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* Make sure to not do a default install. You must select the C++ language support. * Make sure to not do a default install. You must select the C++ language support.
* Edit visual studio options. Open Debugging -> Symbols and add the path to your cached symbols. * Edit visual studio options. Open Debugging -> Symbols and add the path to your cached symbols.
## Setting up Python
* In the msys shell, run: `pacman -Qs python` to get a list of available Python packages.
* When I do this the first two options are:
local/mingw-w64-x86_64-python2 2.7.16-7
A high-level scripting language (mingw-w64)
local/mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 3.7.4-7
A high-level scripting language (mingw-w64)
* The local part in the name means I already have th
* Install Python3 and Python2.7 by copying their names and using pacman, e.g. `pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python3`.
## Setting up Vim ## Setting up Vim
### Compiling on Windows (optional) ### Compiling on Windows (optional)
*
* Open the shell with `C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd` -- If you don't do this then vim will not compile. * Open the shell with `C:\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd` -- If you don't do this then vim will not compile.
* Run `pacman -S --needed base-devel msys2-devel gawk perl python2 python3 ruby libiconv ncurses-devel libcrypt-devel` * Run `pacman -S --needed base-devel msys2-devel gawk perl python2 python3 ruby libiconv ncurses-devel libcrypt-devel`
* Clone msys packages: `https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages` * Clone MSYS2 packages: `https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages`
* cd into the vim package * cd into the vim package
* Edit `PKGBUILD` and change the version number to the one you want to build. You can see the available versions at `https://github.com/vim/vim` * Edit `PKGBUILD` and change the version number to the one you want to build. You can see the available versions at `https://github.com/vim/vim`
* Run `makepkg` * Run `makepkg`
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## Software ## Software
* Place into ~/bin
* cloc.exe
* ctime.exe
* youtube-dl.exe
* Install Desktop Restore (http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm) * Install Desktop Restore (http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm)
* Install Android platform tools to get adb.exe: * Install Android platform tools to get adb.exe:
* Download Android commandline tools https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads * Download Android commandline tools https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads
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* Inside the sdk dir, run `$ tools/bin/sdkmanager.bat platform-tools`. * Inside the sdk dir, run `$ tools/bin/sdkmanager.bat platform-tools`.
* You can now add the platform-tools dir to your path if you want, or just symlink `adb` to `~/bin`. * You can now add the platform-tools dir to your path if you want, or just symlink `adb` to `~/bin`.
### Youtube-DL
* In order to combine audio and video files you need ffmpeg. Download from https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
and place the exe's in `~/bin`.
### Firefox ### Firefox
* If you see jaggy fonts then about `about:config` and check the value of * If you see jaggy fonts then about `about:config` and check the value of
`gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode`. Mine was -1 by default. Setting it to 5 `gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode`. Mine was -1 by default. Setting it to 5