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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    <variablelist os="l">
69      <title>The meaning of the make option:</title>
70
71      <varlistentry>
72        <term><parameter>HELPSUBLOC=/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</parameter></term>
73        <listitem>
74          <para>Tells Vim to install its documentation into
75          <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename>
76          instead of
77          <filename class="directory">/usr/share/vim/vim&vim-version2;/doc</filename>.</para>
78        </listitem>
79      </varlistentry>
80
81    </variablelist>
82
83    <para os="m">Many users are accustomed to using <command>vi</command>
84    instead of <command>vim</command>. Some programs, such as
85    <command>vigr</command> and <command>vipw</command>, also use
86    <command>vi</command>. Create a symlink to permit execution of
87    <command>vim</command> when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>
88    and allow programs that use <command>vi</command> to work:</para>
89
90<screen os="n"><userinput>ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
91
92    <para os="o">If an X Window System is going to be installed on the CLFS
93    system, you may want to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
94    comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
95    additional libraries to be installed. For more information, refer to the
96    Vim documentation and the Vim installation page in CBLFS at <ulink
97    url="&cblfs-root;index.php/Vim"/>.</para>
98
99  </sect2>
100
101  <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration">
102    <title>Configuring Vim</title>
103
104    <indexterm zone="conf-vim">
105      <primary sortas="e-/etc/vimrc">/etc/vimrc</primary>
106    </indexterm>
107
108    <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
109    This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
110    <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
111    fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would
112    change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first
113    setting in the configuration file. This is necessary because it changes
114    other settings, and overrides must come after this setting. Create a
115    default <command>vim</command> configuration file by running the
116    following:</para>
117
118<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
119<literal>" Begin /etc/vimrc
120
121set nocompatible
122set backspace=2
123set ruler
124syntax on
125if (&amp;term == "iterm") || (&amp;term == "putty")
126  set background=dark
127endif
128
129" End /etc/vimrc</literal>
130EOF</userinput></screen>
131
132
133    <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes
134    <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than
135    the vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the
136    old <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set
137    backspace=2</parameter> allows backspacing over line breaks,
138    autoindents, and the start of insert. The <parameter>syntax
139    on</parameter> enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the
140    <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set
141    background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s guess
142    about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the
143    highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of
144    these programs.</para>
145
146    <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by
147    running the following command:</para>
148
149<screen role="nodump"><userinput>vim -c ':options'</userinput></screen>
150
151  </sect2>
152
153  <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content">
154    <title>Contents of Vim</title>
155
156    <segmentedlist>
157      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
158      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
159
160      <seglistitem>
161        <seg>efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk,
162        pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl,
163        tcltags, vi (link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl,
164        vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh, vimtutor, xxd</seg>
165        <seg>/usr/share/vim, /usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</seg>
166      </seglistitem>
167    </segmentedlist>
168
169    <variablelist>
170      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
171      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
172      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
173
174      <varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl">
175        <term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term>
176        <listitem>
177          <para>A filter for creating an error file that can be read
178          by <command>vim</command></para>
179          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl">
180            <primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary>
181          </indexterm>
182        </listitem>
183      </varlistentry>
184
185      <varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl">
186        <term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term>
187        <listitem>
188          <para>Reformats the error messages of the Perl interpreter for use
189          with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command></para>
190          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl">
191            <primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary>
192          </indexterm>
193        </listitem>
194      </varlistentry>
195
196      <varlistentry id="ex">
197        <term><command>ex</command></term>
198        <listitem>
199          <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode</para>
200          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex">
201            <primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary>
202          </indexterm>
203        </listitem>
204      </varlistentry>
205
206      <varlistentry id="less.sh">
207        <term><command>less.sh</command></term>
208        <listitem>
209          <para>A script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim</para>
210          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh">
211            <primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary>
212          </indexterm>
213        </listitem>
214      </varlistentry>
215
216      <varlistentry id="mve.awk">
217        <term><command>mve.awk</command></term>
218        <listitem>
219          <para>Processes <command>vim</command> errors</para>
220          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk">
221            <primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary>
222          </indexterm>
223        </listitem>
224      </varlistentry>
225
226      <varlistentry id="pltags.pl">
227        <term><command>pltags.pl</command></term>
228        <listitem>
