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

The accepted answer didn't solve my problem, so I decide to post the solution I found after some efforts.

First, as the accepted answer pointed out, you'll need both gVim compiled with python enabled, and a corresponding python installation. Make sure they are both 32-bit or 64-bit. I found that the default build from www.vim.org didn't enable python, also it seemed to be 32-bit, which didn't match my python27. What I ended up with was the build "gvim_8.0.0003_x64.zip" from this vim Git repository

I then unzipped it, copied the "vim80" folder into the official vim installation location (created by the 32-bit installation downloaded www.vim.org).

Now vim works with my 64-bit python2.7 .

UPDATE 02/24/2017:

The procedure above failed on another machine where the local python installation is 2.7.9 . My Python version is 2.7.11 when I succeeded.

So, it seems the build from the vim Git repository works for a specific Python version. Try update your Python installation to 2.7.11 if you can. If you have to use an older version of Python, then maybe you need to build the Vim source code on your machine. It's not too hard following the instructions, and use the Visual Studio provided cmd instead of the Windows default cmd.