From a87f8fd3fe8697d2b43da5c89e3079aaa0f1c9c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bram Moolenaar Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:58:41 +0200 Subject: patch 8.1.0408: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option Problem: MSVC: cannot use the "x64" native compiler option. Solution: Ignore case for %Platform%. Improve documentation. (Ken Takata) --- src/INSTALLpc.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/INSTALLpc.txt') diff --git a/src/INSTALLpc.txt b/src/INSTALLpc.txt index 73d13dc90c..d170da05d9 100644 --- a/src/INSTALLpc.txt +++ b/src/INSTALLpc.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ INSTALLpc.txt - Installation of Vim on PC This file contains instructions for compiling Vim. If you already have an executable version of Vim, you don't need this. -You can find the lastest here: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer +You can find the latest here: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer This page also has links to install support for interfaces such as Perl, Python, Lua, etc. @@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ options: msvc2015 For x64 builds run this with the "x86_amd64" option: msvc2015 x86_amd64 +This enables x86_x64 cross compiler. This works on any editions including +Express edition. +If you use Community (or Professional) edition, you can enable the x64 native +compiler by using the "x64" option: + msvc2015 x64 The following Visual C++ team blog can serve as a reference page: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx @@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 *msvc-2003-toolkit* You could download the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ -Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Inofficial downloads appear to be +Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Unofficial downloads appear to be available from links mentioned on these pages (use at your own risk): http://www.filewatcher.com/m/VCToolkitSetup.exe.32952488.0.0.html http://feargame.net/wiki/index.php?title=Building_Source_with_the_VC2003_Toolkit @@ -276,12 +281,12 @@ Download an installer: Execute the installer and follow the instructions to update basic packages. At the end keep the checkbox checked to run msys2 now. If needed, you can -open the window from the start menu, MSYS2 64 bit / MSYS2 MSYS +open the window from the start menu, MSYS2 64 bit / MSYS2 MSYS. Execute: $ pacman -Syu - -And restart MSYS2 window (select "MSYS2 MSYS" icon from the Start Menu). + +And restart MSYS2 console (select "MSYS2 MSYS" icon from the Start Menu). Then execute: $ pacman -Su @@ -297,6 +302,7 @@ The following package groups are required for building Vim: * mingw-w64-i686-toolchain (for building 32-bit Vim) * mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain (for building 64-bit Vim) +(These groups also include some useful packages which are not used by Vim.) Use the following command to install them: $ pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-i686-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain @@ -305,8 +311,18 @@ Or you can use the `pacboy` command to avoid long package names: $ pacboy -S base-devel: toolchain:m +The suffix ":" means that it disables the package name translation. +The suffix ":m" means both i686 and x86_64. You can also use the ":i" suffix +to install only i686, and the ":x" suffix to install only x86_64. (See `pacboy help` for the help.) +See also the pacman page in ArchWiki for the general usage of pacman: + https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman + +MSYS2 has its own git package, and you can also install it via pacman: + + $ pacman -S git + 2.3. Keep the build environment up-to-date @@ -316,7 +332,7 @@ In that case, you just need to execute the command: $ pacman -Syu -# Build Vim +2.4. Build Vim Select one of the following icon from the Start Menu: @@ -329,12 +345,12 @@ Go to the source directory of Vim, then execute the make command. E.g.: make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no make -f Make_ming.mak GUI=no DEBUG=yes -NOTE: you can't execute the vim.exe in the MSYS console, open a normal Windows +NOTE: you can't execute vim.exe in the MSYS2 console, open a normal Windows console for that. You need to set $PATH to be able to build there, e.g.: set PATH=c:\msys64\mingw32\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH% -This command is in msys32.bat. Or or the 64 bit compiler use msys64.bat: +This command is in msys32.bat. Or for the 64 bit compiler use msys64.bat: set PATH=c:\msys64\mingw64\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH% -- cgit v1.2.3