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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.038
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+
+Patch 7.3.038
+Problem:    v:windowid isn't set on MS-Windows.
+Solution:   Set it to the window handle. (Chris Sutcliffe)
+Files:	    runtime/doc/eval.txt, src/gui_w32.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.037/runtime/doc/eval.txt	2010-10-20 21:22:17.000000000 +0200
+--- runtime/doc/eval.txt	2010-10-27 12:23:37.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 1660,1666 ****
+  					*v:windowid* *windowid-variable*
+  v:windowid	When any X11 based GUI is running or when running in a
+  		terminal and Vim connects to the X server (|-X|) this will be
+! 		set to the window ID.  Otherwise the value is zero.
+  
+  ==============================================================================
+  4. Builtin Functions					*functions*
+--- 1660,1670 ----
+  					*v:windowid* *windowid-variable*
+  v:windowid	When any X11 based GUI is running or when running in a
+  		terminal and Vim connects to the X server (|-X|) this will be
+! 		set to the window ID.
+! 		When an MS-Windows GUI is running this will be set to the
+! 		window handle.
+! 		Otherwise the value is zero.
+! 		Note: for windows inside Vim use |winnr()|.
+  
+  ==============================================================================
+  4. Builtin Functions					*functions*
+*** ../vim-7.3.037/src/gui_w32.c	2010-10-27 12:15:28.000000000 +0200
+--- src/gui_w32.c	2010-10-27 12:21:22.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 1573,1578 ****
+--- 1573,1583 ----
+  # endif
+  #endif
+  
++ #ifdef FEAT_EVAL
++     /* set the v:windowid variable */
++     set_vim_var_nr(VV_WINDOWID, (long)s_hwnd);
++ #endif
++ 
+  theend:
+      /* Display any pending error messages */
+      display_errors();
+*** ../vim-7.3.037/src/version.c	2010-10-27 12:17:54.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2010-10-27 12:24:38.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 716,717 ****
+--- 716,719 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     38,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+ARTHUR:        What?
+BLACK KNIGHT:  None shall pass.
+ARTHUR:        I have no quarrel with you, good Sir knight, but I must cross
+               this bridge.
+BLACK KNIGHT:  Then you shall die.
+                                  The Quest for the Holy Grail (Monty Python)
+
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