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Last change on this file since 7860781 was 0f06076, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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 <tip>
23 <title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
24
25 <para>If you prefer another editor&mdash;such as Emacs, Joe, or
26 Nano&mdash;please refer to <ulink
27 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/editors.html"/>
28 for suggested installation instructions.</para>
29 </tip>
30
31 </sect2>
32
33 <sect2 role="installation">
34 <title>Installation of Vim</title>
35
36 <para os="a">First, unpack both <filename>vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2</filename>
37 and (optionally) <filename>vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz</filename>
38 archives into the same directory. Then, change the default location of
39 the <filename>vimrc</filename> configuration file to <filename
40 class="directory">/etc</filename>:</para>
41
42<screen os="b"><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
43
44 <para os="c">Prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
45
46<screen os="d"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen>
47
48 <variablelist os="e">
49 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
50
51 <varlistentry>
52 <term><parameter>--enable-multibyte</parameter></term>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>This optional but highly recommended switch enables support
55 for editing files in multibyte character encodings. This is needed
56 if using a locale with a multibyte character set. This switch is
57 also helpful to be able to edit text files initially created in
58 Linux distributions like Fedora Core that use UTF-8 as a default
59 character set.</para>
60 </listitem>
61 </varlistentry>
62
63 </variablelist>
64
65 <para os="f">Compile the package:</para>
66
67<screen os="g"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
68
69 <para os="h">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make test</userinput>.
70 However, this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the
71 screen, which can cause issues with the settings of the current terminal.
72 This can be resolved by redirecting the output to a log file.</para>
73
74 <para os="i">Install the package:</para>
75
76<screen os="j"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
77
78 <para os="l">Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of
79 <command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command>
80 when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a
81 symlink:</para>
82
83<screen os="m"><userinput>ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
84
85<para os="m1">By default, Vim's documentation is installed in
86<filename class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>. The following symlink
87allows the documentation to be accessed via
88<filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename>, making
89it consistent with the location of documentation for other packages:</para>
90
91<screen os="m2"><userinput>ln -sv ../vim/vim&vim-version2;/doc /usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</userinput></screen>
92
93 <para os="n">If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
94 system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
95 comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
96 additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this
97 process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page
98 in the BLFS book at <ulink
99 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/editors.html#postlfs-editors-vim"/>.</para>
100
101 </sect2>
102
103 <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration">
104 <title>Configuring Vim</title>
105
106 <indexterm zone="conf-vim">
107 <primary sortas="e-/etc/vimrc">/etc/vimrc</primary>
108 </indexterm>
109
110 <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
111 This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
112 <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
113 fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would
114 change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first
115 setting in the configuration file. This is necessary because it changes
116 other settings, and overrides must come after this setting. Create a
117 default <command>vim</command> configuration file by running the
118 following:</para>
119
120<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
121<literal>" Begin /etc/vimrc
122
123set nocompatible
124set backspace=2
125syntax on
126if (&amp;term == "iterm") || (&amp;term == "putty")
127 set background=dark
128endif
129
130" End /etc/vimrc</literal>
131EOF</userinput></screen>
132
133
134 <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes
135 <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than
136 the vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the
137 old <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set
138 backspace=2</parameter> allows backspacing over line breaks,
139 autoindents, and the start of insert. The <parameter>syntax
140 on</parameter> enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the
141 <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set
142 background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s guess
143 about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the
144 highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of
145 these programs.</para>
146
147 <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by
148 running the following command:</para>
149
150<screen role="nodump"><userinput>vim -c ':options'</userinput></screen>
151
152 </sect2>
153
154 <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content">
155 <title>Contents of Vim</title>
156
157 <segmentedlist>
158 <segtitle>Installed programs</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, and xxd</seg>
165 </seglistitem>
166 </segmentedlist>
167
168 <variablelist>
169 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
170 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
171 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
172
173 <varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl">
174 <term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term>
175 <listitem>
176 <para>A filter for creating an error file that can be read
177 by <command>vim</command></para>
178 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl">
179 <primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary>
180 </indexterm>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
184 <varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl">
185 <term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>Reformats the error messages of the Perl interpreter for use
188 with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command></para>
189 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl">
190 <primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary>
191 </indexterm>
192 </listitem>
193 </varlistentry>
