George V. Reilly wrote:
> 2008/6/26 Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > I also updated the NSIS installer, but I don't think that is relevant. > >> > >> Speaking of which, how do you actually build gvim72a.exe? I tried to > >> build a Vim installer several months ago and gave up in complete > >> frustration. My guess was that you had some additional build scripts > >> which weren't in the SVN archive. > > > > The instructions are in Makefile in the top directory. There are no > > additional build scripts, but you do need lots of stuff (e.g., > > diff.exe). Getting them from a previous version might help. Or using > > empty files. > > > > Anyway, it would be very helpful to find out how to build a gvim.exe > > that runs on Windows 98 using VC 2008. > > Which version of make do you build this Makefile with? Cygwin? > Something else? You're supposed to READ the Makefile. The instructions are in the comments. Most things need manual work, like "open a new console" and "set environment for XYZ compile". But you can skip the parts to build for MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and Win32s. It's pretty tough to find a CD with VC 4.1 anyway :-). -- >From "know your smileys": :.-( Crying /// 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 /// --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
