Re: Vim 7.3c ready for beta testing

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> wrote:

Yue Wu wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:35:34 +0800, Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello Vim users,
> >
> >
> > Announcing:  Vim (Vi IMproved) version 7.3c BETA
> >
> > MS-WINDOWS separate files:
> > pc/vim73crt.zip                 runtime files
> > pc/gvim73c.zip                  GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
> > pc/gvim73cole.zip               GUI binary with OLE support
> > pc/gvim73c_s.zip                GUI binary for Windows 3.1 (untested)
> > pc/vim73cd32.zip                console version for MS-DOS/Windows 95/98
> > pc/vim73cw32.zip                console version for Windows NT/2000/XP
> > pc/vim73csrc.zip                sources for PC (with CR-LF)
> >
>
> Still can't be run under windows 2000 here (pc/gvim73c.zip +
> pc/vim73crt.zip).

Since I didn't get a reply about whether older versions of the compiler,
e.g., the 2008 one, work properly on Windows 7, I stick with the 2010
compiler.

I also don't know what the problem is, thus it might be possible we fix
something to make this build with the 2010 compiler work on Windows
2000.

I find it more important to support Windows 7, so unless we find a way
to support Windows 2000 without breaking Windows 7 compatibility it
won't change.

We're using the VS2005 compiler at work, and it and the binaries it builds runs fine on my x64 Win7 dev box. Ditto VS2008.

MS announced last week that 175 million Windows 7 licenses had been sold, of which nearly half were for Win64. I don't know how many Windows 2000 boxes are still in active use, but it's got to be far less than 175M.

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