Re: Vim 8 64-bit for windows 10?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> wrote:

> On Mi, 14 Sep 2016, boB Stepp wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 2:08 AM, Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> wrote:
>>
>> > You can download 64bit versions from the nightly builds:
>> > https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer
>> > and here (non-official) builds:
>> > https://tuxproject.de/projects/vim/

>> I downloaded the self-extracting package from the tuxproject link. So
>> far all looks good. However, there is a cautionary comment on the
>> page which reads:
>>
>> "You'll need to have the appropriate DLL files in your Vim directory
>> or somewhere in your %PATH% to make them work. They're not included."
>>
>> Which DLL files are you referring to?
>
> While the binary Vims distributed at the vim-win32-installer repository
> are build to include the various scripting engines (python2.7/3, lua,
> perl, etc), to make use of those features you need to install those
> scripting engines separatly, else you won't be able to use any of those
> features.
That's what I was hoping you meant. One further question: If I
should need a language that I am not currently using in the future,
install the language AFTER I installed Vim, will Vim find the new
language as long as I ensure the language's executable is included in
PATH?

Thanks!
boB

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