# Windows Setup * Turn off hibernation * Open admin cmd prompt: `powercfg.exe /hiberate off` ## Configure Shell * Install [MSYS2 w/ MinGW-w64](http://www.msys2.org/) to `C:\msys64` * Open `C:\msys64\mingw64.exe` * Run `pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain git bc` * Use `C:\Users\` as the terminal $HOME by editting `C:\msys64\etc\nsswitch.conf` and changing the `db_home` value to `windows`. * You may need to work around an issue with envsubst.exe - you'll know there's a bug if git displays "': not a valid identifierline 89: export: dashless" or rebase complains about "new_count". * To patch, cd into `/mingw64/bin` and run `mv envsubst.exe envsubst.exe_backup`. Now run `pacman -S gettext` and verify that `which envsubst` reports back `/usr/bin/envsubst`. * Bug report is at https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/735 * Map caps to left-ctrl using https://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/ * Symlink dotfiles to ~/.dotfiles with `cmd //c 'mklink .dotfiles drive:\path\to\dotfiles'` * Symlink files in the dotfiles windows folder using `cmd //c 'mklink .some-file .dotfiles\some-file'` * Symlink appropriate files in the root dotfiles directory * Ignore all zsh files * Don't symlink .vim folder because Plugged will fail to install the plugins. Just make a copy. ## Setup dev tools * Download the Windows 2003 Resource Kit in order to get tools like `list.exe` (command line hex editor) * URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17657 * Installer will display a compatibility warning. Ignore it. * Full list of tools can be found here https://www.technlg.net/windows/download-windows-resource-kit-tools/ ## Compiling Vim * If for some reason you want to compile Vim on Windows, do the following: * Git clone vim from Github * `cd vim/src` * `make -f Make_ming.mak ARCH=x86-64 OPTIMIZE=MAXSPEED STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes FEATURES=HUGE PYTHON="C:/Python27" PYTHON_VER=27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON3="C:/Python3" PYTHON3_VER=361 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes` ## Setting up Vim You have to make a copy of the vim folder. For some unknown reason the Plugged scripts don't work when running them on a symlinked .vim directory. Can also symlink most of the directories in the vim folder. You have to symlink using the full path instead of something like `~\.dotfiles\vim`, otherwise it won't work. The full path is something like `c:\users\michael\.dotfiles\vim`. Be careful when removing symlinks as it will delete the linked source as well. ## Setting up Cygwin * Can create symlinks to dotfiles using the git bash shell. The cygwin home directory is likely going to be `C:\cygwin\home\`. * Build [rlwrap](https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap) ## Setting up Clojure * Install Lein: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein.bat