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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 latest here: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer
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7 This page also has links to install support for interfaces such as Perl,
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10 The file "feature.h" can be edited to match your preferences. You can skip
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11 this, then you will get the default behavior as is documented, which should
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14 This document assumes that you are building Vim for Win32 or later (Windows
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15 XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10). There are also instructions for pre-XP systems, but
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19 build a 64 bit Vim if you like, the executable will be bigger and Vim won't be
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20 any faster, but you can edit files larger than 2 Gbyte.
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46 "OLDER VERSIONS" below for that.
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62 -------------
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64 Building with Visual Studio (VS2010, VS2012, VS2013, VS2015, VS2017 and VS2019)
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77 Make_mvc.mak allows a Vim to be built with various different features and
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80 For compiling gVim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes
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86 Ron Aaron; they have been tested.
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89 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition *msvc-2010-express*
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92 Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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93 http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/Default.aspx
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94 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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97 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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100 Targeting Windows XP with MSVC 2012 and later *new-msvc-windows-xp*
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103 Beginning with Visual C++ 2012, Microsoft changed the behavior of LINK.EXE
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109 Make_mvc.mak now supports a macro SUBSYSTEM_VER to pass the Windows version.
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111 2012 under 64-bit Windows):
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112 set WinSdk71=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A
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113 set INCLUDE=%WinSdk71%\Include;%INCLUDE%
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114 set LIB=%WinSdk71%\Lib;%LIB%
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116 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.01
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120 ...
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125 If you use Visual C++ 2015 (either Express or Community Edition), executing
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126 msvc2015.bat will set them automatically. For x86 builds run this without
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127 options:
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128 msvc2015
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132 Express edition.
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135 msvc2015 x64
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138 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx
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140 VC 2019 dropped support for targeting Windows XP. If you want a binary that
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141 targeting Windows XP, use VC 2017 or earlier.
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144 Cross compile support for Windows on ARM64
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150 The ARM64 support was provided by Leendert van Doorn.
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158 If you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2003 one
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159 |msvc-2003-toolkit| or |msvc-2005-express|, and use the source code before
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162 Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 *msvc-2003-toolkit*
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167 You could download the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from
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168 http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
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169 Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Unofficial downloads appear to be
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171 http://www.filewatcher.com/m/VCToolkitSetup.exe.32952488.0.0.html
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172 http://feargame.net/wiki/index.php?title=Building_Source_with_the_VC2003_Toolkit
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174 This contains the command-line tools (compiler, linker, CRT headers,
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175 and libraries) for Visual Studio .NET 2003, but not the Visual Studio IDE.
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176 To compile and debug Vim with the VC2003 Toolkit, you will also need
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177 |ms-platform-sdk|, |dotnet-1.1-redist|, |dotnet-1.1-sdk|,
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180 It's easier to download Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, |msvc-2008-express|,
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181 which is freely available in perpetuity.
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183 The free Code::Blocks IDE works with the VC2003 Toolkit, as described at
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184 http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Integrating_Microsoft_Visual_Toolkit_2003_with_Code::Blocks_IDE
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185 (This site also takes you through configuring a number of other
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186 free C compilers for Win32.)
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188 To compile Vim using the VC2003 Toolkit and Make_mvc.mak, you must first
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190 file can be used):
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192 set PATH=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322;%PATH%
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193 call "%VCToolkitInstallDir%vcvars32.bat"
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194 set MSVCVer=7.1
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195 call "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.Cmd"
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196 set LIB=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib;%LIB%
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198 Now you can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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204 the Windows Core SDK subset of the Platform SDK, which contains the Windows
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205 headers and libraries. You need to search for it, Microsoft keeps changing
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206 the URL.
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212 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3
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214 http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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215 This is needed to install |dotnet-1.1-sdk|. It also contains cvtres.exe,
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216 which is needed to link Vim.
