On Jul 9, 3:47 am, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The changes for 64 bit support were included in the source code. I'm > only building the 32 bit version, because it runs everywhere.
The problem with running 32-bit Vim on 64-bit Windows is the shell extensions do not work. That is, the installer fails to add the "Edit with Vim" context menu entries. I'm guessing you are already aware of this, but I want to say it again, because that context menu entry is my favorite feature of Vim on Windows. An official 64-bit Windows installer would be very nice and helpful. I did find it fairly straightforward to build my own using VC9, though, so kudos for the excellent build support. If official 64-bit builds are *not* forthcoming (which I'm guessing they aren't, given Bram's answer I'm quoting), I'd appreciate it if someone would provide a little more "what to do after you've built it" documentation, or perhaps an updated, working Nullsoft installer? Specifically, these are the things I found confusing when "rolling my own": 1. What does OLE support do, and is it even relevant for modern Windows? 2. After I've built vim, which files do I need? There are several EXEs and DLLs produced in a couple different subdirectories of src/, but the INSTALL* documentation files don't explain what to do with them in the absence of UNIX-style "make install". For example, what is xxd.exe and do I need it? 3. Is nsis/gvim.nsi in the repository supposed to work? It seems stale. Thanks, -- Will --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
