How to enable Python support in gVim on Windows?

Question

I\'m trying to get Python support in gVim on Windows. Is there a way to accomplish that?

I\'m using:

• Windows XP SP3
• gVim v. 7.3
• Pytho

Answer 1

If you have installed Python via one of the Windows installers it is probably compiled with Python 2.7 support. You can verify this by running:

:version

It will spit out all the options Vim was compiled with. Yours should say something like

+python/dyn +python3\dyn

This means you have support for python 2.7 and 3.x. If you already have 2.5 it won't work. You will need to upgrade to either 2.7 or 3.x.