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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. <sect1 id="ch-system-vim" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="vim.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>vim</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&vim-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&vim-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>Vim-&vim-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim">
  16. <primary sortas="a-Vim">Vim</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.</para>
  21. <segmentedlist>
  22. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  23. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  24. <seglistitem>
  25. <seg>&vim-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  26. <seg>&vim-ch6-du;</seg>
  27. </seglistitem>
  28. </segmentedlist>
  29. <tip>
  30. <title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
  31. <para>If you prefer another editor&mdash;such as Emacs, Joe, or
  32. Nano&mdash;please refer to <ulink
  33. url="&blfs-book;postlfs/editors.html"/> for suggested
  34. installation instructions.</para>
  35. </tip>
  36. </sect2>
  37. <sect2 role="installation">
  38. <title>Installation of Vim</title>
  39. <para>First, change the default location of the <filename>vimrc</filename>
  40. configuration file to <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>:</para>
  41. <screen><userinput remap="pre">echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
  42. <para>Disable a test that fails:</para>
  43. <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/call/{s/split/xsplit/;s/303/492/}' src/testdir/test_recover.vim</userinput></screen>
  44. <para>Prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
  45. <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
  46. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  47. <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  48. <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  49. <screen><userinput remap="test">make -j1 test &amp;&gt; vim-test.log</userinput></screen>
  50. <para>However, this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the screen,
  51. which can cause issues with the settings of the current terminal. This can
  52. be resolved by redirecting the output to a log file. A successful test
  53. will result in the words "ALL DONE" at completion.</para>
  54. <para>Install the package:</para>
  55. <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  56. <para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of
  57. <command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command>
  58. when users habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a
  59. symlink for both the binary and the man page in the provided
  60. languages:</para>
  61. <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi
  62. for L in /usr/share/man/{,*/}man1/vim.1; do
  63. ln -sv vim.1 $(dirname $L)/vi.1
  64. done</userinput></screen>
  65. <para>By default, Vim's documentation is installed in <filename
  66. class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>. The following symlink
  67. allows the documentation to be accessed via <filename
  68. class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename>, making
  69. it consistent with the location of documentation for other packages:</para>
  70. <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv ../&vim-docdir;/doc /usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</userinput></screen>
  71. <para>If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
  72. system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
  73. comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
  74. additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this
  75. process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page
  76. in the BLFS book at <ulink
  77. url="&blfs-book;postlfs/vim.html"/>.</para>
  78. </sect2>
  79. <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration">
  80. <title>Configuring Vim</title>
  81. <indexterm zone="conf-vim">
  82. <primary sortas="e-/etc/vimrc">/etc/vimrc</primary>
  83. </indexterm>
  84. <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
  85. This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
  86. <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
  87. fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would
  88. change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first
  89. setting in the configuration file. This is necessary because it changes
  90. other settings, and overrides must come after this setting. Create a default
  91. <command>vim</command> configuration file by running the following:</para>
  92. <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
  93. <literal>" Begin /etc/vimrc
  94. set nocompatible
  95. set backspace=2
  96. set mouse=r
  97. syntax on
  98. if (&amp;term == "xterm") || (&amp;term == "putty")
  99. set background=dark
  100. endif
  101. " End /etc/vimrc</literal>
  102. EOF
  103. touch ~/.vimrc</userinput></screen>
  104. <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> setting makes
  105. <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than the
  106. vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the old
  107. <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set backspace=2</parameter>
  108. setting allows backspacing over line breaks, autoindents, and the start of
  109. insert. The <parameter>syntax on</parameter> parameter enables vim's syntax
  110. highlighting. The <parameter>set mouse=r</parameter> setting enables
  111. proper pasting of text with the mouse when working in chroot or over a
  112. remote connection. Finally, the <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the
  113. <parameter>set background=dark</parameter> setting corrects
  114. <command>vim</command>'s guess about the background color of some terminal
  115. emulators. This gives the highlighting a better color scheme for use on the
  116. black background of these programs.</para>
  117. <para>Creating an empty <filename>~/.vimrc</filename> prevents vim from
  118. overriding settings in <filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> by using
  119. <filename>/usr/share/vim/vim80/defaults.vim</filename>.</para>
  120. <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by
  121. running the following command:</para>
  122. <screen role="nodump"><userinput>vim -c ':options'</userinput></screen>
  123. <note>
  124. <para>By default, Vim only installs spell files for the English language.
