Re: OT: the toolbar (tools.bmp) and building Vim on WinXP

[Steve H. <dig...@mi...>]

Martin Karlsson wrote:
 > * dig...@mi... <dig...@mi...> [2003-03-17 18.32 -0500]:
 > [...snip...]
 >
 > > (I take it if you're using our HowTo, you're on Windows.)
 > >
 > > Definitely sounds like a color depth problem. Try the attached 16
 > > color .bmp and see how it works. For some reason, Vim's implementation
 > > on Windows can sometimes only handle transparency for 4-bit color
 > > bitmap resources. (All other platforms handle 24-bit!)
 >
 > Thanks, it looks great now!  :)

Good, that was easy!


 > Oh, one more thing, FYI; I tried linking vim 6.1.409 (latest)
 > against ActiveState's Tcl 8.4.2.0, and it worked flawlessly (with
 > Dan Sharp's tclstub84-bor.lib
 > <URL:http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sharppeople/vim/tclstub84-bor.lib>).
 > (This is on WinXP pro with SP1).

Yes, thanks for reminding me. He updated the stub ages ago for me, but
I've been quite a slacker about keeping up the docs. Actually, my
intention is to overhaul that entire page once I finish the new
installer and related build scripts.


 > Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
 >
 > Kind regards

Heh, piece of cake! Wish all my problems where that simple. :)

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Steve Hall  [ dig...@mi... ]