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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-vim" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="vim.html"?>
10
11 <title>Vim-&vim-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim">
14 <primary sortas="a-Vim">Vim</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.</para>
21
22 </sect2>
23
24 <sect2 role="installation">
25 <title>Installation of Vim</title>
26
27 <tip os="t1">
28 <title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
29
30 <para>If you prefer another editor&mdash;such as Emacs, Joe, or
31 Nano&mdash;please refer to <ulink
32 url="&cblfs-root;index.php/Category:Text_Editors"/>
33 for suggested installation instructions.</para>
34 </tip>
35
36 <para os="p1">The following patch merges all updates from the &vim-version; Branch
37 from the Vim developers:</para>
38
39<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&vim-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>
40
41 <para os="b">Change the default location of
42 the <filename>vimrc</filename> configuration file to <filename
43 class="directory">/etc</filename>:</para>
44
45<screen os="c"><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
46
47 <para os="d">Prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
48
49<screen os="e"><userinput>./configure \
50 --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen>
51
52 <para os="g">Compile the package:</para>
53
54<screen os="h"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
55
56 <para os="i">To test the results, issue:</para>
57
58<screen os="i2"><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
59
60 <para os="i3">However, this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the
61 screen, which can cause issues with the settings of the current terminal.
62 This can be resolved by redirecting the output to a log file.</para>
63
64 <para os="j">Install the package:</para>
65
66<screen os="k"><userinput>make HELPSUBLOC=/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version; install</userinput></screen>
67
68 <para os="l">Many users are accustomed to using <command>vi</command>
69 instead of <command>vim</command>. Some programs, such as
70 <command>vigr</command> and <command>vipw</command>, also use
71 <command>vi</command>. Create a symlink to permit execution of
72 <command>vim</command> when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>
73 and allow programs that use <command>vi</command> to work:</para>
74
75<screen os="m"><userinput>ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
76
77 <para os="n">If an X Window System is going to be installed on the CLFS
78 system, you may want to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
79 comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
80 additional libraries to be installed. For more information, refer to the
81 Vim documentation and the Vim installation page in CBLFS at <ulink
82 url="&cblfs-root;index.php/Vim"/>.</para>
83
84 </sect2>
85
86 <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration">
87 <title>Configuring Vim</title>
88
89 <indexterm zone="conf-vim">
90 <primary sortas="e-/etc/vimrc">/etc/vimrc</primary>
91 </indexterm>
92
93 <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
94 This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
95 <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
96 fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would
97 change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first
98 setting in the configuration file. This is necessary because it changes
99 other settings, and overrides must come after this setting. Create a
100 default <command>vim</command> configuration file by running the
101 following:</para>
102
103<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
104<literal>" Begin /etc/vimrc
105
106set nocompatible
107set backspace=2
108set ruler
109syntax on
110if (&amp;term == "iterm") || (&amp;term == "putty")
111 set background=dark
112endif
113
114" End /etc/vimrc</literal>
115EOF</userinput></screen>
116
117
118 <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes
119 <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than
120 the vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the
121 old <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set
122 backspace=2</parameter> allows backspacing over line breaks,
123 autoindents, and the start of insert. The <parameter>syntax
124 on</parameter> enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the
125 <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set
126 background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s guess
127 about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the
128 highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of
129 these programs.</para>
130
131 <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by
132 running the following command:</para>
133
134<screen role="nodump"><userinput>vim -c ':options'</userinput></screen>
135
136 </sect2>
137
138 <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content">
139 <title>Contents of Vim</title>
140
141 <segmentedlist>
142 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
143 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
144
145 <seglistitem>
146 <seg>efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk,
147 pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl,
148 tcltags, vi (link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl,
149 vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh, vimtutor, and xxd</seg>
150 <seg>/usr/share/vim, /usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</seg>
151 </seglistitem>
152 </segmentedlist>
153
154 <variablelist>
155 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
156 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
157 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
158
159 <varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl">
160 <term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term>
161 <listitem>
162 <para>A filter for creating an error file that can be read
163 by <command>vim</command></para>
164 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl">
165 <primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary>
166 </indexterm>
167 </listitem>
168 </varlistentry>
169
170 <varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl">
171 <term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term>
172 <listitem>
173 <para>Reformats the error messages of the Perl interpreter for use
174 with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command></para>
