Friday, February 13, 2015

Re: missing diff.exe

On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 5:51:32 AM UTC-5, might1 wrote:
> At 2015-02-13 04:07:18, "FlashBurn" <rail.sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I'm running gVim 7.4 on Windows 7. I've never used vimdiff command before and decided to use it now and as it turns out diff.exe is missing. Does anybody have the same issue? Is there a special flag I need to be using during compilation to have this executable?
>
>  I just installed gvim7.4 on XP. I checked the installation directory for you and there IS diff.exe in it. Maybe you deleted it by accident.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tora (tiger in Japanese)

Hi Tora.

That's what I was trying to explain. If you compile (g)Vim, i.e. do not use the default installer then diff.exe is not included. If you use the installer then it is included.

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