2015-12-27 23:20 GMT+03:00 Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net>: > > Ken Takata wrote: > > > Great work! > > But unfortunately some features are disabled: > > * DirectWrite > > * OLE > > * Lua > > * Perl > > * Ruby > > * Tcl > > * Build *.mo files > > * vim.exe > > [...] > > > > I think, the Vim release from vim.org did bundle a diff.exe, but I > don't > > > know how this was build, so this is not included. > > > > nsis/README.txt says that it can be found at: > > http://www.mossbayeng.com/~ron/vim/diffutils.tar.gz > > But the link is 404. > > It's included in the distribution files. I can add it to the git files, > if needed. Likewise for other binaries that are not so easy to obtain. > e.g. gvimext64.dll. >
I do not like the idea of having binaries which contain who-know-what in the repository. It is better to provide sources. > > [...] > > > I have also enabled the following features: > > * DirectWrite > > * Lua (LuaBinaries 5.3.2) > > * Perl (ActivePerl 5.22) > > * Ruby (RubyInstaller 2.2.3) > > * Tcl (ActiveTcl 8.6.4) > > * Build *.mo files > > * vim.exe > > > > I haven't enabled the OLE feature, because when I enabled it, the built > binary > > didn't work on AppVeyor. > > > > You can see the patches at here: > > https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/master...k-takata:appveyor-release > > > > The patches also include the following patches: > > * https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/328#issuecomment-166502534 > > * https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_dev/vk-5rhFe_xw/discussion > > > > You can see the result at here: > > https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/build/33 > > And you can see the binaries at here: > > > https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/build/33/job/y6y8rr56ufnv834y/artifacts > > > https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/build/33/job/xob8gv86jpkheqyl/artifacts > > > > > > One more problem, gettext is not included. The official installer > (gvim74.exe) > > includes very old version of Taro Muraoka's Win32 porting from here: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gettext/files/gettext-win32/0.10.35/ > > It doesn't have 64-bit version. > > > > I'm considering to use Taro's latest MSVC porting: > > https://github.com/koron/gettext > > https://github.com/koron/libiconv > > Assuming we manage to produce a gvim.exe and/or vim.exe that is equivalent > to what's distributed, the ":Update" command could replace it. A > complication is that MS-Windows doesn't allow for running executables to > be replaced, like we can on Unix. Maybe there is a trick, such as > running a small program that starts Vim and exits. We also need to > handle those "features" that warn you from executing something that was > downloaded. > > This should be simpler than downloading the installer and re-installing > everything. Unfortunately NSIS doesn't support updating. > > -- > 'I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it." > -- Mae West > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net > \\\ > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ > \\\ > \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org > /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org > /// > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
