Building Vim Source on Windows XP

[Nick Parker]

I am attempting to build Vim on Windows XP with the following command:

C:\vim72\src>nmake -f makefile FEATURES=HUGE GUI=yes OLE=yes MBYTE=yes
IME=yes G
IME=yes PYTHON=C:\Python26 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=261
CSCOPE=yes RUBY=C:\
ruby DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes

I get an error message saying "GUI_INC_LOC" is not recognized as an
internal or external command. Any suggestions as to what this means?
Thanks.

[John Beckett]

Nick Parker wrote:
> I am attempting to build Vim on Windows XP with the
> following command:
>
> C:\vim72\src>nmake -f makefile FEATURES=HUGE GUI=yes OLE=yes

> MBYTE=yes IME=yes GIME=yes PYTHON=C:\Python26

> DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON_VER=261 CSCOPE=yes RUBY=C:\ruby
> DYNAMIC_RUBY=yes
>
> I get an error message saying "GUI_INC_LOC" is not recognized
> as an internal or external command.

Exactly what is "makefile"? It should be something like:
nmake -f Make_mvc.mak ...

John

[Tony Mechelynck]

Makefile (in the top and src/ directories) are the makefiles for Unix.
On Windows, where filesystems are case-insensitive, "makefile" will be
regarded as synonymous with one of them; but they are intended for GNU
make on Unix/Linux, not for Microsict Visual C make and not for use on
Windows.

Best regards,
Tony.
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