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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-This builds a one-click install for Vim for Win32 using the Nullsoft
+This builds a one-click install for Vim for MS Windows using the Nullsoft
Installation System (NSIS), available at http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
-To build the installable .exe:
+To build the installable .exe file:
1. Unpack three archives:
PC sources
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ To build the installable .exe:
install.exe,
uninstall.exe,
tee/tee.exe,
- xxd/xxd.exe,
+ xxd/xxd.exe
- Then execute tools/rename.bat to rename the executables. (mv command is
- required.)
+ Then execute tools/rename.bat to rename the executables.
3. Go to the GvimExt directory and build gvimext.dll (or get it from a binary
archive). Both 64- and 32-bit versions are needed and should be placed
@@ -28,14 +27,22 @@ To build the installable .exe:
32-bit: src/GvimExt/gvimext.dll
4. Get a "diff.exe" program. If you skip this the built-in diff will always
- be used (which is fine for most users). If you do have your own
- "diff.exe" put it in the "../.." directory (above the "vim91" directory,
- it's the same for all Vim versions).
+ be used (which is fine for most users).
You can find one in previous Vim versions or in this archive:
- http://www.mossbayeng.com/~ron/vim/diffutils.tar.gz
-
-5. Also put "winpty32.dll" and "winpty-agent.exe" in "../.." (above the "vim91"
- directory). This is required for the terminal window.
+ https://www.mediafire.com/file/9edk4g3xvfgzby0/diff4Vim.zip/file
+ When will you have "diff.exe" put it in the "../.." directory (above the
+ "vim91" directory, it's the same for all Vim versions). However, you can
+ specify another directory by passing /DVIMTOOLS=<dir> option to the
+ "makensis.exe" program via the command line.
+
+5. For the terminal window to work in Vim, the library winpty is required.
+ You can get it at the following url:
+ https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/releases/download/0.4.3/winpty-0.4.3-msvc2015.zip
+ For the 32-bit version, rename "winpty.dll" from ia32/bin to "winpty32.dll",
+ and for the 64-bit version — "winpty.dll" from x64/bin to "winpty64.dll".
+ Put the renamed file and "winpty-agent.exe" in "../.." (above the "vim91"
+ directory). However, you can specify another directory by passing
+ /DVIMTOOLS=<dir> option to the "makensis.exe" program via the command line.
6. To use stronger encryption, add the Sodium library. You can get it here:
https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/download/1.0.19-RELEASE/libsodium-1.0.19-msvc.zip
@@ -43,10 +50,12 @@ To build the installable .exe:
path/to/libsodium/Win32/Release/v143/dynamic for the 32‐bit version or
path/to/libsodium/X64/Release/v143/dynamic for the 64‐bit version in the
"../.." directory (above the "vim91" directory, where "diff.exe" and
- "winpty32.dll").
+ "winpty{32|64}.dll").
-7. Do "make uganda.nsis.txt" in runtime/doc. This requires sed, you may have
- to do this on Unix. Make sure the file is in DOS file format!
+7. On MS Windows do "nmake.exe -f Make_mvc.mak uganda.nsis.txt" in runtime/doc.
+ On Unix-like system do "make runtime/doc/uganda.nsis.txt" in top directory
+ or "make uganda.nsis.txt" in runtime/doc. The created files
+ "uganda.nsis.???" will be automatically converted to DOS file format.
8. Get gettext and iconv DLLs from the following site:
https://github.com/mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows/releases
@@ -61,25 +70,39 @@ To build the installable .exe:
| libiconv-2.dll
| libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
|
- ` gettext64/
+ + gettext64/
libintl-8.dll
libiconv-2.dll
- The default <GETTEXT directory> is "..", however, you can change it by
- passing /DGETTEXT=... option to the makensis command.
+ The default <GETTEXT directory> is "..", however, you can specify another
+ directory by passing /DGETTEXT=<dir> option to "makensis.exe" program via
+ the command line.
Install NSIS if you didn't do that already.
-Also install UPX, if you want a compressed file.
-Download and include the ShellExecAsUser.dll Unicode version which can be
-sourced from: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/ShellExecAsUser_plug-in
+Download Unicode version the ShellExecAsUser plug-in for NSIS from:
+ https://nsis.sourceforge.io/ShellExecAsUser_plug-in
+and put ShellExecAsUser.dll to path\to\NSIS\Plugins\x86-unicode
Unpack the images:
cd nsis
- unzip icons.zip
+ unzip icons.zip or 7z x icons.zip (on Unix-like or MS Windows)
+ WinRar.exe x icons.zip (on MS Windows)
Then build gvim.exe:
-
cd nsis
- makensis gvim.nsi
+ makensis.exe [options] gvim.nsi
+
+Options (not mandatory):
+ /DVIMSRC=<dir> — directory where location of gvim_ole.exe, vimw32.exe,
+ GvimExt/*, etc.
+ /DVIMRT=<dir> — directory where location of runtime files
+ /DVIMTOOLS=<dir> — directory where location of extra tools: diff.exe,
+ winpty{32|64}.dll, winpty-agent.exe, libsodium.dll
+ /DGETTEXT=<dir> — directory where location of gettext libraries
+ /DHAVE_UPX=1 — additional compression of the installer. UPX program
+ must be installed.
+ /DHAVE_NLS=0 — do not add native language support
+ /DHAVE_MULTI_LANG=0 — to create an English-only the installer
+ /DWIN64=1 — to create a 64-bit the installer