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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2012-10-03 21:46:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2012-10-03 21:46:54 +0200 |
| commit | 97cc2384c07b2fd067375fdd5a1a41dbc6c892d6 (patch) | |
| tree | b1081bf0fb58f80c94bed1d77817e35dc08ec6ed /src/INSTALLpc.txt | |
| parent | 14f5827940ebd819a77048761a28c0b208addaee (diff) | |
Update runtime files.
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/INSTALLpc.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/INSTALLpc.txt b/src/INSTALLpc.txt index 66f102d126..7ba2801b0a 100644 --- a/src/INSTALLpc.txt +++ b/src/INSTALLpc.txt @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Visual Studio Building with Visual Studio (VS 98, VS .NET, VS .NET 2003, VS 2005, and VS 2008) is straightforward. (These instructions should also work for VS 4 and VS 5.) +Using VS C++ 2008 Express is recommended, the binaries build with that run on +nearly all platforms. Binaries from later versions may not run on Windows 95 +or XP. + To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak. Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must run to set up paths for nmake and MSVC. @@ -172,6 +176,10 @@ This includes the IDE and the debugger. To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build Vim with Make_mvc.mak. +For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK: +"Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1" +You don't need the examples and documentation. + Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition *msvc-2010-express* ------------------------------- @@ -296,10 +304,12 @@ Now you have created the Windows binary from your Linux box! Have fun... 6. Building with Python support =============================== -(written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>) +For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org +works fine. + +(rest written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>) -This has been tested with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState -ActivePython: +Building with the mingw32 compiler, and the ActiveState ActivePython: http://www.ActiveState.com/Products/ActivePython/ After installing the ActivePython, you will have to create a 'mingw32' |