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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000
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Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in chapters 5 and 6.
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@@ -16,7 +16,43 @@ suggested installation instructions.</para>
&aa-vim-shortdesc;
&aa-vim-dep;
-&c6-vim-inst;
-&c6-cf-vim;
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of Vim</title>
+
+<para>Change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and
+<filename>gvimrc</filename> files to <filename
+class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h
+echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Now prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>And install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Vim can run in old-fashioned <emphasis>vi</emphasis> mode by
+creating a symlink, which may be created with the following command:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>If you plan to install the X Window system on your LFS
+system, you might want to re-compile Vim after you have installed X. Vim
+comes with a nice GUI version of the editor which requires X and a few
+other libraries to be installed. For more information read the Vim
+documentation.</para>
+
+</sect2>
</sect1>
+