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221 You need the .NET Framework 1.1 SDK from
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223 This contains some additional libraries needed to compile Vim,
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225 installing the .NET 1.1 SDK.
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231 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
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232 This includes the WinDbg debugger, which you will want if you ever need
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233 to debug Vim itself. An earlier version of the Debugging Tools
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237 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition *msvc-2005-express*
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238 -------------------------------
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239
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240 NOTE: this most likely does not work
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242 Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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243 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx
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244 This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need
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245 |ms-platform-sdk|. You can build Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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247 Instructions for integrating the Platform SDK into VC Express:
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248 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx
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251 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition *msvc-2008-express*
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254 NOTE: this most likely does not work
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256 Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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257 http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/
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258 This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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260 To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build
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261 Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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263 For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK:
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264 "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
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265 You don't need the examples and documentation.
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271 2.1. Setup the basic msys2 environment
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273 Go to the official page of MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org
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274 Download an installer:
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275
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276 * msys2-x86_64-YYYYMMDD.exe for 64-bit Windows
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277 (Even if you want to build 32-bit Vim)
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278 * msys2-i686-YYYYMMDD.exe for 32-bit Windows
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279
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280 Execute the installer and follow the instructions to update basic packages.
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281 At the end keep the checkbox checked to run msys2 now. If needed, you can
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282 open the window from the start menu, MSYS2 64 bit / MSYS2 MSYS.
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283
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284 Execute:
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285 $ pacman -Syu
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286
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287 And restart MSYS2 console (select "MSYS2 MSYS 32-Bit" icon from the Start
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288 Menu for building 32 bit Vim, otherwise select "MSYS2 MinGW 64-Bit").
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289 Then execute:
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290 $ pacman -Su
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292 If pacman complains that `catgets` and `libcatgets` conflict with another
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293 package, select `y` to remove them.
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296 2.2. Install additional packages for building Vim
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297
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298 The following package groups are required for building Vim:
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299
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300 * base-devel
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301 * mingw-w64-i686-toolchain (for building 32-bit Vim)
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302 * mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain (for building 64-bit Vim)
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303
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304 (These groups also include some useful packages which are not used by Vim.)
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305 Use the following command to install them:
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306
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307 $ pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-i686-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
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308
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309 Or you can use the `pacboy` command to avoid long package names:
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310
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311 $ pacboy -S base-devel: toolchain:m
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312
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313 The suffix ":" means that it disables the package name translation.
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314 The suffix ":m" means both i686 and x86_64. You can also use the ":i" suffix
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315 to install only i686, and the ":x" suffix to install only x86_64.
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316 (See `pacboy help` for the help.)
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318 See also the pacman page in ArchWiki for the general usage of pacman:
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319 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman
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320
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321 MSYS2 has its own git package, and you can also install it via pacman:
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322
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323 $ pacman -S git
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324
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325 For enabling libsodium support, you also need to install the package
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326
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327 $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-libsodium
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328
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329 2.3. Keep the build environment up-to-date
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330
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331 After you have installed the build environment, you may want to keep it
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332 up-to-date (E.g. always use the latest GCC).
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333 In that case, you just need to execute the command:
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334 $ pacman -Syu
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336
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337 2.4. Build Vim
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338
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339 Select one of the following icon from the Start Menu:
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340
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341 * MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit (To build 32-bit versions of Vim)
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342 * MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit (To build 64-bit versions of Vim)
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343
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344 Go to the source directory of Vim, then execute the make command. E.g.:
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345
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346 make -f Make_ming.mak
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347 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no
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348 make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no DEBUG=yes
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349
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350 NOTE: you can't execute vim.exe in the MSYS2 console, open a normal Windows
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351 console for that. You need to set $PATH to be able to build there, e.g.:
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352
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353 set PATH=c:\msys64\mingw32\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
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355 This command is in msys32.bat. Or for the 64 bit compiler use msys64.bat:
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357 set PATH=c:\msys64\mingw64\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
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358
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359 If you have msys64 in another location you will need to adjust the paths for
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360 that.
