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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-vim" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="vim.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Vim-&vim-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Vim">Vim</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.</para> |
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21 | |
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22 | <segmentedlist> |
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23 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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24 | |
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25 | <seglistitem> |
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26 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, |
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27 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg> |
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28 | </seglistitem> |
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29 | </segmentedlist> |
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30 | |
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31 | <tip> |
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32 | <title>Alternatives to Vim</title> |
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33 | |
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34 | <para>If you prefer another editor—such as Emacs, Joe, or |
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35 | Nano—please refer to <ulink |
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36 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/editors.html"/> |
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37 | for suggested installation instructions.</para> |
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38 | </tip> |
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39 | |
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40 | </sect2> |
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41 | |
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42 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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43 | <title>Installation of Vim</title> |
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44 | |
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45 | <para os="a">First, unpack both <filename>vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2</filename> |
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46 | and (optionally) <filename>vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz</filename> |
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47 | archives into the same directory. Then, change the default location of |
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48 | the <filename>vimrc</filename> configuration file to <filename |
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49 | class="directory">/etc</filename>:</para> |
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50 | |
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51 | <screen os="b"><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput></screen> |
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52 | |
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53 | <para os="c">Prepare Vim for compilation:</para> |
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54 | |
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55 | <screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen> |
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56 | |
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57 | <variablelist os="e"> |
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58 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> |
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59 | |
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60 | <varlistentry> |
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61 | <term><parameter>--enable-multibyte</parameter></term> |
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62 | <listitem> |
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63 | <para>This optional but highly recommended switch enables support |
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64 | for editing files in multibyte character encodings. This is needed |
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65 | if using a locale with a multibyte character set. This switch is |
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66 | also helpful to be able to edit text files initially created in |
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67 | Linux distributions like Fedora Core that use UTF-8 as a default |
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68 | character set.</para> |
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69 | </listitem> |
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70 | </varlistentry> |
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71 | |
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72 | </variablelist> |
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73 | |
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74 | <para os="f">Compile the package:</para> |
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75 | |
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76 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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77 | |
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78 | <para os="h">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make test</userinput>. |
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79 | However, this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the |
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80 | screen, which can cause issues with the settings of the current terminal. |
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81 | This can be resolved by redirecting the output to a log file.</para> |
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82 | |
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83 | <para os="i">Install the package:</para> |
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84 | |
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85 | <screen os="j"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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86 | |
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87 | <para os="l">Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of |
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88 | <command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command> |
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89 | when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a |
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90 | symlink:</para> |
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91 | |
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92 | <screen os="m"><userinput>ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen> |
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93 | |
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94 | <para os="m1">By default, Vim's documentation is installed in |
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95 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>. The following symlink |
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96 | allows the documentation to be accessed via |
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97 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename>, making |
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98 | it consistent with the location of documentation for other packages:</para> |
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99 | |
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100 | <screen os="m2"><userinput>ln -sv ../vim/vim&vim-version2;/doc /usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</userinput></screen> |
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101 | |
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102 | <para os="n">If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS |
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103 | system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim |
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104 | comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some |
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105 | additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this |
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106 | process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page |
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107 | in the BLFS book at <ulink |
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108 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/editors.html#postlfs-editors-vim"/>.</para> |
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109 | |
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110 | </sect2> |
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111 | |
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112 | <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration"> |
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113 | <title>Configuring Vim</title> |
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114 | |
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115 | <indexterm zone="conf-vim"> |
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116 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/vimrc">/etc/vimrc</primary> |
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117 | </indexterm> |
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118 | |
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119 | <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode. |
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120 | This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The |
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121 | <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the |
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122 | fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would |
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123 | change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first |
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124 | setting in the configuration file. This is necessary because it changes |
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125 | other settings, and overrides must come after this setting. Create a |
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126 | default <command>vim</command> configuration file by running the |
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127 | following:</para> |
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128 | |
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129 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF" |
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130 | <literal>" Begin /etc/vimrc |
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131 | |
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132 | set nocompatible |
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133 | set backspace=2 |
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134 | syntax on |
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135 | if (&term == "iterm") || (&term == "putty") |
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136 | set background=dark |
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137 | endif |
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138 | |
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139 | " End /etc/vimrc</literal> |
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140 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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141 | |
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142 | |
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143 | <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes |
