On 13/11/13 17:37, Marc Thevenet wrote:
Hi,
I've been having problems with dead key behavior under Windows since Vim v7.3
(gVim only, the console version does not seem to be affected).
In insert mode, when I type ' followed by space, it's supposed to insert a ',
but since 7.3 it just seems to add the ' to the buffer and does not insert it.
If I read the thread right, this is the same problem that was described there :
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_dev/uRgvH5dtAkM/discussion
Anyway, I researched the problem for a while, built vim myself, and got to the
conclusion that the problem was related to a Microsoft compiler bug
(http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/792598/msvc-10-11-compiler-optimizations-may-produce-incorrect-code
) where the compiler that ships with Visual Studio 2010 (cl.exe v16, if I
recall correctly) can produce incorrect code when optimizing.
And, indeed, gVim behaves correctly when compiled without optimizations
("OPTIMIZE=SPACE").
So I upgraded my compiler, and managed to build a working gVim with
optimizations using the compiler shipped with Visual Studio Express 2013
(cl.exe v18).
So my question is : are the official Windows releases of Vim built using cl.exe
v16, and if so is it possible to upgrade the compiler ?
I'm fine with building Vim myself, but shipping an official version without the
dead keys problem would be nice too :)
There is a distribution for Windows, "unofficial" but built from
official sources and updated more or less regularly, unlike the official
release which is only built once per major/minor version. This
"unofficial" Vim distribution is available at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/ — it is hosted on the
Cream site but available separately: old-timers of this group have
dubbed it "Vim without Cream". IIUC, it is compiled using a gcc compiler
(from MinGW, I think) but can run "natively" under Windows. This of
course means that it doesn't suffer from bugs peculiar to Microsoft
Visual C/C++.
Best regards,
Tony.
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