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362
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363 3. MinGW
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365
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366 (written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>, updated by Ken Takata, et al.)
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368 This is about how to produce a Win32 binary of gvim with MinGW from the normal
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369 Command Prompt window. (To use MSYS2 console, see above.)
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371 First, you need to get the 'MinGW-w64' compiler, which is free for the
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372 download at:
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373
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374 http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
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376 Or a compiler provided on msys2:
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378 https://www.msys2.org/
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380 The original 'mingw32' compiler is outdated, and may no longer work:
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382 http://www.mingw.org/
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384 Once you have downloaded the compiler binaries, unpack them on your hard disk
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385 somewhere, and put them on your PATH. Go to the Control Panel, (Performance
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388 installation. If you use msys2 compilers, set your installed paths (normally
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389 one of the following):
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391 C:\msys32\mingw32\bin (32-bit msys2, targeting 32-bit builds)
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392 C:\msys64\mingw32\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 32-bit builds)
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393 C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 64-bit builds)
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394
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395 Test if gcc is on your path. From a Command Prompt window:
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397 C:\> gcc --version
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398 gcc (GCC) 4.8.1
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400 C:\> mingw32-make --version
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401 GNU Make 3.82.90 (...etc...)
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403 Now you are ready to rock 'n' roll. Unpack the vim sources (look on
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404 www.vim.org for exactly which version of the vim files you need).
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405
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406 Change directory to 'vim\src':
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407
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408 C:\> cd vim\src
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409 C:\VIM\SRC>
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410
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411 and you type:
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412
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413 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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415 After churning for a while, you will end up with 'gvim.exe' in the 'vim\src'
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416 directory.
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417
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418 You should not need to do *any* editing of any files to get vim compiled this
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419 way. If, for some reason, you want the console-mode-only version of vim (this
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422 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no vim.exe
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424 If you are dismayed by how big the EXE is, I strongly recommend you get 'UPX'
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425 (also free!) and compress the file (typical compression is 50%). UPX can be
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426 found at
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427 http://www.upx.org/
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428
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429 As of 2011, UPX still does not support compressing 64-bit EXE's; if you have
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430 built a 64-bit vim then an alternative to UPX is 'MPRESS'. MPRESS can be found
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431 at:
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432 http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm
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433
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434
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435 ADDITION: NLS support with MinGW
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436
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437 (by Eduardo F. Amatria <eferna1@platea.pntic.mec.es>)
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438
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439 If you want National Language Support, read the file src/po/README_mingw.txt.
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440 You need to uncomment lines in Make_ming.mak to have NLS defined.
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441
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442
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443 4. Cygwin
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444 =========
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445
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446 Use Make_cyg.mak with Cygwin's GCC. See
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447 http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm
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448
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449 With Cygnus gcc you should use the Unix Makefile instead (you need to get the
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450 Unix archive then). Then you get a Cygwin application (feels like Vim is
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452 with the other makefiles).
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454
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455 5. Cross compiling for Win32 from a Linux machine
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456 =================================================
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458 [Update of 1) needs to be verified]
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459
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460 If you like, you can compile the 'mingw' Win32 version from the comfort of
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461 your Linux (or other unix) box. To do this, you need to follow a few steps:
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462 1) Install the mingw32 cross-compiler. See
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463 http://www.mingw.org/wiki/LinuxCrossMinGW
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464 http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cross/README.txt
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465 2) Get and unpack both the Unix sources and the extra archive
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466 3) in 'Make_cyg_ming.mak', set 'CROSS' to 'yes' instead of 'no'.
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467 Make further changes to 'Make_cyg_ming.mak' and 'Make_ming.mak' as you
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468 wish. If your cross-compiler prefix differs from the predefined value,
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469 set 'CROSS_COMPILE' corresponding.
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470 4) make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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471
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472 Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun...
