Saturday, August 25, 2012

Building Vim for Windows (like "Vim Without Cream")

All,

I'm interested in compiling Vim for Windows. Ideally, I'd like
to replicate the "Vim Without Cream" build associated with the
"Cream" project:
http://cream.sourceforge.net/

The Cream FAQ didn't seem to have anything about building from
source:
http://cream.sourceforge.net/faq.html

I was hoping to get hold of an installation guide and ideally a
full build script that would go with it. I had no luck looking
at the source for Cream (though I'm looking for the "without
Cream" variant):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Cream/0.43/

I'm probably overlooking something obvious; hopefully someone
can point me in the right direction.

Note that I don't have to have "Vim Without Cream" specifically,
but it's a nicely done package with a "huge" Vim build and a
nice installer. It does nearly everything I'd like, but I would
like to customize certain things about the build (for example,
I'd like to include the ruby bindings).

I looked for alternatives. There are some tips on the Vim wiki,
but they seem out of date or not complete enough to replicate a
huge build from all sources, ideally with an installer as
well:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Build_Vim_in_Windows_with_Cygwin
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Build_Vim_in_Windows_with_Visual_Studio
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Build_Python-enabled_Vim_on_Windows_with_MinGW

I took a quick look at Tony's guide:
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compile.htm

I didn't try these instructions because Cygwin gcc no longer
allows the -mno-cygwin flag.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Michael Henry

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