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I've installed the latest version of Vim to date (8.0) for Windows. But the version of Vim I've got does not have Python support. I've downloaded the .exe version directly from vim.org.
echo has('python')
" returns 0.
If I remember correctly, Vim used to come with Python support in the default build. Is this no longer true?
Do I have to compile Vim with Python support myself (and how to do that on MS Windows) or is there another way?
You need to install Python yourself on Windows.
If you type :version, you should see +python/dyn and +python3/dyn. On Windows, this means that Vim is compiled to dynamically load the Python DLL. You can read about this in :h python-dynamic. Depending on the versions you install, you may want to look at :h pythondll and :h pythonthreedll.
If you install Python 3, keep in mind that you will need to verify it with :echo has('python3'). Additionally, if you want to install both Python 2 and 3, you will want to read :h has-python.
