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The currently recommended way (that means it has been verified to work) is
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using the "Visual Studio Community 2015" installation. This includes the SDK
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needed to target Windows XP. But not older Windows versions (95, 98), see
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|msvc-2008-express| below for that
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"OLDER VERSIONS" below for that.
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1. Microsoft Visual C++
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Visual Studio
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Building with Visual Studio (VS 98, VS .NET, VS .NET 2003, VS 2005, VS 2008,
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VS2010, VS2012, VS2013 and VS2015) is straightforward. (These instructions
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should also work for VS 4 and VS 5.)
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Using VS C++ 2008 Express is recommended if you need the binary to run on
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Windows 95 or 97, see |msvc-2008-express| below.
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Building with Visual Studio (VS2010, VS2012, VS2013, VS2015, VS2017 and VS2019)
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is straightforward.
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To build Vim from the command line with MSVC, use Make_mvc.mak.
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Visual Studio installed a batch file called vcvars32.bat, which you must
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@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ nmake -f Make_mvc.mak PERL=C:\Perl PYTHON=C:\Python etc.
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Make_mvc.mak allows a Vim to be built with various different features and
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debug support.
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For compiling Gvim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes
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For compiling gVim with IME support on far-east Windows, add IME=yes
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to the parameters you pass to Make_mvc.mak.
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See the specific files for comments and options.
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Ron Aaron; they have been tested.
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Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition *msvc-2008-express*
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Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/
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This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build
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Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK:
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"Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
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You don't need the examples and documentation.
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If you get an error that Win32.mak can't be found, you have to set the
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variable SDK_INCLUDE_DIR. For example, on Windows 10, installation of MSVC
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puts include files in the following directory:
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set SDK_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
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Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition *msvc-2010-express*
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The following Visual C++ team blog can serve as a reference page:
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/windows-xp-targeting-with-c-in-visual-studio-2012.aspx
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VC 2019 dropped support for targeting Windows XP. If you want a binary that
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targeting Windows XP, use VC 2017 or earlier.
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Cross compile support for Windows on ARM64
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might still work, but these instructions might be outdated.
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If you need the executable to run on Windows 98 or ME, use the 2003 one
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|msvc-2003-toolkit|.
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|msvc-2003-toolkit| or |msvc-2005-express|, and use the source code before
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8.0.0029.
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Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 *msvc-2003-toolkit*
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NOTE: this most likely does not work
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You could download the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 from
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
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Unfortunately this URL is no longer valid. Unofficial downloads appear to be
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Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition *msvc-2005-express*
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NOTE: this most likely does not work
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Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualC/default.aspx
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This includes the IDE and the debugger. You will also need
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx
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Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition *msvc-2008-express*
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NOTE: this most likely does not work
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Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition can be downloaded for free from:
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http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/
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This includes the IDE and the debugger.
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To set the environment execute the msvc2008.bat script. You can then build
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Vim with Make_mvc.mak.
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For building 64 bit binaries you also need to install the SDK:
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"Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
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You don't need the examples and documentation.
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If you get an error that Win32.mak can't be found, you have to set the
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variable SDK_INCLUDE_DIR. For example, on Windows 10, installation of MSVC
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puts include files in the following directory:
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set SDK_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include
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2. MSYS2 with MinGW
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3. MinGW
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(written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>)
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(written by Ron Aaron: <ronaharon@yahoo.com>, updated by Ken Takata, et al.)
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This is about how to produce a Win32 binary of gvim with MinGW.
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This is about how to produce a Win32 binary of gvim with MinGW from the normal
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Command Prompt window. (To use MSYS2 console, see above.)
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First, you need to get the 'mingw32' compiler, which is free for the download
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at:
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http://www.mingw.org/
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or you can use 'MinGW-w64' compiler.
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First, you need to get the 'MinGW-w64' compiler, which is free for the
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download at:
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http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
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Or a compiler provided on msys2:
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https://msys2.github.io/
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https://www.msys2.org/
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The original 'mingw32' compiler is outdated, and may no longer work:
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http://www.mingw.org/
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Once you have downloaded the compiler binaries, unpack them on your hard disk
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somewhere, and put them on your PATH. If you are on Win95/98 you can edit
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your AUTOEXEC.BAT file with a line like:
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set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
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or on NT/2000/XP, go to the Control Panel, (Performance and Maintenance),
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System, Advanced, and edit the environment from there. If you use msys2
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compilers, set your installed paths (normally one of the following):
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somewhere, and put them on your PATH. Go to the Control Panel, (Performance
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and Maintenance), System, Advanced, and edit the environment from there. If
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you use the standalone MinGW-w64 compiler, the path may depends on your
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installation. If you use msys2 compilers, set your installed paths (normally
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one of the following):
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C:\msys32\mingw32\bin (32-bit msys2, targeting 32-bit builds)
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C:\msys64\mingw32\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 32-bit builds)
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C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (64-bit msys2, targeting 64-bit builds)
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Test if gcc is on your path. From a CMD (or COMMAND on '95/98) window:
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Test if gcc is on your path. From a Command Prompt window:
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C:\> gcc --version
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gcc (GCC) 4.8.1
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6. Building with Python support
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For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org
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works fine.
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For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
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When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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7. Building with Python3 support
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For building with MSVC 2008 the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org
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works fine. Python 3.6 is recommended.
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For building with MSVC the "Windows Installer" from www.python.org works fine.
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Python 3.6 is recommended.
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When building, you need to set the following variables at least:
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8. Building with Racket or MzScheme support
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1) Building with Racket support (newest)
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