diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
index 18ab640cd2..7f073cc089 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
@@ -510,11 +510,12 @@ a slash.  Thus "-R" means recovery and "-/R" readonly.
 		{not in Vi}
 
 							*--clean*
---clean		Equal to "-u DEFAULTS -i NONE":
+--clean		Equal to "-u DEFAULTS -U NONE -i NONE":
 		- initializations from files and environment variables is
 		  skipped
 		- the |defaults.vim| script is loaded, which implies
 		  'nocompatible': use Vim defaults
+		- no |gvimrc| script is loaded
 		- no viminfo file is read or written
 		- the home directory is excluded from 'runtimepath'
 							*-x*
diff --git a/runtime/doc/various.txt b/runtime/doc/various.txt
index bbfbe92d2f..0bb5dff8cd 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/various.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/various.txt
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ N  *+dialog_con*	Support for |:confirm| with console dialog.
 N  *+dialog_con_gui*	Support for |:confirm| with GUI and console dialog.
 N  *+diff*		|vimdiff| and 'diff'
 N  *+digraphs*		|digraphs| *E196*
-m  *+directx*		Win32 GUI only: DirectX and |'renderoptions'|
+   *+directx*		Win32 GUI only: DirectX and |'renderoptions'|
    *+dnd*		Support for DnD into the "~ register |quote_~|.
 B  *+emacs_tags*	|emacs-tags| files
 N  *+eval*		expression evaluation |eval.txt|
diff --git a/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak b/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak
index b2a11c1a2f..cefc430b29 100644
--- a/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak
+++ b/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # "make upx" makes *compressed* versions of the 32 bit GUI and console EXEs,
 # using the excellent UPX compressor:
-#     http://upx.sourceforge.net/
+#     https://upx.github.io/
 # "make mpress" uses the MPRESS compressor for 32- and 64-bit EXEs:
 #     http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm
 #
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ DEBUG=no
 OPTIMIZE=MAXSPEED
 # set to yes to make gvim, no for vim
 GUI=yes
-# set to yes if you want to use DirectWrite (DirectX)
+# set to no if you do not want to use DirectWrite (DirectX)
 # MinGW-w64 is needed, and ARCH should be set to i686 or x86-64.
-DIRECTX=no
+DIRECTX=yes
 # FEATURES=[TINY | SMALL | NORMAL | BIG | HUGE]
 # Set to TINY to make minimal version (few features).
 FEATURES=HUGE
diff --git a/src/Make_mvc.mak b/src/Make_mvc.mak
index 65da331b73..d5159abd9f 100644
--- a/src/Make_mvc.mak
+++ b/src/Make_mvc.mak
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #	GUI interface: GUI=yes (default is no)
 #
 #	GUI with DirectWrite (DirectX): DIRECTX=yes
-#	  (default is no, requires GUI=yes and MBYTE=yes)
+#	  (default is yes if GUI=yes, requires GUI=yes and MBYTE=yes)
 #
 #	Color emoji support: COLOR_EMOJI=yes
 #	  (default is yes if DIRECTX=yes, requires WinSDK 8.1 or later.)
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@
 
 TARGETOS = WINNT
 
+!ifndef DIRECTX
+DIRECTX = $(GUI)
+!endif
+
 # Select one of eight object code directories, depends on GUI, OLE, DEBUG and
 # interfaces.
 # If you change something else, do "make clean" first!
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3928911a36..634e25b937 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1959,6 +1959,9 @@ command_line_scan(mparm_T *parmp)
 		else if (STRNICMP(argv[0] + argv_idx, "clean", 5) == 0)
 		{
 		    parmp->use_vimrc = (char_u *)"DEFAULTS";
+#ifdef FEAT_GUI
+		    use_gvimrc = (char_u *)"NONE";
+#endif
 		    parmp->clean = TRUE;
 		    set_option_value((char_u *)"vif", 0L, (char_u *)"NONE", 0);
 		}
diff --git a/src/po/Make_cyg.mak b/src/po/Make_cyg.mak
index f8e45badfe..fe49a34295 100644
--- a/src/po/Make_cyg.mak
+++ b/src/po/Make_cyg.mak
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ all: $(MOFILES)
 
 first_time:
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(LANGUAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
 
 $(LANGUAGES):
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
 	$(MV) $(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
 	$(CP) $@.po $@.po.orig
 	$(MV) $@.po $@.po.old
diff --git a/src/po/Make_ming.mak b/src/po/Make_ming.mak
index cd84c1b49d..5dd2f2b1a1 100644
--- a/src/po/Make_ming.mak
+++ b/src/po/Make_ming.mak
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ all: $(MOFILES)
 
 first_time:
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(LANGUAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
 
 $(LANGUAGES):
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 $(wildcard ../*.c) ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp $(wildcard ../globals.h) ../if_py_both.h
 	$(MV) $(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
 	$(CP) $@.po $@.po.orig
 	$(MV) $@.po $@.po.old
diff --git a/src/po/Make_mvc.mak b/src/po/Make_mvc.mak
index 85013f497e..23a6e733ce 100644
--- a/src/po/Make_mvc.mak
+++ b/src/po/Make_mvc.mak
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ files:
 first_time: files
 	set OLD_PO_FILE_INPUT=yes
 	set OLD_PO_FILE_OUTPUT=yes
-	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(LANGUAGE) --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --files-from=.\files
+	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(LANGUAGE) --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 --files-from=.\files
 
 $(LANGUAGES): files
 	set OLD_PO_FILE_INPUT=yes
 	set OLD_PO_FILE_OUTPUT=yes
-	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --files-from=.\files
+	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 --files-from=.\files
 	$(MV) $(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
 	$(CP) $@.po $@.po.orig
 	$(MV) $@.po $@.po.old
diff --git a/src/po/Makefile b/src/po/Makefile
index 8c4aaf3649..fc78c43086 100644
--- a/src/po/Makefile
+++ b/src/po/Makefile
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ checkclean:
 
 $(PACKAGE).pot: ../*.c ../if_perl.xs ../GvimExt/gvimext.cpp ../globals.h ../if_py_both.h
 	cd ..; $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(PACKAGE) \
-		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ \
+		--add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2 \
 		*.c if_perl.xs GvimExt/gvimext.cpp globals.h if_py_both.h
 	mv -f ../$(PACKAGE).po $(PACKAGE).pot
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 0202ede33e..371bb3ab29 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -781,6 +781,12 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1608,
+/**/
+    1607,
+/**/
+    1606,
 /**/
     1605,
 /**/