1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY vim-download-http "http://ftp.at.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY vim-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY vim-size "3.7 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY vim-buildsize "48 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY vim-time "0.59 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="postlfs-editors-vim" xreflabel="Vim-&vim-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="vim.html"?>
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20 | <title>Vim-&vim-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>Vim</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The <application>Vim</application> package, which is an
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26 | abbreviation for VI IMproved, contains a <command>vi</command>
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27 | clone with extra features as compared to the original
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28 | <command>vi</command>.</para>
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29 |
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30 | <para>The default <acronym>LFS</acronym> instructions install
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31 | <application>vim</application> as a part of the base system.
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32 | If you would prefer to link <application>vim</application>
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33 | against <application>X</application>, you should recompile
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34 | <application>vim</application> to enable <acronym>GUI</acronym>
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35 | mode. There is no need for special instructions since
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36 | <application>X</application> support is automatically detected.
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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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40 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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41 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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42 | url="&vim-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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43 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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44 | url="&vim-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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45 | <listitem><para>Download size: &vim-size;</para></listitem>
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46 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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47 | &vim-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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48 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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49 | &vim-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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50 | </sect3>
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51 |
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52 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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53 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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54 | <listitem><para>Translated Vim messages: <ulink
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55 | url="http://ftp.at.vim.org/pub/vim/extra/vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz"/>
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56 | </para></listitem>
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57 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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58 |
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59 | <sect3><title><application>Vim</application> dependencies</title>
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60 | <sect4><title>Recommended</title>
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61 | <para><application>X</application>
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62 | (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
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63 | </sect4>
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64 |
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65 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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66 | <para><xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="lesstif"/>,
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68 | <xref linkend="python"/>,
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69 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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70 | <xref linkend="ruby-package"/>
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71 | and <xref linkend="gpm"/>
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72 | </para></sect4>
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73 | </sect3>
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74 |
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75 | </sect2>
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76 |
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77 | <sect2>
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78 | <title>Installation of <application>Vim</application></title>
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79 |
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80 | <note><para>If you recompile vim to link against <application>X</application>,
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81 | and your <application>X</application> libs are not on the root partition, you
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82 | will no longer have an editor for use in emergencies. You may choose to
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83 | install an additional editor, not link vim against X, or move the current
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84 | <command>vim</command> executable to the <filename>/bin</filename> directory
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85 | under a different name such as <filename>vi</filename>.</para></note>
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86 |
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87 | <para>If desired unpack the translated messages archive:</para>
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88 |
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89 | <screen><userinput><command>tar xzf ../vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz --strip-path=1</command></userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | <para>Install <application>Vim</application> by running the following
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92 | commands:</para>
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93 |
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94 | <screen><userinput><command>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h &&
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95 | echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h &&
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96 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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97 | --with-features=huge &&
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98 | make &&
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99 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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100 |
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101 | </sect2>
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102 |
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103 | <sect2>
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104 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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105 |
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106 | <para><parameter>--with-features=huge</parameter>: This switch enables all
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107 | the additional features available in <application>Vim</application>.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para><option>--enable-gui=no</option>: If you prefer not to link
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110 | <application>Vim</application> against <application>X</application>, use
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111 | this switch.</para>
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112 |
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 | <sect2>
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116 | <title>Contents</title>
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117 |
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118 | <para>The <application>Vim</application> package contains
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119 | <command>eview</command>, <command>evim</command>,
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120 | <command>ex</command>, <command>gview</command>,
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121 | <command>gvim</command>, <command>gvimdiff</command>,
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122 | <command>rgview</command>, <command>rgvim</command>,
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123 | <command>rview</command>, <command>rvim</command>,
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124 | <command>view</command>, <command>vim</command>,
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125 | <command>vimdiff</command>, <command>vimtutor</command> and
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126 | <command>xxd</command>. Except for <command>vimtutor</command> and
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127 | <command>xxd</command>, all the other commands are symlinks to
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128 | <command>vim</command> and start <command>vim</command> with different
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129 | options. <command>vimtutor</command> is a tool to learn the various
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130 | <command>vim</command> commands and <command>xxd</command> is a command used
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131 | to create hex dumps.</para>
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132 |
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133 | </sect2>
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134 |
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135 | </sect1>
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