George V. Reilly wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:07 AM, brianm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What's the word on Windows 64-bit support? Has the work that's been > > done here: > > http://code.google.com/p/vim-win3264/wiki/Win64Binaries > > been incorporated into this version? > > > > It would be great if the shell extension was now working with Win64 > > from the official package. > > > > -- > > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 > > > > I just updated the front page of http://code.google.com/p/vim-win3264/ after > uploading vim73-x64.zip. Here's what I wrote there: > > Vim 7.3 was released on 2010/8/15. > Win64Binaries<http://code.google.com/p/vim-win3264/wiki/Win64Binaries> > are > available here. > > The official Win32 installer from > vim.org<http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc> is > recommended over the Win64 binaries supplied here: > > - Full GUI installer > - Installs a Win32 or Win64 gvimext.dll Shell Extension appropriate to > the target machine. This provides Edit with Vim functionality in Explorer > using the 32-bit (g)vim.exe. > - "Big" version of GVim that includes language interfaces for Python 2.7, > Python 3.1, Ruby 1.9, Tcl 8.3, and Perl 5.12; > - CScope and NetBeans integration, and Global Input Method Editors for > Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. > - Fully supported > > The Win64 binaries have: > > - Command-line installer > - "Huge" version of GVim with a language interface for Python 2.7. (Most > other languages that Vim has an interface for are not available as Win64 > binaries.) > - Not supported; not well tested. > > There are still a few reasons why one might want a native 64-bit version of > Vim (per Craig Barkhouse): > > 1. Editing files >4GB in size; rare I know, but still. > 2. 64-bit WinPE does not have a WOW64 subsystem, hence you cannot run a > 32-bit executable. > 3. Windows Server 2008 R2 (i.e. Win7 Server) also does not have the WOW64 > subsystem, by default, although it is an optional component you can > install. > 4. Potential for perf gains, particularly in heavy memory operations like > memcpy and memcmp which can be optimized for the 64-bit word size.
Thanks. Since more and more people are using 64 bit systems, I'll move the link to the 64 bit version near the top of the PC section. -- >From "know your smileys": ...---... SOS /// 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_use" 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