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475 6. Building with Python support
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476 ===============================
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477
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478 For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
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480 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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482 PYTHON: Where Python is installed. E.g. C:\Python27
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483 DYNAMIC_PYTHON: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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484 PYTHON_VER: Python version. E.g. 27 for Python 2.7.X.
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486 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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488 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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489 PYTHON=C:\Python27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=27
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490
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491 When using MinGW and link with the official Python (as one line):
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492
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493 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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494 PYTHON=C:/Python27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=27
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496 When using msys2 and link with Python2 bundled with msys2 (as one line):
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498 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON=c:/msys64/mingw64
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499 PYTHON_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
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500 PYTHONINC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python2.7
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501 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes
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502 PYTHON_VER=27
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503 DYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL=libpython2.7.dll
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504 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
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505
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506 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
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507 (STATIC_STDCPLUS is optional. Set to yes if you don't want to require
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508 libstdc++-6.dll.)
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510
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511 (rest written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>)
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512
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513 Building with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState ActivePython:
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514 http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/
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516 After installing the ActivePython, you will have to create a 'mingw32'
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517 'libpython20.a' to link with:
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518 cd $PYTHON/libs
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519 pexports python20.dll > python20.def
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520 dlltool -d python20.def -l libpython20.a
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522 Once that is done, edit the 'Make_ming.mak' so the PYTHON variable points to
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523 the root of the Python installation (C:\Python20, for example). If you are
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524 cross-compiling on Linux with the mingw32 setup, you need to also convert all
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525 the 'Include' files to *unix* line-endings. This bash command will do it
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526 easily:
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527 for fil in *.h ; do vim -e -c 'set ff=unix|w|q' $fil
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529 Now just do:
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530 make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe
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532 You will end up with a Python-enabled, Win32 version. Enjoy!
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535 7. Building with Python3 support
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538 For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
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539 Python 3.6 is recommended.
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541 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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543 PYTHON3: Where Python3 is installed. E.g. C:\Python36
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544 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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545 PYTHON3_VER: Python3 version. E.g. 36 for Python 3.6.X.
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547 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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549 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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550 PYTHON3=C:\Python36 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3_VER=36
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551
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552 When using MinGW and link with the official Python3 (as one line):
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554 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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555 PYTHON3=C:/Python36 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3_VER=36
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557 When using msys2 and link with Python3 bundled with msys2 (as one line):
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559 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak PYTHON3=c:/msys64/mingw64
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560 PYTHON3_HOME=c:/msys64/mingw64
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561 PYTHON3INC=-Ic:/msys64/mingw64/include/python3.6m
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562 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes
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563 PYTHON3_VER=36
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564 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL=libpython3.6m.dll
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565 STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes
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567 (This is for 64-bit builds. For 32-bit builds, replace mingw64 with mingw32.)
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568 (STATIC_STDCPLUS is optional. Set to yes if you don't want to require
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569 libstdc++-6.dll.)
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571
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572 8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
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575 1) Building with Racket support (newest)
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577 MzScheme and PLT Scheme names have been rebranded as Racket. Vim with Racket
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578 support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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579 Get it from https://download.racket-lang.org/
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581 Copy lib/libracket{version}.dll to your Windows system directory. The system
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582 directory depends on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
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583 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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584 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
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585 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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587 For building you need to set the following variables:
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589 MZSCHEME: Where Racket is installed.
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590 E.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket
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591 DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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592 MZSCHEME_VER: Racket DLL version which is used for the file name.
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593 See below for a list of MZSCHEME_VER.
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594 The DLL can be found under the lib directory. E.g.
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595 C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket\lib\libracket3m_XXXXXX.dll
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596 MZSCHEME_COLLECTS: (Optional) Path of the collects directory used at
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597 runtime. Default: $(MZSCHEME)\collects
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598 User can override this with the PLTCOLLECTS environment
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599 variable.
