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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[81fd230] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-vim" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Vim-&vim-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="vim.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim"><primary sortas="a-Vim">Vim</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[81fd230] | 13 | <para>The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.</para>
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[5888299] | 14 |
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[a001133] | 15 | <segmentedlist>
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| 16 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[fc1024a] | 18 | <seglistitem><seg>0.4 SBU</seg><seg>38.0 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 19 | </segmentedlist>
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| 20 |
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[81fd230] | 21 | <segmentedlist>
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[45992ae] | 22 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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[81fd230] | 23 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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| 24 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 25 | </segmentedlist>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <tip>
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| 28 | <title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
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| 29 | <para>If you prefer another editor—such as Emacs, Joe, or
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| 30 | Nano—please refer to <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/editors.html"/>
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| 31 | for suggested installation instructions.</para>
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| 32 | </tip>
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[35c2fa60] | 33 | </sect2>
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| 34 |
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[a001133] | 35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 36 | <title>Installation of Vim</title>
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| 37 |
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[81fd230] | 38 | <para>First, unpack both
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| 39 | <filename>vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2</filename> and (optionally)
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| 40 | <filename>vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz</filename> archives into the
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| 41 | same directory. Then, change the default locations of the
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| 42 | <filename>vimrc</filename> and <filename>gvimrc</filename>
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| 43 | configuration files to <filename
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| 44 | class="directory">/etc</filename>:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 45 |
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| 46 | <screen><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h
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| 47 | echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
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[008a51d] | 48 |
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| 49 | <para>Vim has a security vulnerability already addressed upstream. The
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| 50 | following patch fixes the problem:</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../vim-&vim-version;-security_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 53 |
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| 54 | <para>Now prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
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| 55 |
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[c3d6ceb] | 56 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 57 |
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[81fd230] | 58 | <para>The optional but highly recommended
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| 59 | <parameter>--enable-multibyte</parameter> switch includes support for
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| 60 | editing files in multibyte character encodings into
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| 61 | <command>vim</command>. This is needed if using a locale with
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| 62 | a multibyte character set. This switch is also helpful to be able to
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| 63 | edit text files initially created in Linux distributions like Fedora
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| 64 | Core that use UTF-8 as a default character set.</para>
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| 65 |
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[73aedd1d] | 66 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 69 |
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[3f0c882] | 70 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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[81fd230] | 71 | <userinput>make test</userinput>. However, this test suite outputs a
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| 72 | lot of chaotic characters to the screen, which can cause issues with
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| 73 | the settings of the current terminal. Therefore, running the test
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| 74 | suite here is optional.</para>
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[1a73ed4] | 75 |
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[81fd230] | 76 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 77 |
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| 78 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 79 |
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[81fd230] | 80 | <para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of
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| 81 | <command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command>
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| 82 | when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a
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| 83 | symlink:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 84 |
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| 85 | <screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
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| 86 |
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[373a708] | 87 | <para>If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
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[81fd230] | 88 | system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
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| 89 | comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
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| 90 | additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this
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| 91 | process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page
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| 92 | in the BLFS book at <ulink
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| 93 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/editors.html#postlfs-editors-vim"/>.</para>
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[0ba2766b] | 94 |
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[81fd230] | 95 | </sect2>
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[342b176] | 96 |
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[df8334f] | 97 | <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Vim</title>
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[81fd230] | 98 | <indexterm zone="conf-vim"><primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vim</primary></indexterm>
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[3f0c882] | 99 |
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[81fd230] | 100 | <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
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| 101 | This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
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| 102 | <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
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| 103 | fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who
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| 104 | would change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should appear
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| 105 | first. This is necessary because it changes other settings, and
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| 106 | overrides must come after this setting. Create a default <command>vim</command>
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| 107 | configuration file by running the following:</para>
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[342b176] | 108 |
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[8ad7980] | 109 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF"
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[d72e04a] | 110 | <literal>" Begin /etc/vimrc
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[342b176] | 111 |
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| 112 | set nocompatible
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| 113 | set backspace=2
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| 114 | syntax on
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[3e05705] | 115 | if (&term == "iterm") || (&term == "putty")
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| 116 | set background=dark
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| 117 | endif
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[342b176] | 118 |
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[d72e04a] | 119 | " End /etc/vimrc</literal>
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[8ad7980] | 120 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[342b176] | 121 |
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[81fd230] | 122 | <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes
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| 123 | <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than
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| 124 | the vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the
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| 125 | old <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set
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| 126 | backspace=2</parameter> allows backspacing over line breaks,
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| 127 | autoindents, and the start of insert. The <parameter>syntax
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| 128 | on</parameter> enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the
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| 129 | <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set
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| 130 | background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s guess
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| 131 | about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the
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| 132 | highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of
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| 133 | these programs.</para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by
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| 136 | running the following command:</para>
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[dc32fef] | 137 |
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| 138 | <screen><userinput>vim -c ':options'</userinput></screen>
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| 139 |
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[342b176] | 140 | </sect2>
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[0ba2766b] | 141 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 142 | <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content"><title>Contents of Vim</title>
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[673b0d8] | 143 |
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[81fd230] | 144 | <segmentedlist>