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144 | <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than |
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145 | the vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the |
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146 | old <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set |
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147 | backspace=2</parameter> allows backspacing over line breaks, |
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148 | autoindents, and the start of insert. The <parameter>syntax |
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149 | on</parameter> enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the |
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150 | <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set |
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151 | background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s guess |
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152 | about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the |
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153 | highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of |
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154 | these programs.</para> |
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155 | |
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156 | <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by |
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157 | running the following command:</para> |
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158 | |
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159 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>vim -c ':options'</userinput></screen> |
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160 | |
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161 | </sect2> |
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162 | |
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163 | <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content"> |
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164 | <title>Contents of Vim</title> |
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165 | |
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166 | <segmentedlist> |
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167 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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168 | |
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169 | <seglistitem> |
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170 | <seg>efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk, |
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171 | pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl, |
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172 | tcltags, vi (link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl, |
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173 | vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh, vimtutor, and xxd</seg> |
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174 | </seglistitem> |
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175 | </segmentedlist> |
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176 | |
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177 | <variablelist> |
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178 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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179 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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180 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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181 | |
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182 | <varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl"> |
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183 | <term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term> |
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184 | <listitem> |
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185 | <para>A filter for creating an error file that can be read |
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186 | by <command>vim</command></para> |
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187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl"> |
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188 | <primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary> |
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189 | </indexterm> |
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190 | </listitem> |
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191 | </varlistentry> |
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192 | |
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193 | <varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl"> |
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194 | <term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term> |
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195 | <listitem> |
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196 | <para>Reformats the error messages of the Perl interpreter for use |
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197 | with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command></para> |
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198 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl"> |
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199 | <primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary> |
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200 | </indexterm> |
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201 | </listitem> |
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202 | </varlistentry> |
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203 | |
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204 | <varlistentry id="ex"> |
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205 | <term><command>ex</command></term> |
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206 | <listitem> |
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207 | <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode</para> |
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208 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex"> |
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209 | <primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary> |
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210 | </indexterm> |
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211 | </listitem> |
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212 | </varlistentry> |
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213 | |
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214 | <varlistentry id="less.sh"> |
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215 | <term><command>less.sh</command></term> |
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216 | <listitem> |
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217 | <para>A script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim</para> |
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218 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh"> |
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219 | <primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary> |
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220 | </indexterm> |
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221 | </listitem> |
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222 | </varlistentry> |
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223 | |
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224 | <varlistentry id="mve.awk"> |
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225 | <term><command>mve.awk</command></term> |
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226 | <listitem> |
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227 | <para>Processes <command>vim</command> errors</para> |
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228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk"> |
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229 | <primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary> |
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230 | </indexterm> |
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231 | </listitem> |
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232 | </varlistentry> |
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233 | |
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234 | <varlistentry id="pltags.pl"> |
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235 | <term><command>pltags.pl</command></term> |
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236 | <listitem> |
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237 | <para>Creates a tags file for Perl code for use by |
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238 | <command>vim</command></para> |
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239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl"> |
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240 | <primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary> |
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241 | </indexterm> |
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242 | </listitem> |
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243 | </varlistentry> |
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244 | |
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245 | <varlistentry id="ref"> |
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246 | <term><command>ref</command></term> |
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247 | <listitem> |
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248 | <para>Checks the spelling of arguments</para> |
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249 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref"> |
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250 | <primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary> |
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251 | </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="rview"> |
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256 | <term><command>rview</command></term> |
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257 | <listitem> |
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258 | <para>Is a restricted version of <command>view</command>; no shell |
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259 | commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be |
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260 | suspended</para> |
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261 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview"> |
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262 | <primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary> |
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263 | </indexterm> |
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264 | </listitem> |
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265 | </varlistentry> |
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266 | |
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267 | <varlistentry id="rvim"> |
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268 | <term><command>rvim</command></term> |
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269 | <listitem> |
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270 | <para>Is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>; no shell |
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271 | commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be |
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272 | suspended</para> |
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273 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim"> |