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601 List of MZSCHEME_VER (incomplete):
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603 Racket ver. | MZSCHEME_VER
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604 ==========================
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605 6.3 | 3m_9z0ds0
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606 6.6 | 3m_a0solc
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607 6.8 | 3m_a1zjsw
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608 6.10 | 3m_a36fs8
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613 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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614 MZSCHEME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Racket" DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
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615 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
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617 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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619 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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620 MZSCHEME='C:/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Racket' DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes
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621 MZSCHEME_VER=3m_9z0ds0
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623 Spaces should be escaped with '\'.
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625
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626 2) Building with MzScheme support (older)
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627
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628 (written by Sergey Khorev <sergey.khorev@gmail.com>)
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630 Vim with MzScheme (http://www.plt-scheme.org/software/mzscheme) support can
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631 be built with either MSVC, or MinGW, or Cygwin. Supported versions are 205 and
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632 above (including 299 and 30x series).
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634 The MSVC build is quite straightforward. Simply invoke (in one line)
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635 nmake -fMake_mvc.mak MZSCHEME=<Path-to-MzScheme>
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636 [MZSCHEME_VER=<MzScheme-version>] [DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=<yes or no>]
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637 where <MzScheme-version> is the last seven characters from MzScheme dll name
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638 (libmzschXXXXXXX.dll).
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639 If DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=yes, resulting executable will not depend on MzScheme
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640 DLL's, but will load them in runtime on demand.
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642 Building dynamic MzScheme support on MinGW and Cygwin is similar. Take into
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643 account that <Path-to-MzScheme> should contain slashes rather than backslashes
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646 "Static" MzScheme support (Vim executable will depend on MzScheme DLLs
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647 explicitly) on MinGW and Cygwin requires additional step.
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649 libmzschXXXXXXX.dll and libmzgcXXXXXXX.dll should be copied from
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650 %WINDOWS%\System32 to other location (either build directory, some temporary
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651 dir or even MzScheme home).
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653 Pass that path as MZSCHEME_DLLS parameter for Make. E.g.,
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654 make -f Make_cyg.mak MZSCHEME=d:/Develop/MzScheme MZSCHEME_VER=209_000
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655 MZSCHEME_DLLS=c:/Temp DYNAMIC_MZSCHEME=no
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657 After a successful build, these dlls can be freely removed, leaving them in
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658 %WINDOWS%\System32 only.
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662 9. Building with Lua support
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663 ============================
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665 Vim with Lua support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or maybe Cygwin).
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666 You can use binaries from LuaBinaries: http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/
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667 This also applies to when you get a Vim executable and don't build yourself,
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668 do the part up to "Build".
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670 1) Download and install LuaBinaries
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672 Go to the Download page of LuaBinaries:
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673 http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html
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675 Download lua-X.Y.Z_Win32_dllw4_lib.zip for x86 or
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676 lua-X.Y.Z_Win64_dllw4_lib.zip for x64. You can use them both for MSVC and
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677 MinGW.
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679 Unpack it to a working directory. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
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680 Lua's header files will be installed under the include directory.
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682 Copy luaXY.dll to your Windows system directory. The system directory depends
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683 on your Windows bitness and Vim bitness:
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684 32-bit Vim on 32-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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685 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\SysWOW64
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686 64-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows: C:\Windows\System32
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688 Or another option is copying luaXY.dll to the directory where gvim.exe
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689 (or vim.exe) is.
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692 2) Build
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694 You need to set LUA, DYNAMIC_LUA and LUA_VER.
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696 LUA: Where Lua's header files are installed. E.g. C:\projects\lua53.
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697 DYNAMIC_LUA: Whether dynamic linking is used. Set to yes.
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698 LUA_VER: Lua version. E.g. 53 for Lua 5.3.X.
