vim72src folder in VimProject is the source of vim 72, re-build it to support python or other features. You can get the source fom http://www.vim.org/download.php Use mingw and change the file under vim72src/src/Make_ming.mak to open the python option. 1. uncomment #PYTHON=c:/python20 2. DYNAMIC_PYTHON=no 3. PYTHON_VER=22 run the command below in console: make -f Make_ming.mak gvim.exe rename $VIM\vim72\gvim.exe to gvim_default.exe copy vim72src/src/gvim.exe to $VIM\vim72\ test line