Bram >> Patch >> Problem: IMHO .pdb files should reside in the same directory as the >> corresponding .exe files so they can be distributet along >> with them. >> Solution: Change one line within src/Make_mvc.mak >> Files: src/Make_mvc.mak >> > This doesn't matter for the distribution, the .pdb file can be moved > around after generating it. It might matter for when you want to run > Vim right after compiling it. I haven't tried it. > Of course: If the pdb file is created in a subdirectory OBJGO, then you must move this directory when ever you move the corresponding Vim .EXE file. Thus, if you have gvim, gvimd, vim and vimd in your $VIMRUNTIME directory, you need four(!) subdirectories named "OBJ..." there, each of them containing only one file: the corresponding .PDB file.
Otherwise, you can't debug the executables without first guide your debugger to the location where the corresponding .pdb file is stored. And yes: the .PDB are not needed for a distribution. But this is no reason to hide these files in some subdirectories. Maybe, someone wants to copy these files in the same $VIMRUNTIME directory as the executable files. Or even wants to create his own distribution that contains these files -- as Antoine Mechelynck contributed the debugging executables vimd.exe and gvimd.exe at the times when he compiled Vim. This is why I plead to make this patch an official one :-) Best regards Mathias