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274 | <primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary> |
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275 | </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="shtags.pl"> |
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280 | <term><command>shtags.pl</command></term> |
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281 | <listitem> |
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282 | <para>Generates a tags file for Perl scripts</para> |
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283 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"> |
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284 | <primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary> |
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285 | </indexterm> |
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286 | </listitem> |
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287 | </varlistentry> |
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288 | |
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289 | <varlistentry id="tcltags"> |
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290 | <term><command>tcltags</command></term> |
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291 | <listitem> |
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292 | <para>Generates a tags file for TCL code</para> |
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293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"> |
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294 | <primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary> |
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295 | </indexterm> |
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296 | </listitem> |
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297 | </varlistentry> |
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298 | |
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299 | <varlistentry id="view"> |
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300 | <term><command>view</command></term> |
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301 | <listitem> |
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302 | <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode</para> |
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303 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view"> |
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304 | <primary sortas="b-view">view</primary> |
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305 | </indexterm> |
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306 | </listitem> |
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307 | </varlistentry> |
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308 | |
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309 | <varlistentry id="vi"> |
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310 | <term><command>vi</command></term> |
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311 | <listitem> |
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312 | <para>Link to <command>vim</command></para> |
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313 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vi"> |
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314 | <primary sortas="b-vi">vi</primary> |
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315 | </indexterm> |
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316 | </listitem> |
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317 | </varlistentry> |
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318 | |
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319 | <varlistentry id="vim"> |
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320 | <term><command>vim</command></term> |
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321 | <listitem> |
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322 | <para>Is the editor</para> |
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323 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim"> |
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324 | <primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary> |
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325 | </indexterm> |
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326 | </listitem> |
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327 | </varlistentry> |
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328 | |
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329 | <varlistentry id="vim132"> |
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330 | <term><command>vim132</command></term> |
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331 | <listitem> |
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332 | <para>Starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column |
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333 | mode</para> |
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334 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132"> |
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335 | <primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary> |
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336 | </indexterm> |
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337 | </listitem> |
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338 | </varlistentry> |
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339 | |
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340 | <varlistentry id="vim2html.pl"> |
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341 | <term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term> |
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342 | <listitem> |
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343 | <para>Converts Vim documentation to HypterText Markup Language |
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344 | (HTML)</para> |
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345 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl"> |
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346 | <primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary> |
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347 | </indexterm> |
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348 | </listitem> |
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349 | </varlistentry> |
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350 | |
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351 | <varlistentry id="vimdiff"> |
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352 | <term><command>vimdiff</command></term> |
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353 | <listitem> |
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354 | <para>Edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command> |
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355 | and show differences</para> |
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356 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff"> |
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357 | <primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary> |
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358 | </indexterm> |
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359 | </listitem> |
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360 | </varlistentry> |
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361 | |
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362 | <varlistentry id="vimm"> |
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363 | <term><command>vimm</command></term> |
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364 | <listitem> |
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365 | <para>Enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal</para> |
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366 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm"> |
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367 | <primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary> |
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368 | </indexterm> |
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369 | </listitem> |
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370 | </varlistentry> |
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371 | |
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372 | <varlistentry id="vimspell.sh"> |
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373 | <term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term> |
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374 | <listitem> |
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375 | <para>Spell checks a file and generates the syntax statements |
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376 | necessary to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script |
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377 | requires the old Unix <command>spell</command> command, which |
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378 | is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS</para> |
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379 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"> |
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380 | <primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary> |
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381 | </indexterm> |
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382 | </listitem> |
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383 | </varlistentry> |
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384 | |
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385 | <varlistentry id="vimtutor"> |
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386 | <term><command>vimtutor</command></term> |
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387 | <listitem> |
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388 | <para>Teaches the basic keys and commands of |
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389 | <command>vim</command></para> |
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390 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor"> |
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391 | <primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary> |
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392 | </indexterm> |
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393 | </listitem> |
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394 | </varlistentry> |
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395 | |
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396 | <varlistentry id="xxd"> |
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397 | <term><command>xxd</command></term> |
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398 | <listitem> |
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399 | <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can |
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400 | also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para> |
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401 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd"> |
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402 | <primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary> |
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403 | </indexterm> |
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404 | </listitem> |
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405 | </varlistentry> |
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406 | |
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407 | </variablelist> |
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408 | |
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409 | </sect2> |
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410 | |
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411 | </sect1> |
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