229          <para>Creates a tags file for Perl code for use by
230          <command>vim</command></para>
231          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl">
232            <primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary>
233          </indexterm>
234        </listitem>
235      </varlistentry>
236
237      <varlistentry id="ref">
238        <term><command>ref</command></term>
239        <listitem>
240          <para>Checks the spelling of arguments</para>
241          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref">
242            <primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary>
243          </indexterm>
244        </listitem>
245      </varlistentry>
246
247      <varlistentry id="rview">
248        <term><command>rview</command></term>
249        <listitem>
250          <para>Is a restricted version of <command>view</command>; no shell
251          commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be
252          suspended</para>
253          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview">
254            <primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary>
255          </indexterm>
256        </listitem>
257      </varlistentry>
258
259      <varlistentry id="rvim">
260        <term><command>rvim</command></term>
261        <listitem>
262          <para>Is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>; no shell
263          commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be
264          suspended</para>
265          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim">
266            <primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary>
267          </indexterm>
268        </listitem>
269      </varlistentry>
270
271      <varlistentry id="shtags.pl">
272        <term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
273        <listitem>
274          <para>Generates a tags file for Perl scripts</para>
275          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl">
276            <primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary>
277          </indexterm>
278        </listitem>
279      </varlistentry>
280
281      <varlistentry id="tcltags">
282        <term><command>tcltags</command></term>
283        <listitem>
284          <para>Generates a tags file for TCL code</para>
285          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags">
286            <primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary>
287          </indexterm>
288        </listitem>
289      </varlistentry>
290
291      <varlistentry id="view">
292        <term><command>view</command></term>
293        <listitem>
294          <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode</para>
295          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view">
296            <primary sortas="b-view">view</primary>
297          </indexterm>
298        </listitem>
299      </varlistentry>
300
301      <varlistentry id="vi">
302        <term><command>vi</command></term>
303        <listitem>
304          <para>Link to <command>vim</command></para>
305          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vi">
306            <primary sortas="b-vi">vi</primary>
307          </indexterm>
308        </listitem>
309      </varlistentry>
310
311      <varlistentry id="vim">
312        <term><command>vim</command></term>
313        <listitem>
314          <para>Is the editor</para>
315          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim">
316            <primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary>
317          </indexterm>
318        </listitem>
319      </varlistentry>
320
321      <varlistentry id="vim132">
322        <term><command>vim132</command></term>
323        <listitem>
324          <para>Starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column
325          mode</para>
326          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132">
327            <primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary>
328          </indexterm>
329        </listitem>
330      </varlistentry>
331
332      <varlistentry id="vim2html.pl">
333        <term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term>
334        <listitem>
335          <para>Converts Vim documentation to HypterText Markup Language
336          (HTML)</para>
337          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl">
338            <primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary>
339          </indexterm>
340        </listitem>
341      </varlistentry>
342
343      <varlistentry id="vimdiff">
344        <term><command>vimdiff</command></term>
345        <listitem>
346          <para>Edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command>
347          and show differences</para>
348          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff">
349            <primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary>
350          </indexterm>
351        </listitem>
352      </varlistentry>
353
354      <varlistentry id="vimm">
355        <term><command>vimm</command></term>
356        <listitem>
357          <para>Enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal</para>
358          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm">
359            <primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary>
360          </indexterm>
361        </listitem>
362      </varlistentry>
363
364      <varlistentry id="vimspell.sh">
365        <term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
366        <listitem>
367          <para>Spell checks a file and generates the syntax statements
368          necessary to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script
369          requires the old Unix <command>spell</command> command, which
370          is provided neither in CLFS nor in CBLFS</para>
371          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh">
372            <primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary>
373          </indexterm>
374        </listitem>
375      </varlistentry>
376
377      <varlistentry id="vimtutor">
378        <term><command>vimtutor</command></term>
379        <listitem>
380          <para>Teaches the basic keys and commands of
381          <command>vim</command></para>
382          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor">
383            <primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary>
384          </indexterm>
385        </listitem>
386      </varlistentry>
387
388      <varlistentry id="xxd">
389        <term><command>xxd</command></term>
390        <listitem>
391          <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can
392          also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para>
393          <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd">
394            <primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary>
395          </indexterm>
396        </listitem>
397      </varlistentry>
398
399    </variablelist>
400
401  </sect2>
402
403</sect1>
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