Re: Vim for Windows (Updated to 7.4.193)

On Friday, March 14, 2014 5:18:23 PM UTC+5:30, Linda W wrote:
> Alexander Shukaev wrote:
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> > They are not already there. One still has to do some work to enable
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> > all these languages. One needs some of their header files to be built
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> > with Vim. So one have to get some version of their distribution and
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> > compile their headers (and sometimes some other stuff) with Vim. So I
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> > didn't disable anything, it's just that at current point I've managed
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> > to successfully build Vim for x86 and x64 with Python, Ruby, and Lua.
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> > I haven't even looked into Perl yet and I don't know whether I'll have
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> > problems with it especially on x64. That's why I'm asking if there is
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> > really any need for Perl? If yes, then I'll look into it for the next
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> > release. Seriously, that's it.
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> If you'd just said it that way in the first place, I'm sure there are
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> those on the list that have
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> build vim x64 w/perl. If not, I'm using my own compiled version on
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> linux -- with python, ruby perl and maybe lua if it was an option...
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> even though I don't use those other languages, I
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> wouldn't want to create a limited version -- and it really is for my own
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> use, though, I did feed
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> back any changes changes to openSuSE, who believe it is better to static
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> linking that requires
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> the ".so" libraries to be present at run time, or have the user not be
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> able to edit text, which I thought was so 'lame', (filed a bug on it and
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> was told "thank you for sharing")... and they still create a huge
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> monolith today.
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>
>
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>
>
> Alexander Shukaev wrote:
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> > Also, it's not that I've planned to develop anything for community. It
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> > was just a fact that I've (probably) pioneered building 64-bit version
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> > of Vim for Windows with support for both Python 2 and Python 3
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> > simultaneously. I guess for others it simply wouldn't compile because
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> > it had to actually be patched in some aspects. I uploaded it primarily
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> > for myself at first. But then it suddenly became popular...
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>
>
> Sorry thought of the Marvel Comic superhero line "with great
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> power/talent... comes great responsibilty... *cough*...*sigh*... much
>
> too late to be writing this. ;^)

Hi Linda,

Found the latest version of vim at http://tuxproject.de/projects/vim/.

And, only those who have run something like ":%perldo s/dumbness/smartness/gi" in vim will truly understand the beautiful power that vim+perl gives you.

If people think that Perl is not trendy, please forgive them, for they know not what they speak.

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