vim.
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236 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9b3a2ca6-3647-4070-9f41-a333c6b9181d
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239 installing the .NET 1.1 SDK.
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245 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
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246 This includes the WinDbg debugger, which you will want if you ever need
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247 to debug Vim itself. An earlier version of the Debugging Tools
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251 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition *msvc-2005-express*
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252 -------------------------------
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254 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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255 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx
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256 This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need
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257 |ms-platform-sdk|. You can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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259 Instructions for integrating the Platform SDK into VC Express:
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260 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx
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265 ========
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269 This is about how to produce a Win32 binary of gvim with MinGW.
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285 somewhere, and put them on your PATH. If you are on Win95/98 you can edit
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288 set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
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292 compilers, set your installed paths (normally one of the following):
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296 C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 64-bit builds)
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301 gcc (GCC) 4.8.1
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304 GNU Make 3.82.90 (...etc...)
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306 Now you are ready to rock 'n' roll. Unpack the vim sources (look on
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307 www.vim.org for exactly which version of the vim files you need).
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309 Change directory to 'vim\src':
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314 and you type:
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316 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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318 After churning for a while, you will end up with 'gvim.exe' in the 'vim\src'
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319 directory.
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321 You should not need to do *any* editing of any files to get vim compiled this
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325 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no vim.exe
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327 If you are dismayed by how big the EXE is, I strongly recommend you get 'UPX'
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328 (also free!) and compress the file (typical compression is 50%). UPX can be
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332 As of 2011, UPX still does not support compressing 64-bit EXE's; if you have
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333 built a 64-bit vim then an alternative to UPX is 'MPRESS'. MPRESS can be found
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334 at:
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335 http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm
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349 Use Make_cyg.mak with Cygwin's GCC. See
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368 [Update of 1) needs to be verified]
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370 If you like, you can compile the 'mingw' Win32 version from the comfort of
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377 Make further changes to 'Make_cyg_ming.mak' and 'Make_ming.mak' as you
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382 Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun...
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388 For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org
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395 PYTHON_VER: Python version. E.g. 27 for Python 2.7.X.
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399 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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400 PYTHON=C:\Python27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=27
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404 Building with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState ActivePython:
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409 cd $PYTHON/libs
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410 pexports python20.dll > python20.def
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421 make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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425 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON=c:/msys64/mingw64
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426 PYTHON_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
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427 PYTHONINC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python2.7
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428 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes
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429 PYTHON_VER=27
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430 DYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL=libpython2.7.dll
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431 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
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433 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
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437 7. Building with Python3 support
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440 For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org
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443 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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445 PYTHON3: Where Python3 is installed. E.g. C:\Python34
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446 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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447 PYTHON3_VER: Python3 version. E.g. 34 for Python 3.4.X.
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451 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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452 PYTHON3=C:\Python34 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3_VER=34
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455 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
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458 1) Building with Racket support (newest)
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460 MzScheme and PLT Scheme names have been rebranded as Racket. Vim with Racket
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461 support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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462 Get it from https://download.racket-lang.org/
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464 Copy lib/libracket{version}.dll to your Windows system directory. The system
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465 directory depends on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
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466 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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467 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
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468 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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470 For building you need to set the following variables:
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472 MZSCHEME: Where Racket is installed.
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473 E.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket
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474 DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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475 MZSCHEME_VER: Racket DLL version which is used for the file name.
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476 See below for a list of MZSCHEME_VER.
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477 The DLL can be found under the lib directory. E.g.
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478 C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket\lib\libracket3m_XXXXXX.dll
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479 MZSCHEME_COLLECTS: (Optional) Path of the collects directory used at
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480 runtime. Default: $(MZSCHEME)\collects
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481 User can override this with the PLTCOLLECTS environment
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482 variable.
