compiling basic octave in VC++

[Matt Flax]

Hi there,

I am aware that some people have managed to compile octave using 
Microsoft's VC++ compiler.

I am interested in compiling only the bare basics to get a command line 
octave running.
Can anyone point me in the right direction ?

I can setup gnuwin32, as well as the VC++ environment variables to 
enable nmake and so on.
Is anyone aware of how to run the ./configure ? I assume I have to use 
bash from msys to do this. However how do I get ./configure to be aware 
that it will use the VC++ compiler ? Is it even possible ?

Trauling through the .h files - it appears to be possible as various 
flags relating to MSVC++ exist, such as 
HAVE_MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLER from the file config.h

thanks
Matt