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Vim patched builds for Win32

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ℹ️ The text provides information on where to get the latest vim bits for Win32, including TuxMan's builds and Wu Yongwei's builds. Both options offer different languages support and installation instructions.

For Win32, you can get the latest vim bits (built from latest mercurial repo) at following places:

  • TuxMan’s builds↗
    • Full package available as .7z (here↗)
    • Languages: Perl 5.12.2, Python 2.6, Python 3.1.2, Tcl 8.5, Ruby 1.9.2, Lua 5.1.4, libXpm 4.11
      • Installation: Extract the .7z archive or replace *vim.exe binaries
      • Additional Patches: Herbert Sitz’s patch for fold highlight levels↗.
  • Wu Yongwei’s builds↗
    • Only gvim.exe and vim.exe in the zipped package
    • Languages: Perl, Python2, Python3, Ruby 1.9.1, Tcl 8.4, and Lua
    • Installation: Replace existing *vim.exe in your vim install folder with these files
    • Additional Patches: Private patch to enable some plugins (e.g. Fencview.vim)