On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 7:50:18 AM UTC-5, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > Michael Soyka wrote: > > > When the DIRECTX feature is enabled at compilation, the setting of > option > > 'renderoptions' to "type:directx" causes gvim to load "dwrite.dll" which > is > > not available from Microsoft for Windows XP systems. The load attempt > > generates error E474 which causes the test script "opt_test.vim" to > abort > > which in turn prevents the script from running the remaining tests (the > > file "opt_test.vim" is auto-generated by Make_ming.mak). > > > > As I see it, there are two options: either do not test 'renderoptions' > on > > Windows XP or surround the "set" commands with try/catch/endtry and > ignore > > error E474 on Windows XP. In either case, the test must know it is > running > > on Windows XP and I don't think that is easy to determine in a vim > script > > (that's not say there aren't ways). In addition, since the test file > > "opt_test.vim" is auto-generated, option 'renderoptions' would have to > be > > special-cased in "gen_opt_test.vim". > > > > I don't know how the community prefers to address this and so I am just > > reporting the problem and not proposing a patch. However, I am willing > to > > work on this if a plan-of-attack can be agreed-upon. > > We do have the platform information internally. I suppose it can be > useful to know the Windows version for several things. Let me add the > windowsversion() function and use it in the options test. Please verify > this works on Windows XP. >
I certainly will. > > -- > [clop clop] > MORTICIAN: Who's that then? > CUSTOMER: I don't know. > MORTICIAN: Must be a king. > CUSTOMER: Why? > MORTICIAN: He hasn't got shit all over him. > The Quest for the Holy Grail (Monty > Python) > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net > \\\ > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ > \\\ > \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org > /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org > /// > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/6faceb7a-6791-4b47-9f0d-eace4cdc5fa2%40googlegroups.com.
