Re: Windows Subsystem

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?

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