  125. To install spell files for your preferred language, download the
  126. <filename>*.spl</filename> and optionally, the <filename>*.sug</filename>
  127. files for your language and character encoding from <ulink
  128. url="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/"/> and save them to
  129. <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/&vim-docdir;/spell/</filename>.</para>
  130. <para>To use these spell files, some configuration in
  131. <filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> is needed, e.g.:</para>
  132. <screen><literal>set spelllang=en,ru
  133. set spell</literal></screen>
  134. <para>For more information, see the appropriate README file located
  135. at the URL above.</para>
  136. </note>
  137. </sect2>
  138. <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content">
  139. <title>Contents of Vim</title>
  140. <segmentedlist>
  141. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  142. <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
  143. <seglistitem>
  144. <seg> ex (link to vim), rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), vi
  145. (link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vimdiff (link to vim), vimtutor,
  146. and xxd</seg>
  147. <seg>/usr/share/vim</seg>
  148. </seglistitem>
  149. </segmentedlist>
  150. <variablelist>
  151. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  152. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  153. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  154. <varlistentry id="ex">
  155. <term><command>ex</command></term>
  156. <listitem>
  157. <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode</para>
  158. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex">
  159. <primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary>
  160. </indexterm>
  161. </listitem>
  162. </varlistentry>
  163. <varlistentry id="rview">
  164. <term><command>rview</command></term>
  165. <listitem>
  166. <para>Is a restricted version of <command>view</command>; no shell
  167. commands can be started and <command>view</command> cannot be
  168. suspended</para>
  169. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview">
  170. <primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary>
  171. </indexterm>
  172. </listitem>
  173. </varlistentry>
  174. <varlistentry id="rvim">
  175. <term><command>rvim</command></term>
  176. <listitem>
  177. <para>Is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>; no shell
  178. commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be
  179. suspended</para>
  180. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim">
  181. <primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary>
  182. </indexterm>
  183. </listitem>
  184. </varlistentry>
  185. <varlistentry id="vi">
  186. <term><command>vi</command></term>
  187. <listitem>
  188. <para>Link to <command>vim</command></para>
  189. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vi">
  190. <primary sortas="b-vi">vi</primary>
  191. </indexterm>
  192. </listitem>
  193. </varlistentry>
  194. <varlistentry id="view">
  195. <term><command>view</command></term>
  196. <listitem>
  197. <para>Starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode</para>
  198. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view">
  199. <primary sortas="b-view">view</primary>
  200. </indexterm>
  201. </listitem>
  202. </varlistentry>
  203. <varlistentry id="vim">
  204. <term><command>vim</command></term>
  205. <listitem>
  206. <para>Is the editor</para>
  207. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim">
  208. <primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary>
  209. </indexterm>
  210. </listitem>
  211. </varlistentry>
  212. <varlistentry id="vimdiff">
  213. <term><command>vimdiff</command></term>
  214. <listitem>
  215. <para>Edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command>
  216. and show differences</para>
  217. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff">
  218. <primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary>
  219. </indexterm>
  220. </listitem>
  221. </varlistentry>
  222. <varlistentry id="vimtutor">
  223. <term><command>vimtutor</command></term>
  224. <listitem>
  225. <para>Teaches the basic keys and commands of
  226. <command>vim</command></para>
  227. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor">
  228. <primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary>
  229. </indexterm>
  230. </listitem>
  231. </varlistentry>
  232. <varlistentry id="xxd">
  233. <term><command>xxd</command></term>
  234. <listitem>
  235. <para>Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can
  236. also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching</para>
  237. <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd">
  238. <primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary>
  239. </indexterm>
  240. </listitem>
  241. </varlistentry>
  242. </variablelist>
  243. </sect2>
  244. </sect1>