Index: BOOK/final-system/common/vim.xml
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--- BOOK/final-system/common/vim.xml (revision 817bb1171d271d48ae010662af2a269eb2e40d4f)
+++ BOOK/final-system/common/vim.xml (revision 5590e0de543322c68e018a16e45c3538ced2a31a)
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@
make DESTDIR=${LFS} install
- Many users are used to using vi instead of
- vim. To allow execution of vim
- when users habitually enter vi, create a
- symlink:
+ Many users are accustomed to using vi
+ instead of vim. Some programs, such as
+ vigr and vipw, also use
+ vi. Create a symlink to permit execution of
+ vim when users habitually enter vi
+ and allow programs that use vi to work:
ln -sv vim ${LFS}/usr/bin/vi
@@ -103,9 +105,9 @@
ln -sv ../vim/vim&vim-version2;/doc ${LFS}/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;
- If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
- system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
+ If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
+ system, you may want to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
- additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this
- process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page
+ additional libraries to be installed. For more information, refer to the
+ Vim documentation and the Vim installation page
in the BLFS book at .