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700 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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702 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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703 LUA=C:\projects\lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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705 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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707 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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708 LUA=C:/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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711 Or when using Cygwin (as one line) (untested):
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713 make -f Make_cyg.mak
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714 LUA=/cygdrive/c/projects/lua53 DYNAMIC_LUA=yes LUA_VER=53
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717 10. Building with Perl support
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718 ==============================
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720 Vim with Perl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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721 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActivePerl) or Strawberry Perl.
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723 http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
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724 http://strawberryperl.com/
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726 When building, you need to set the following variables:
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728 PERL: Where perl is installed. E.g. C:\Perl, C:\Strawberry\perl
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729 DYNAMIC_PERL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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730 PERL_VER: Perl version. E.g. 522 for Perl 5.22.X.
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732 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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734 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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735 PERL=C:\Perl DYNAMIC_PERL=yes PERL_VER=522
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737 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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739 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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743 11. Building with Ruby support
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744 ==============================
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746 Vim with Ruby support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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747 Ruby doesn't provide the official Windows binaries. The most widely used
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748 Windows binaries might be RubyInstaller. Currently Ruby 2.4 is recommended.
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749
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750 http://rubyinstaller.org/
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752 If you use MinGW you can easily build with RubyInstaller, but if you use MSVC
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753 you need some tricks described below.
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754 (Another binary distribution is ActiveScriptRuby:
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755 http://www.artonx.org/data/asr/)
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757 When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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758
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759 RUBY: Where ruby is installed. E.g. C:\Ruby24
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760 DYNAMIC_RUBY: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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761 RUBY_VER: Ruby version. E.g. 24 for Ruby 2.4.X.
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762 RUBY_API_VER_LONG: Ruby API version in a long format.
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763 E.g. 2.4.0 for Ruby 2.4.X.
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765 Ruby version vs. Ruby API version:
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767 Ruby ver. | Ruby API ver.
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768 =========================
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769 1.8.X | 1.8
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770 1.9.[1-3] | 1.9.1
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771 2.0.0 | 2.0.0
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772 2.X.Y | 2.X.0
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774 (Ruby 1.9.0 is excluded from the table because it is an unstable version.)
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777 A) Using MSVC
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779 If you want to link with ruby, normally you must use the same compiler as
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780 which was used to build the ruby binary. RubyInstaller is built with MinGW,
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781 so normally you cannot use MSVC for building Vim if you want to link with
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782 RubyInstaller. If you use a different compiler, there are mainly two problems:
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783 config.h and Ruby's DLL name. Here are the steps for working around them:
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785 1) Download and Install RubyInstaller.
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786 You can install RubyInstaller with the default options and directory.
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787 E.g.:
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788 C:\Ruby24 (32-bit) or C:\Ruby24-x64 (64-bit)
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789
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790 Ruby 2.4.X is used in this example.
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791
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792 2) Download Ruby 2.4.X's source code and generate config.h:
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794 cd C:\projects
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795 git clone https://github.com/ruby/ruby.git -b ruby_2_4
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796 cd ruby
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797 win32\configure.bat
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798 nmake .config.h.time
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799
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800 Note that ruby_2_4 is the branch name for Ruby 2.4.X's source code.
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801 There is no need to build whole Ruby, just config.h is needed.
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802 If you use 32-bit MSVC 2015, the config.h is generated in the
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803 .ext\include\i386-mswin32_140 directory.
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804 If you use 64-bit MSVC 2015, the config.h is generated in the
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805 .ext\include\x64-mswin64_140 directory.
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807 3) Install the generated config.h.
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808
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809 For 32-bit version:
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810
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811 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24\include\ruby-2.4.0
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815 xcopy /s .ext\include C:\Ruby24-x64\include\ruby-2.4.0
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817 Note that 2.4.0 is Ruby API version of Ruby 2.4.X.
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818 You may need to close the console and reopen it to pick up the new $PATH.