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484 List of MZSCHEME_VER (incomplete):
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486 Racket ver. | MZSCHEME_VER
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487 ==========================
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488 6.3 | 3m_9z0ds0
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489 6.6 | 3m_a0solc
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490 6.8 | 3m_a1zjsw
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491 6.10 | 3m_a36fs8
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496 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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497 MZSCHEME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket" DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
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498 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
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502 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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503 MZSCHEME='C:/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Racket' DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
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504 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
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511 (written by Sergey Khorev <sergey.khorev@gmail.com>)
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513 Vim with MzScheme (http://www.plt-scheme.org/software/mzscheme) support can
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514 be built with either MSVC, or MinGW, or Cygwin. Supported versions are 205 and
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517 The MSVC build is quite straightforward. Simply invoke (in one line)
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518 nmake -fMake_mvc.mak MZSCHEME=<Path-to-MzScheme>
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519 [MZSCHEME_VER=<MzScheme-version>] [DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=<yes or no>]
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520 where <MzScheme-version> is the last seven characters from MzScheme dll name
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521 (libmzschXXXXXXX.dll).
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522 If DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes, resulting executable will not depend on MzScheme
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523 DLL's, but will load them in runtime on demand.
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525 Building dynamic MzScheme support on MinGW and Cygwin is similar. Take into
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526 account that <Path-to-MzScheme> should contain slashes rather than backslashes
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527 (e.g. d:/Develop/MzScheme)
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529 "Static" MzScheme support (Vim executable will depend on MzScheme DLLs
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532 libmzschXXXXXXX.dll and libmzgcXXXXXXX.dll should be copied from
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534 dir or even MzScheme home).
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537 make -f Make_cyg.mak MZSCHEME=d:/Develop/MzScheme MZSCHEME_VER=209_000
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538 MZSCHEME_DLLS=c:/Temp DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=no
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540 After a successful build, these dlls can be freely removed, leaving them in
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541 %WINDOWS%\System32 only.
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545 9. Building with Lua support
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548 Vim with Lua support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or maybe Cygwin).
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549 You can use binaries from LuaBinaries: http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/
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550 This also applies to when you get a Vim executable and don't build yourself,
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551 do the part up to "Build".
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555 Go to the Download page of LuaBinaries:
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558 Download lua-X.Y.Z_Win32_dllw4_lib.zip for x86 or
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559 lua-X.Y.Z_Win64_dllw4_lib.zip for x64. You can use them both for MSVC and
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560 MinGW.
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562 Unpack it to a working directory. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
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563 Lua's header files will be installed under the include directory.
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565 Copy luaXY.dll to your Windows system directory. The system directory depends
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567 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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568 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
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569 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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571 Or another option is copying luaXY.dll to the directory where gvim.exe
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577 You need to set LUA, DYNAMIC_LUA and LUA_VER.
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579 LUA: Where Lua's header files are installed. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
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580 DYNAMIC_LUA: Whether dynamic linking is used. Set to yes.
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581 LUA_VER: Lua version. E.g. 53 for Lua 5.3.X.
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583 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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585 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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586 LUA=C:\projects\lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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588 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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590 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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591 LUA=C:/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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594 Or when using Cygwin (as one line) (untested):
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596 make -f Make_cyg.mak
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597 LUA=/cygdrive/c/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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600 10. Building with Perl support
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603 Vim with Perl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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604 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActivePerl) or Strawberry Perl.
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606 http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
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607 http://strawberryperl.com/
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609 When building, you need to set the following variables:
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612 DYNAMIC_PERL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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613 PERL_VER: Perl version. E.g. 522 for Perl 5.22.X.
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617 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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618 PERL=C:\Perl DYNAMIC_PERL=yes PERL_VER=522
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629 Vim with Ruby support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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631 Windows binaries might be RubyInstaller. Currently Ruby 2.4 is recommended.
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633 http://rubyinstaller.org/
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635 If you use MinGW you can easily build with RubyInstaller, but if you use MSVC
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636 you need some tricks described below.
