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authorTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-01-16 03:37:28 +0000
committerTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-01-16 03:37:28 +0000
commitf5ab23e287e91a6f1bcaf77c5da82775bfc3d64c (patch)
treebb0bb23da846fb6243181496d03965195f85d404 /chapter06
parent653ab393f4c8635b1fb38366768c1658cc997457 (diff)
Converted vim to new layout. Added an Alternatives section.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2351 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
-rw-r--r--chapter06/vim-inst.xml37
-rw-r--r--chapter06/vim.xml6
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
index 0e8ad5590..85de1eb4d 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Vim</title>
<para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it.</para>
+install it. This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2. Apply
+the patch by issuing the following command:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../vim-&vim-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Prepare Vim to be compiled:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\"</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>The <emphasis>CPPFLAGS</emphasis> option above causes vim to look
+for the /etc/vimrc file which contains vim's global settings. Normally,
+this file is assumed to be located in <filename>/usr/share/vim</filename>,
+but we feel that <filename>/etc</filename> is a more logical place for
+this kind of file.</para>
+
+<para>Finish installing the package:</para>
-<para>If you not wish to install Vim, build instructions for
-alternative editors are available at
-<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/editors.html"/>.
-Currently, there are instructions for Emacs, nano, and joe.</para>
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Install Vim by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>Vim can run in old-fashioned <emphasis>vi</emphasis> mode by
+creating a symlink, which may be created with the following command:</para>
-<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../vim-&vim-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;
-./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
-make CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\" &amp;&amp;
-make install &amp;&amp;
-ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen></para>
<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
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 78965faf5..a0c61878f 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
<screen>Estimated build time: &vim-time;
Estimated required disk space: &vim-compsize;</screen>
-&c6-vim-inst;
-&c6-vim-exp;
-&aa-vim-desc;
+&aa-vim-shortdesc;
+&aa-vim-alt;
&aa-vim-dep;
+&c6-vim-inst;
</sect1>