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820 4) Build Vim. Note that you need to adjust some variables (as one line):
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822 For 32-bit version:
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824 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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825 RUBY=C:\Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
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826 RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME=msvcrt
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829 For 64-bit version, replace RUBY=C:\Ruby24 with RUBY=C:\Ruby24-x64.
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832 with Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x501.)
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833 When using this trick, you also need to set RUBY_MSVCRT_NAME to msvcrt
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834 which is used for the Ruby's DLL name.
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838 Using MinGW is easier than using MSVC when linking with RubyInstaller.
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839 After you install RubyInstaller, just type this (as one line):
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841 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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842 RUBY=C:/Ruby24 DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes RUBY_VER=24 RUBY_API_VER_LONG=2.4.0
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843 WINVER=0x600
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845 For 64-bit version, replace RUBY=C:/Ruby24 with RUBY=C:/Ruby24-x64.
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847 Ruby 2.1 or later. (Default is 0x600.)
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851 12. Building with Tcl support
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852 =============================
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854 Vim with Tcl support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW (or Cygwin).
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855 You can use binaries from ActiveState (ActiveTcl).
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856
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857 http://www.activestate.com/activetcl
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858
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859 Alternatively, you can use the binaries provided by IronTcl from
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860
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861 https://www.irontcl.com/
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862
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863 They might lack behind the latest version a bit, but should provide 64bit
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864 and 32bit versions even if ActiveTcl does not provide them anymore.
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865
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866 For building with MSVC 2015 use version 8.6.6 or later.
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867 When building, you need to set the following variables:
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869 TCL: Where tcl is installed. E.g. C:\Tcl86
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870 DYNAMIC_TCL: Whether dynamic linking is used. Usually, set to yes.
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871 TCL_VER: Tcl version in a short format. E.g. 86 for Tcl 8.6.X.
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872 TCL_VER_LONG: Tcl version in a long format. E.g. 8.6 for Tcl 8.6.X.
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873
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874 Sometimes the Tcl dll name changes. E.g. ActiveTcl 8.6.4 comes with tcl86.dll,
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875 but ActiveTcl 8.6.6 comes with tcl86t.dll. You can set the dll name by setting
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876 the TCL_DLL variable:
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877 TCL_DLL=tcl86t.dll
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878
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879 E.g. When using MSVC (as one line):
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880
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881 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak
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882 TCL=C:\Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
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883
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884 Or when using MinGW (as one line):
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885
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886 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak
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887 TCL=C:/Tcl86 DYNAMIC_TCL=yes TCL_VER=86 TCL_VER_LONG=8.6
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889
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890 13. Building with DirectX (DirectWrite) support
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892
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893 Vim with DirectX (DirectWrite) support can be built with either MSVC or MinGW.
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894 This requires dwrite_2.h and some other header files which come with Windows
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895 SDK 8.1 or later (or MinGW-w64), if you want to enable color emoji support.
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896 This also requires MBYTE=yes which is enabled by default.
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897
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898 A) Using MSVC
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899
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900 If you use MSVC 2013 or later, Windows SDK 8.1 or later is used by default.
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901 You just need to specify DIRECTX=yes:
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902
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903 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes
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904
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905 If you use MSVC 2012 or earlier, the required header files are not available
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906 by default. However, you can use the header files from newer SDKs with older
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907 compilers. E.g.:
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908
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909 set "INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\um"
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910 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes
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911
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912 If you don't need color emoji support, only dwrite.h is required. You can use
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913 older compilers (e.g. VC2010) without Windows SDK 8.1. E.g.:
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914
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915 nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes COLOR_EMOJI=no
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916
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917 B) Using MinGW-w64
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918
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919 Just set DIRECTX to yes:
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920
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921 mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak DIRECTX=yes
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922
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923
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924 14. Windows 3.1x
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925 ================
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926
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927 The Windows 3.1x support was removed in patch 7.4.1364.
