Yongwei Wu wrote: > After someone complained to me that my new vim builds could not run on > Windows XP, I have realized that MSVC 11 (VS2012) defaults to build > for Windows Vista and later, even if WINVER is set to 0x0400 (or > 0x0501) and the Windows SDK 7.1A is used. I suggest we patch > Make_mvc.mak this way: > > --- Make_mvc.mak.orig Wed Aug 20 00:16:40 2014 > +++ Make_mvc.mak Wed Aug 20 00:19:01 2014 > @@ -657,6 +657,10 @@ > SUBSYSTEM = console > !endif > > +!if "$(SUBSYSTEM_VER)" != "" > +SUBSYSTEM = $(SUBSYSTEM),$(SUBSYSTEM_VER) > +!endif > + > !if "$(GUI)" == "yes" && "$(DIRECTX)" == "yes" > CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) $(DIRECTX_DEFS) > GUI_INCL = $(GUI_INCL) $(DIRECTX_INCL) > > After this change I can now build vim that can run on Windows XP: > > set SDK_INCLUDE_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft > SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Include > set CL=/D_USING_V110_SDK71_ > nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ... WINVER=0x0501 SUBSYSTEM_VER=5.01 > > Please consider whether this is a good approach.
I suppose this won't cause problems for anybody else. How about also updating the INSTALL text to explain building on Windows XP? -- Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool. /// 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_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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