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637 (Another binary distribution is ActiveScriptRuby:
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638 http://www.artonx.org/data/asr/)
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640 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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642 RUBY: Where ruby is installed. E.g. C:\Ruby24
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643 DYNAMIC_RUBY: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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644 RUBY_VER: Ruby version. E.g. 24 for Ruby 2.4.X.
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645 RUBY_API_VER_LONG: Ruby API version in a long format.
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646 E.g. 2.4.0 for Ruby 2.4.X.
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648 Ruby version vs. Ruby API version:
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650 Ruby ver. | Ruby API ver.
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651 =========================
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652 1.8.X | 1.8
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653 1.9.[1-3] | 1.9.1
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655 2.X.Y | 2.X.0
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657 (Ruby 1.9.0 is excluded from the table because it is an unstable version.)
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660 A) Using MSVC
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662 If you want to link with ruby, normally you must use the same compiler as
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663 which was used to build the ruby binary. RubyInstaller is built with MinGW,
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666 config.h and Ruby's DLL name. Here are the steps for working around them:
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668 1) Download and Install RubyInstaller.
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669 You can install RubyInstaller with the default options and directory.
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670 E.g.:
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671 C:\Ruby24 (32-bit) or C:\Ruby24-x64 (64-bit)
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673 Ruby 2.4.X is used in this example.
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675 2) Download Ruby 2.4.X's source code and generate config.h:
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677 cd C:\projects
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678 git clone https://github.com/ruby/ruby.git -b ruby_2_4
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679 cd ruby
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680 win32\configure.bat
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681 nmake .config.h.time
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683 Note that ruby_2_4 is the branch name for Ruby 2.4.X's source code.
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684 There is no need to build whole Ruby, just config.h is needed.
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686 .ext\include\i386-mswin32_140 directory.
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688 3) Install the generated config.h.
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690 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24\include\ruby-2.4.0
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692 Note that 2.4.0 is Ruby API version of Ruby 2.4.X.
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693 You may need to close the console and reopen it to pick up the new $PATH.
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695 4) Build Vim. Note that you need to adjust some variables (as one line):
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697 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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698 RUBY=C:\Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
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699 RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME=msvcrt
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700 WINVER=0x501
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702 If you set WINVER explicitly, it must be set to >=0x500, when building
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704 When using this trick, you also need to set RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME to msvcrt
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705 which is used for the Ruby's DLL name.
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707 B) Using MinGW
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709 Using MinGW is easier than using MSVC when linking with RubyInstaller.
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710 After you install RubyInstaller, just type this (as one line):
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712 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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722 =============================
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724 Vim with Tcl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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725 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActiveTcl).
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727 http://www.activestate.com/activetcl
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729 For MSVC 2015 use version 8.6.6 or later.
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730 When building, you need to set the following variables:
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732 TCL: Where tcl is installed. E.g. C:\Tcl86
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733 DYNAMIC_TCL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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734 TCL_VER: Tcl version in a short format. E.g. 86 for Tcl 8.6.X.
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735 TCL_VER_LONG: Tcl version in a long format. E.g. 8.6 for Tcl 8.6.X.
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736
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737 Sometimes the Tcl dll name changes. E.g. ActiveTcl 8.6.4 comes with tcl86.dll,
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738 but ActiveTcl 8.6.6 comes with tcl86t.dll. You can set the dll name by setting
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739 the TCL_DLL variable:
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740 TCL_DLL=tcl86t.dll
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741
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742 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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743
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744 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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745 TCL=C:\Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
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746
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747 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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748
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749 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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750 TCL=C:/Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
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752
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753 13. Building with Terminal support
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754 ==================================
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755
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756 Vim with Terminal support can be built with either MSVC, MinGW or Cygwin.
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757 This uses the included libvterm and winpty. No extra header files or
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758 libraries are needed for building. Just set TERMINAL to yes.