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929
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930 15. MS-DOS
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931 ==========
7
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932
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933 The MS-DOS support was removed in patch 7.4.1399. Only very old Vim versions
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934 work on MS-DOS because of the limited amount of memory available.
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935
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936
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937 16. Installing after building from sources
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939
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940 [provided by Michael Soyka, updated by Ken Takata]
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941
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942 After you've built the Vim binaries as described above, you're ready to
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943 install Vim on your system. However, if you've obtained the Vim sources
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944 using Git, Mercurial or by downloading them as a unix tar file, you must
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945 first create a "vim82" directory. If you instead downloaded the sources as
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946 zip files, you can skip this setup as the zip archives already have the
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947 correct directory structure.
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948
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949 A. Create a Vim "runtime" subdirectory named "vim82"
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950 -----------------------------------------------------
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951 If you obtained your Vim sources as zip files, you can skip this step.
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952 Otherwise, continue reading.
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953
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954 Go to the directory that contains the Vim "src" and "runtime"
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955 directories and create a new subdirectory named "vim82".
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956
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957 Copy the "runtime" files into "vim82":
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958 copy runtime\* vim82
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959 xcopy /s runtime\* vim82
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960
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961 B. Copy the new binaries into the "vim82" directory
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963 Regardless of how you installed the Vim sources, you need to copy the
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964 new binaries you created above into "vim82":
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965
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966 copy src\*.exe vim82
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967 copy src\tee\tee.exe vim82
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968 copy src\xxd\xxd.exe vim82
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970 To install the "Edit with Vim" popup menu, you need both 32-bit and 64-bit
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971 versions of gvimext.dll. They should be copied to "vim82\GvimExt32" and
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972 "vim82\GvimExt64" respectively.
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973 First, build the 32-bit version, then:
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974
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975 mkdir vim82\GvimExt32
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976 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim82\GvimExt32
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978 Next, clean the 32-bit version and build the 64-bit version, then:
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980 mkdir vim82\GvimExt64
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981 copy src\GvimExt\gvimext.dll vim82\GvimExt64
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982
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983 C. Copy gettext and iconv DLLs into the "vim82" directory
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985 Get gettext and iconv DLLs from the following site:
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986 https://github.com/mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows/releases
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987 Both 64- and 32-bit versions are needed.
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988 Download the files gettextX.X.X.X-iconvX.XX-shared-{32,64}.zip, extract
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989 DLLs and place them as follows:
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990
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991 vim82\
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992 | libintl-8.dll
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993 | libiconv-2.dll
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994 | libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll (only for 32-bit)
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995 |
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996 + GvimExt32\
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997 | libintl-8.dll
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998 | libiconv-2.dll
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999 | libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
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1000 |
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1001 ` GvimExt64\
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1002 libintl-8.dll
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1003 libiconv-2.dll
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1005 The DLLs in the "vim82" should be the same bitness with the (g)vim.exe.
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1006
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1007 D. Move the "vim82" directory into the Vim installation subdirectory
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1009 Move the "vim82" subdirectory into the subdirectory where you want Vim
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1010 to be installed. Typically, this subdirectory will be named "vim".
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1011 If you already have a "vim82" subdirectory in "vim", delete it first
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1012 by running its uninstall.exe program.
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1013
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1014 E. Install Vim
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1015 ---------------
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1016 "cd" to your Vim installation subdirectory "vim\vim82" and run the
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1017 "install.exe" program. It will ask you a number of questions about
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1018 how you would like to have your Vim setup. Among these are:
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1019 - You can tell it to write a "_vimrc" file with your preferences in the
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1020 parent directory.
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1021 - It can also install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the Windows Explorer
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1022 popup menu.
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1023 - You can have it create batch files, so that you can run Vim from the
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1024 console or in a shell. You can select one of the directories in your
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1025 PATH or add the directory to PATH using the Windows Control Panel.
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1026 - Create entries for Vim on the desktop and in the Start menu.
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1028 Happy Vimming!