Hi Bram,
2017/10/16 Mon 0:08:11 UTC+9 Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> This doesn't work properly. The first problem is that running
> install.exe gives an error that filetype.vim cannot be found. The code
> for this didn't change in years:
>
> sprintf(buf, "%s\\filetype.vim", installdir);
> if (stat(buf, &st) < 0)
> {
> printf("ERROR: Cannot find filetype.vim in \"%s\"\n", installdir);
>
> Is the library we build with, containing stat(), not compatible with XP?
I haven't tried, but it might be possible.
> When building install.exe with MSVC 2008 it works again.
> But then running Vim also appears to not work, the toolbar is missing,
> for example. Building everything with MSVC 2008 fixes that.
This looks similar to the following problem:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_dev/ktON3sSR-zI/discussion
At that time, stat() returns an error when built by BCC5, and failed to show
menus, toolbars, etc.
> Anyone has an idea of how to make it work on Windows XP with MSVC 2015?
Maybe, there are some options:
1. Implement our own stat() that can work on WinXP.
(I don't want to do this, though.)
2. Back to VC2008, and stop enabling if_tcl in the official installer.
The reason why we have to use VC2015 is that ActiveTcl 8.6.6 requires it.
If someone want to use if_tcl, they should use vim-win32-installer instead.
I think this is the easiest solution.
3. Back to VC2008. Stop using tclstub86.lib from ActiveTcl 8.6.6 and use one
built by ourself. I haven't tried this, but hopefully the DLL from
ActiveTcl 8.6.6 can be used.
Someone who tried to use VC2017 needed to recompile tcl by himself:
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2127#issuecomment-330505345
4. Drop support for XP. Maybe, you don't like this. ;-)
Regards,
Ken Takata
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