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759
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760 E.g. When using MSVC:
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761
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762 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak TERMINAL=yes
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763
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764 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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766 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak TERMINAL=yes
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769 14. Windows 3.1x
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770 ================
714
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772 The Windows 3.1x support was removed in patch 7.4.1364.
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775 15. MS-DOS
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776 ==========
7
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777
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778 The MS-DOS support was removed in patch 7.4.1399. Only very old Vim versions
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779 work on MS-DOS because of the limited amount of memory available.
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781
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782 16. Installing after building from sources
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784
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785 [provided by Michael Soyka, updated by Ken Takata]
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786
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787 After you've built the Vim binaries as described above, you're ready to
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788 install Vim on your system. However, if you've obtained the Vim sources
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789 using Git, Mercurial or by downloading them as a unix tar file, you must
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790 first create a "vim80" directory. If you instead downloaded the sources as
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791 zip files, you can skip this setup as the zip archives already have the
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792 correct directory structure.
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793
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794 A. Create a Vim "runtime" subdirectory named "vim80"
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795 -----------------------------------------------------
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796 If you obtained your Vim sources as zip files, you can skip this step.
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797 Otherwise, continue reading.
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798
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799 Go to the directory that contains the Vim "src" and "runtime"
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800 directories and create a new subdirectory named "vim80".
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801
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802 Copy the "runtime" files into "vim80":
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803 copy runtime\* vim80
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804
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805 B. Copy the new binaries into the "vim80" directory
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806 ----------------------------------------------------
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807 Regardless of how you installed the Vim sources, you need to copy the
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808 new binaries you created above into "vim80":
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809
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810 copy src\*.exe vim80
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811 copy src\tee\tee.exe vim80
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812 copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim80
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813
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814 To install the "Edit with Vim" popup menu, you need both 32-bit and 64-bit
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815 versions of gvimext.dll. They should be copied to "vim80\GvimExt32" and
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816 "vim80\GvimExt64" respectively.
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817 First, build the 32-bit version, then:
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818
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819 mkdir vim80\GvimExt32
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820 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim80\GvimExt32
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821
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822 Next, clean the 32-bit version and build the 64-bit version, then:
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823
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824 mkdir vim80\GvimExt64
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825 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim80\GvimExt64
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826
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827 C. Copy gettext and iconv DLLs into the "vim80" directory
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828 ----------------------------------------------------------
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829 Get gettext and iconv DLLs from the following site:
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830 https://github.com/mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows/releases
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831 Both 64- and 32-bit versions are needed.
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832 Download the files gettextX.X.X.X-iconvX.XX-shared-{32,64}.zip, extract
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833 DLLs and place them as follows:
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834
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835 vim80\
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836 | libintl-8.dll
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837 | libiconv-2.dll
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838 | libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll (only for 32-bit)
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839 |
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840 + GvimExt32\
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841 | libintl-8.dll
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842 | libiconv-2.dll
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843 | libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
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844 |
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845 ` GvimExt64\
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846 libintl-8.dll
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847 libiconv-2.dll
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848
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849 The DLLs in the "vim80" should be the same bitness with the (g)vim.exe.
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851 D. Move the "vim80" directory into the Vim installation subdirectory
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853 Move the "vim80" subdirectory into the subdirectory where you want Vim
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855 If you already have a "vim80" subdirectory in "vim", delete it first
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856 by running its uninstal.exe program.
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857
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858 E. Install Vim
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860 "cd" to your Vim installation subdirectory "vim\vim80" and run the
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861 "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about
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862 how you would like to have your Vim setup. Among these are:
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863 - You can tell it to write a "_vimrc" file with your preferences in the
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864 parent directory.
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865 - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer
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866 popup menu.
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867 - You can have it create batch files, so that you can run Vim from the
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868 console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your
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869 PATH or add the directory to PATH using the Windows Control Panel.
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870 - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu.
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872 Happy Vimming!