175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl">
176 <primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary>
177 </indexterm>
178 </listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry id="ex">
182 <term><command>ex</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode</para>
185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex">
186 <primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="less.sh">
192 <term><command>less.sh</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>A script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim</para>
195 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh">
196 <primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary>
197 </indexterm>
198 </listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200
201 <varlistentry id="mve.awk">
202 <term><command>mve.awk</command></term>
203 <listitem>
204 <para>Processes <command>vim</command> errors</para>
205 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk">
206 <primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary>
207 </indexterm>
208 </listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210
211 <varlistentry id="pltags.pl">
212 <term><command>pltags.pl</command></term>
213 <listitem>
214 <para>Creates a tags file for Perl code for use by
215 <command>vim</command></para>
216 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl">
217 <primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="ref">
223 <term><command>ref</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>Checks the spelling of arguments</para>
226 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref">
227 <primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary>
228 </indexterm>
229 </listitem>
230 </varlistentry>
231
232 <varlistentry id="rview">
233 <term><command>rview</command></term>
234 <listitem>
235 <para>Is a restricted version of <command>view</command>; no shell
236 commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be
237 suspended</para>
238 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview">
239 <primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="rvim">
245 <term><command>rvim</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>Is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>; no shell
248 commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be
249 suspended</para>
250 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim">
251 <primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="shtags.pl">
257 <term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>Generates a tags file for Perl scripts</para>
260 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl">
261 <primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary>
262 </indexterm>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265
266 <varlistentry id="tcltags">
267 <term><command>tcltags</command></term>
268 <listitem>
269 <para>Generates a tags file for TCL code</para>
270 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags">
271 <primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="view">
277 <term><command>view</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode</para>
280 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view">
281 <primary sortas="b-view">view</primary>
282 </indexterm>
283 </listitem>
284 </varlistentry>
285
286 <varlistentry id="vi">
287 <term><command>vi</command></term>
288 <listitem>
289 <para>Link to <command>vim</command></para>
290 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vi">
291 <primary sortas="b-vi">vi</primary>
292 </indexterm>
293 </listitem>
294 </varlistentry>
295
296 <varlistentry id="vim">
297 <term><command>vim</command></term>
298 <listitem>
299 <para>Is the editor</para>
300 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim">
301 <primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="vim132">
307 <term><command>vim132</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>Starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column
310 mode</para>
311 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132">
312 <primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary>
313 </indexterm>
314 </listitem>
315 </varlistentry>
316
317 <varlistentry id="vim2html.pl">
318 <term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term>
319 <listitem>
320 <para>Converts Vim documentation to HypterText Markup Language
321 (HTML)</para>
322 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl">
323 <primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="vimdiff">
329 <term><command>vimdiff</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>Edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command>
332 and show differences</para>
333 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff">
334 <primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary>
335 </indexterm>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338
339 <varlistentry id="vimm">
340 <term><command>vimm</command></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>Enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal</para>
343 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm">
344 <primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="vimspell.sh">
350 <term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>Spell checks a file and generates the syntax statements
353 necessary to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script
354 requires the old Unix <command>spell</command> command, which
355 is provided neither in CLFS nor in CBLFS</para>
356 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh">
357 <primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary>
358 </indexterm>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361
362 <varlistentry id="vimtutor">
363 <term><command>vimtutor</command></term>
364 <listitem>
365 <para>Teaches the basic keys and commands of
366 <command>vim</command></para>
367 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor">
368 <primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary>
369 </indexterm>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry id="xxd">
374 <term><command>xxd</command></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can
377 also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para>
378 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd">
379 <primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary>
380 </indexterm>
381 </listitem>
382 </varlistentry>
383
384 </variablelist>
385
386 </sect2>
387
388</sect1>
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