194
195 <varlistentry id="ex">
196 <term><command>ex</command></term>
197 <listitem>
198 <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode</para>
199 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex">
200 <primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary>
201 </indexterm>
202 </listitem>
203 </varlistentry>
204
205 <varlistentry id="less.sh">
206 <term><command>less.sh</command></term>
207 <listitem>
208 <para>A script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim</para>
209 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh">
210 <primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary>
211 </indexterm>
212 </listitem>
213 </varlistentry>
214
215 <varlistentry id="mve.awk">
216 <term><command>mve.awk</command></term>
217 <listitem>
218 <para>Processes <command>vim</command> errors</para>
219 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk">
220 <primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary>
221 </indexterm>
222 </listitem>
223 </varlistentry>
224
225 <varlistentry id="pltags.pl">
226 <term><command>pltags.pl</command></term>
227 <listitem>
228 <para>Creates a tags file for Perl code for use by
229 <command>vim</command></para>
230 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl">
231 <primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary>
232 </indexterm>
233 </listitem>
234 </varlistentry>
235
236 <varlistentry id="ref">
237 <term><command>ref</command></term>
238 <listitem>
239 <para>Checks the spelling of arguments</para>
240 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref">
241 <primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="rview">
247 <term><command>rview</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>Is a restricted version of <command>view</command>; no shell
250 commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be
251 suspended</para>
252 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview">
253 <primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary>
254 </indexterm>
255 </listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257
258 <varlistentry id="rvim">
259 <term><command>rvim</command></term>
260 <listitem>
261 <para>Is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>; no shell
262 commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be
263 suspended</para>
264 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim">
265 <primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary>
266 </indexterm>
267 </listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry id="shtags.pl">
271 <term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
272 <listitem>
273 <para>Generates a tags file for Perl scripts</para>
274 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl">
275 <primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary>
276 </indexterm>
277 </listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
279
280 <varlistentry id="tcltags">
281 <term><command>tcltags</command></term>
282 <listitem>
283 <para>Generates a tags file for TCL code</para>
284 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags">
285 <primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary>
286 </indexterm>
287 </listitem>
288 </varlistentry>
289
290 <varlistentry id="view">
291 <term><command>view</command></term>
292 <listitem>
293 <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode</para>
294 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view">
295 <primary sortas="b-view">view</primary>
296 </indexterm>
297 </listitem>
298 </varlistentry>
299
300 <varlistentry id="vi">
301 <term><command>vi</command></term>
302 <listitem>
303 <para>Link to <command>vim</command></para>
304 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vi">
305 <primary sortas="b-vi">vi</primary>
306 </indexterm>
307 </listitem>
308 </varlistentry>
309
310 <varlistentry id="vim">
311 <term><command>vim</command></term>
312 <listitem>
313 <para>Is the editor</para>
314 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim">
315 <primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary>
316 </indexterm>
317 </listitem>
318 </varlistentry>
319
320 <varlistentry id="vim132">
321 <term><command>vim132</command></term>
322 <listitem>
323 <para>Starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column
324 mode</para>
325 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132">
326 <primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary>
327 </indexterm>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry id="vim2html.pl">
332 <term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term>
333 <listitem>
334 <para>Converts Vim documentation to HypterText Markup Language
335 (HTML)</para>
336 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl">
337 <primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary>
338 </indexterm>
339 </listitem>
340 </varlistentry>
341
342 <varlistentry id="vimdiff">
343 <term><command>vimdiff</command></term>
344 <listitem>
345 <para>Edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command>
346 and show differences</para>
347 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff">
348 <primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary>
349 </indexterm>
350 </listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry id="vimm">
354 <term><command>vimm</command></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>Enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal</para>
357 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm">
358 <primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary>
359 </indexterm>
360 </listitem>
361 </varlistentry>
362
363 <varlistentry id="vimspell.sh">
364 <term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
365 <listitem>
366 <para>Spell checks a file and generates the syntax statements
367 necessary to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script
368 requires the old Unix <command>spell</command> command, which
369 is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS</para>
370 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh">
371 <primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary>
372 </indexterm>
373 </listitem>
374 </varlistentry>
375
376 <varlistentry id="vimtutor">
377 <term><command>vimtutor</command></term>
378 <listitem>
379 <para>Teaches the basic keys and commands of
380 <command>vim</command></para>
381 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor">
382 <primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary>
383 </indexterm>
384 </listitem>
385 </varlistentry>
386
387 <varlistentry id="xxd">
388 <term><command>xxd</command></term>
389 <listitem>
390 <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can
391 also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para>
392 <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd">
393 <primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary>
394 </indexterm>
395 </listitem>
396 </varlistentry>
397
398 </variablelist>
399
400 </sect2>
401
402</sect1>
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