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| 145 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 146 | <seglistitem><seg>efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk,
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| 147 | pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl, tcltags, vi (link to vim),
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| 148 | view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl, vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh,
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| 149 | vimtutor, and xxd</seg></seglistitem>
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| 150 | </segmentedlist>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 153 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[8f97096] | 154 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[81fd230] | 155 |
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| 156 | <varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl">
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| 157 | <term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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| 159 | <para>A filter for creating an error file that can be read by <command>vim</command></para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary></indexterm>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | </varlistentry>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl">
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| 165 | <term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>Reformats the error messages of the
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| 168 | Perl interpreter for use with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command></para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary></indexterm>
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| 170 | </listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <varlistentry id="ex">
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| 174 | <term><command>ex</command></term>
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| 175 | <listitem>
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| 176 | <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode</para>
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| 177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex"><primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary></indexterm>
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| 178 | </listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <varlistentry id="less.sh">
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| 182 | <term><command>less.sh</command></term>
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>A script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim</para>
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| 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh"><primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary></indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="mve.awk">
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| 190 | <term><command>mve.awk</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>Processes <command>vim</command> errors</para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk"><primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary></indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <varlistentry id="pltags.pl">
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| 198 | <term><command>pltags.pl</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem>
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| 200 | <para>Creates a tags file for Perl code for use by <command>vim</command></para>
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl"><primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary></indexterm>
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| 202 | </listitem>
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| 203 | </varlistentry>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <varlistentry id="ref">
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| 206 | <term><command>ref</command></term>
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| 207 | <listitem>
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| 208 | <para>Checks the spelling of arguments</para>
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| 209 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref"><primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary></indexterm>
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| 210 | </listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <varlistentry id="rview">
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| 214 | <term><command>rview</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>Is a restricted version of <command>view</command>; no shell
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| 217 | commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be suspended</para>
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| 218 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview"><primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary></indexterm>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 | </varlistentry>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <varlistentry id="rvim">
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| 223 | <term><command>rvim</command></term>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>Is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>; no shell
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| 226 | commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be suspended</para>
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| 227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim"><primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary></indexterm>
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| 228 | </listitem>
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| 229 | </varlistentry>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <varlistentry id="shtags.pl">
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| 232 | <term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
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| 233 | <listitem>
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| 234 | <para>Generates a tag file for Perl scripts</para>
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"><primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary></indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry id="tcltags">
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| 240 | <term><command>tcltags</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>Generates a tag file for TCL code</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"><primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary></indexterm>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <varlistentry id="view">
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| 248 | <term><command>view</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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| 250 | <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode</para>
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| 251 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view"><primary sortas="b-view">view</primary></indexterm>
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| 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 | </varlistentry>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <varlistentry id="vi">
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| 256 | <term><command>vi</command></term>
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| 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>Is the editor</para>
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vi"><primary sortas="b-vi">vi</primary></indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <varlistentry id="vim">
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| 264 | <term><command>vim</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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| 266 | <para>Is the editor</para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim"><primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary></indexterm>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <varlistentry id="vim132">
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| 272 | <term><command>vim132</command></term>
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| 273 | <listitem>
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| 274 | <para>Starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column mode</para>
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| 275 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132"><primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary></indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="vim2html.pl">
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| 280 | <term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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| 282 | <para>Converts Vim documentation to HypterText Markup Language (HTML)</para>
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| 283 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl"><primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary></indexterm>
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| 284 | </listitem>
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| 285 | </varlistentry>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <varlistentry id="vimdiff">
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| 288 | <term><command>vimdiff</command></term>
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| 289 | <listitem>
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| 290 | <para>Edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command> and show differences</para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff"><primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary></indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="vimm">
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| 296 | <term><command>vimm</command></term>
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| 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>Enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal</para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm"><primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary></indexterm>
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| 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <varlistentry id="vimspell.sh">
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| 304 | <term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
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| 305 | <listitem>
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| 306 | <para>Spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary
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| 307 | to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix <command>spell</command>
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| 308 | command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS</para>
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| 309 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="vimtutor">
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| 314 | <term><command>vimtutor</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>Teaches the basic keys and commands of <command>vim</command></para>
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| 317 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor"><primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary></indexterm>
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| 318 | </listitem>
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| 319 | </varlistentry>
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| 320 |
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| 321 | <varlistentry id="xxd">
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| 322 | <term><command>xxd</command></term>
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| 323 | <listitem>
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| 324 | <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can
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| 325 | also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para>
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| 326 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd"><primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary></indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 | </variablelist>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | </sect1>
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