Re: PC sources lacks if_sniff.c
Bram The source archive ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim70src.zip contains the file if_sniff.h but not the corresponding source file if_sniff.c. Has this a specific reason or has if_sniff.c simply been forgotten? The Sniff interface is something extra, you need to get it from the extra archive. That's how it is. Hmmm ... 1. The extra archive mainly consists on platform specific files and on sub projects like tee, xxd or testdir. Some of the sub projects are included in the pc archive (xxd, testdir), others are not (tee). Well, for my compilations, I use tee too, but get it from the gnuwin32 project. Now, sniff.c is whether platform specific nor a sub project, but is an optional component of Vim, probably similar to fold.c. I have no big knowledge about Vim and its source, but it's not easy to me to see why sniff.c logically belongs into the extra archive, while sniff.h is in the source archive. 2. But there is a practical reason too why this item keeps me busy: If I set SNIFF=yes within Make_mvc.mak, I get an error message from the linker that a certain module could not be found. For me as a silly Windows user it needs some time to find out - that this is due to a missing file - that this file can be found in the extra archive for unix - that this is a feature and not a bug, so I must not give up Besides of this, I can't refrain to summarise my experiences like that: With the unique exception of patch.exe from gnuwin32 where I needed to apply the switch --binary, all other build tools (e.g. from Microsoft VS2005) didn't have any problems with unix style line ends (LF) instead of dos style line ends (CRLF). So it is almost easier to work with the unix .tar.gz archives than with the .zip archives that are kindly supplied for Windows and Dos users. Best regards Mathias
Re: PC sources lacks if_sniff.c
Mathias Michaelis wrote: Bram The source archive ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim70src.zip contains the file if_sniff.h but not the corresponding source file if_sniff.c. Has this a specific reason or has if_sniff.c simply been forgotten? The Sniff interface is something extra, you need to get it from the extra archive. That's how it is. Hmmm ... 1. The extra archive mainly consists on platform specific files and on sub projects like tee, xxd or testdir. Some of the sub projects are included in the pc archive (xxd, testdir), others are not (tee). Well, for my compilations, I use tee too, but get it from the gnuwin32 project. Now, sniff.c is whether platform specific nor a sub project, but is an optional component of Vim, probably similar to fold.c. I have no big knowledge about Vim and its source, but it's not easy to me to see why sniff.c logically belongs into the extra archive, while sniff.h is in the source archive. 2. But there is a practical reason too why this item keeps me busy: If I set SNIFF=yes within Make_mvc.mak, I get an error message from the linker that a certain module could not be found. For me as a silly Windows user it needs some time to find out - that this is due to a missing file - that this file can be found in the extra archive for unix - that this is a feature and not a bug, so I must not give up Besides of this, I can't refrain to summarise my experiences like that: With the unique exception of patch.exe from gnuwin32 where I needed to apply the switch --binary, all other build tools (e.g. from Microsoft VS2005) didn't have any problems with unix style line ends (LF) instead of dos style line ends (CRLF). So it is almost easier to work with the unix .tar.gz archives than with the .zip archives that are kindly supplied for Windows and Dos users. Best regards Mathias To avoid module not found errors on compile, link or patch I always download the full sources: - bz2 archive from the unix/ directory, even when compiling for Windows - extra archive from the extra/ directory - lang archive from the extra/ directory - all patches, regardless of whether or not they apply to the system I'm on. Best regards, Tony.
Re: PC sources lacks if_sniff.c
Mathias Michaelis wrote: The source archive ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/vim70src.zip contains the file if_sniff.h but not the corresponding source file if_sniff.c. Has this a specific reason or has if_sniff.c simply been forgotten? The Sniff interface is something extra, you need to get it from the extra archive. That's how it is. Hmmm ... 1. The extra archive mainly consists on platform specific files and on sub projects like tee, xxd or testdir. Some of the sub projects are included in the pc archive (xxd, testdir), others are not (tee). Well, for my compilations, I use tee too, but get it from the gnuwin32 project. Now, sniff.c is whether platform specific nor a sub project, but is an optional component of Vim, probably similar to fold.c. I have no big knowledge about Vim and its source, but it's not easy to me to see why sniff.c logically belongs into the extra archive, while sniff.h is in the source archive. The issue is that the big version that I compile does not include the SNIFF interface. That's why the SNIFF sources are in the extra archive. There is no stict rule for what goes in the extra archive, other than what I think not many people will use. The only other clean solution is to drop the whole extra archive and include all files both in the Unix and the PC source archive. -- Trees moving back and forth is what makes the wind blow. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ ///sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org/// \\\help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org///
